AS LIVE PRODUCTION; VT UPDATES

As part of my first role for the As Live Production Unit, I am one of the VT producers. As we have now filmed both of these VTs there is a lot of work that went into the preparation for the VTs

Example of a call sheet

1) Call Sheet - For both VTs I had to create call sheets - this is a basic sheet that includes information that the cast and crew may need to know. Contact information for everyone involved in the shoot would be on this sheet, the location for the shoot as well as information for local police stations and supermarkets. The most important thing on the call sheet it the 'call time' and 'shoot schedule', this will let everyone know exactly what time to arrive at the shoot, and the plans for the entire shoot also.

2)  Paperwork - A bit part of being a producer is organising the cast and the crew; a lot of this does mainly involve call sheets etc but its also about communicating with everyone to make sure that work needed for the shoots are completed on time - for example shoot lists. As seen previously, i myself created the scripts needed for a shoot, but the director of the shoot would be the one to create the shot list needed for the crew on the day. As a producer it was important that all of the necessary paperwork - call sheets, shot lists, scripts - are all on hand for the crew on the day.

Example of Consent Form

3) Consent Forms - Another important piece of paperwork i needed to fill out was consent forms. This for me is something that i hadn't used before - however on this unit, particularly within this unit where we are working with real people who are talking about their real businesses and work. It's very important to have these consent forms signed, this allows us the rights to use what the contributors talk about for our on use - mainly it backs us up as a production so that we can use what we film in the way we need too.

4) Booking Kit - Lastly, it was important for me to make sure the kit was booked out and able to be collected on the days we needed.

Overall, i think the work of a producer is a lot about being ORGANISED and EFFICIENT. Making sure all of the paperwork is filled out correctly, everyone knows where to be and when. I've particularly enjoyed the pre production stages of the VTs because i like to be organised and perhaps less involved in the technical side of a production, which is why on the shoot days of the VT it was good as a producer to take a step back and allow the director and DoPs to film based on the scripts completed by me and the shot lists completed by the director.