Imogen Polycarpou TV Production Blog

Renegade Production Company  This blog post is me doing research on the company I am interested in doing my work placement. I wanted to find out what the company does. Also  I have blogged about what I did during my placement. High quality television content big entertainment show Famous People who have worked with the company:  Sarah Beeny Cherry Haley Heston Blumenthal Tim Shaw Ben Fogle Tony Robinson Cherry Haley  --> UKs leading producers of 3D content (first 3D comedy for SKY, Safari Park Adventure for Discovery) --> producers cinema documentaries e.g. The Yes Men Fix the World  Shock Doctrine  The Sins of My Father  --> sharp, contemporary ideas, highest standards = appeal worldwide Shows in 2016 were: My Life: School of Rock Walking Through Time Don't Tell the Bride Lose Weight for love Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration Day 1:  I got to work on the reality show 'Don't Tell the Bride'...

We were told before the Christmas break that we should have a 2-3 ideas of a show that we would produce.  My 2 ideas were: adults playing children's games, and an art program (this idea did not have much to go on) I decided to develop the party idea and called it 'Party Mania'. For our pitching idea I made sure to mention how the show would go, what each round would be, what the VTs would include, the prize of the show, set layout, camera layout and audience layout. Only thing that had not been done was the script but that is because it was not asked for, and is supposed to be the next step after the final chosen idea. For this unit Joshua Jones idea won; 'The Big Movie Quiz'.  After Joshs idea was chosen we had interviews on the roles that we wanted to do. To prepare for my interview I researched the two roles I wanted to do (a blog post was done about it). I applied for the role of Floor Manager and production Manager and was successful.  Below I will ...

This day was absolutely amazing! When I arrived in the morning at the studio, I continued discussion with the lighting men and the director to make sure that everything was in the correct place. Then, I made sure all camera people where on talk back. When George (the host) arrived, i brought him and his girlfriend into the studio, made sure they were okay and if they wanted anything to drink. I then left him in the care with the Producer. After making sure everyone was in position, runners knew what they were doing and our stand ins were aware, we went straight into our first rehearsal. As the runners had practised on how to change the set and knew were to place everything it went very smoothly. Likewise, the second rehearsal was just as good. I decided that I would place the spinner for round 3 under the hosts podium because it was an object that kept slipping my mind. Also, I had water, baby wipes, tissues, towels and the cream under his podium. Likewise, I placed water bottl...

I have never been so stressed in my life. I didn't know what to do first and which situation to tackle first. But I stayed on top and made sure everything ran smoothly and there were no bad situations. I feel that we were called in too early and there was a lot of waiting about happening. We could not set up our stuff without the set being finished which delayed a bit (people only got half hour lunches and a lot of people were complaining) - I agree. Problem: wires and how to cover them. I wasn't able to place that today because I don't know what the seating plan is so I am unable to place anything in the correct position. Becca and I will be arranging this tomorrow working around the camera since they have been placed properly. We will have a better idea of the layout and where I can put the safety for people not to trip over the wires. Misreading Lauras email that I had to be in at 9, I missed the briefing on safety but was later briefly briefed and will also be the...

As Production Manager it was my role to complete the risk assessments for both our course and the set design people. Below are screenshot of the risk assessments. The university has an actual copy of them and if they are needed I also have them saved. Risk Assessment: Design Risk Assessment:

As I am the Production Manager of the TV show, it is my job to take notes on all the meetings. Below are the notes in which I take from the meeting I am involved in which are timetabled: Production Meeting 1 - 27.01.17, 10.30am Roles were assigned: Studio Director: Becca Bennett A.P/Behind the scenes ap/sound: Sam Elliot Production Manager/Floor Manager: Imogen Polycarpou VT Package Producer/Studio Camera: Cheyenne Joseph 2 X VT and Studio Camera Ops: Troy Smith and Josh Bayly Sound/lighting assistant for promos, VTs and Studio: Sammi Dennard VT Editor/Vision Mixer : Laura Draper VT Editor/ Studio Production Assistant: Rosie Penn 2 X VT Package Director's/Studio Camera: Ellie Pack and Saskia Tatt Social Media/ promotion DOP and editor/studio graphics op: Nisserin Bessioua Social Media/promotions and graphics producer/behind the scenes pd: Ellen Carter Who works with who (Helens Messy diagram analysed) : A.P - Producer, VT Package Producer and...

Below are notes in which I have taken (As my role of Production Manager) in all the non-schedule meetings that I have been involved in. It shows the development: 02.02.17  Presenter Intro and several links - changes that are needed to be made to script Less time on host entrance and monologue and more time talking to contestants. Refer to ALTERNATIVE VERSION (TEST SHOOT) = studio content folder and then script Updating everyone: On VT Ideas: Build steve character a bit more - put im in scenarios to learn more about him = he will be a bit of a weirdo (posters of famous people with their faces replaced with his) Have a recurring prop = go with loner theme Has a shrine in his room Logo is done! → LOOKS AMAZING. Production Meeting Tomorrow: Schedule for VT draft script Finalise VTs Set audition days Work on jokes - we can keep the dirty/sexual jokes - but they have to be worked on. They need to be done smart. 03.02.17 ...