Live Production

Filming live music is very exciting and can be very challenging. However, filming and broadcasting live music brings about an increased level complexity. The production team is much in a state performance as the talent they are recording.  Therefore, planning and practice are equally important to the production team as it is to the artists.

Write an essay of at least 575 words, detailing all the aspects around filming a live music production in a TV Studio. Use the examples given in the links below and any others you may have researched to support your discussion.

Use the key aspects of media production to structure your written piece:

  • Camera
  • Lights
  • Sound

Within your essay, include the function of the various job roles (listed below) and include how they interact with one another to achieve a high quality production.

TV studio production examples

Protoje – Who knows

TV Studio job roles:

  • Camera operator
  • Camera assistant
  • Creative director
  • Director
  • Floor manager
  • Lighting grip
  • Lighting engineer
  • Sound recordist
  • Vision mixer operator

The final draft of the essay must be uploaded to your website, and a notification sent to my email address paul.muhammad@west-thames.ac.uk by Friday 24th January 2020