I am glad that I had a rare opportunity to visit a TV studio during rehearsals and broadcast. The first thing I noticed, during the tour around the building, was that our university gallery and set does not differ much in quality and we have available amazing equipment to use. Obviously, Tinopolis has a professional studio, but for campus conditions - our is impressing as well.
The main difference I noticed was extensive office facilities and the amount of work that has to be done to produce daily programmes. Starting from researcher's desks covered with books, ending on producer's desks covered with documents. As a Media and Communication students I expect that my future work will start from open space, so it was useful to see such an office not only in terms of how television is working.
Later on, I could see that a style of work in Tinopolis is slightly different. I really like the combination of the roles of director and vision mixer. I think it significantly facilitates work, especially with dynamic programs. After my experience as a PA a week ago, I liked the way that camera changes were communicated, it was very quick, as short as possible - and communicated mostly by a director. Such an organisation would definitely help me in the last week.
When it comes to studio, I was impressed especially by presenters and how smoothly they manage their time. Signals from the floor manager were visible and clear which had to help a lot, but I would find it very difficult to close withing strict time and do it naturally. I saw that camera operators often used a preview of live programme to match their shot to the previous one. During workshops we do that using a TV screen which would be more difficult in a big, Tinopolis studio.
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| The visit was an unique and informative experience! |
