Developing my idea further
I first developed an idea of potential timings for the live show. This is a 30-minute live show but with an interval at the 15-minute mark. Here is my first attempt at a schedule for the show.
0-2 Minutes: Intro cars & Live show introduction. Presenter/s introducing the show
2-4 Min: Audience vote about commuting (who hates it?) and then a VT Insert with a presenter asking the public about their opinions on commuting and what their preferred transport is.
4-8 Min: News/ Discussion segment about relevant topics
8-15 Min: Main VT Insert PT1: The challenge
INTERVAL
15-22 Min: Interview? Presenter challenge? New technology? (This segment is TBC)
22-28 Min: Main VT Insert PT2: The challenge
28-30 Min: Wrapping up the challenge and Outro & Credits
Plausibility of Main VT Insert
The toughest part of my piece would be the main VT insert because it would be the most complex to film. Therefore, I wanted to work out the plausibility as well as some possible costs.
Types of transport needed:
Car: This should be simple, we either hire a presenter that agrees with us using his car or hire a car which from my research would cost around £25 per day. Whatever car we end up using can also be used in the set.
Bicycle: This will be easy as I have 2 bikes and we may cast someone with the intent of using their bike. This will be discussed in the interviews with the cast.
Bus: Only problem with this is getting filming consent
Train: Only problem with this is getting filming consent
3 Presenters would take on a transport challenge each. We are thinking of having a guest be on the 4th option. As we think the cast would either be three males or three females, the fourth option would be the other gender.
We would need a camera crew of around three persons for each person in the race. One camera, One sound, one assistant.
Set Design
Without looking at the studio and knowing the dimensions, I took a rough estimate and design a possible set for the show.
My idea for a set would be based on a central main stage with two exhibits, one either side of the main stage. I was thinking that this would be a car on one side and on the other, possibly a bicycle and another item.
I wanted to raise the seating but Helen said that this would not be possible. Afterwards, I decided we would then have a seated audience but not raised but it would be closer to the main stage.
The walkway would go down the middle of the set. This would enable the guests to get to their seats and also be a good introduction for the presenters to walk down the walkway.
This set design will be adapted and changed over time and will be to scale once we have dimensions as well as an idea of what we can and cannot do.
Choosing The Idea
After I talked to Cailan, we realised he was not as confident with his idea so we decided to go further with my idea and take that as the main idea. In the meeting with Helen, she mentioned other things for us to do before the pitch. These included.
- If the audience is passive or not
- Picturing the studio and set, what are the possibilities?
- Getting a video of a presenter talking through a few lines
- Get possible presenters locked down and get some contact with them
- What shows is it trying to emulate? Research into them
- Channel - What do they want? (tech spec) and identify a specific target audience
Questions & Problems
We asked about the costs of last years productions so we could have an idea of what we have to work with. We got told there was no set number, but Helen said that looking at our ideas that we would not need to worry as we do not have anything elaborate.
Helen and Jo both said that we may need to expand on just the idea of "commuting" for a whole episode. This was probably good as we did have a 7-minute slot in which we were unsure exactly what we were going to do. This opens up each show to be a little less specific to a small topic.
We also need to identify what the audience interaction is like. How can we link this to first world problems?
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