What is "AS LIVE?" and LIVE TV?

As live are recorded programmes with a live feel.

Usually recorded in studio location.

require full gallery roles.

Post-production is a minimum for this project.

Why are we choosing "AS LIVE?"

Advantages

• Less often it is left to chance like true live. more control
• The opportunity to re-record elements of the programme and make improvements to the intro and closing shots
• Don't need a satellite

Disadvantages

• Trying to manufacture a feeling of a true love programme and loses edge
• Truly live is often more polished
• Tension of live is hard to recreate
• Post Prod may compound this problem, may feel manufactured
• Overshooting is easy

Common Themes

• Audience
• Usually recorded in a studio, require full crew.
• Often involves on-screen guests and talent and a main presenter
• Often topical/ driven by event
• Often use VT Inserts 

Genre

• Genre conventions may dictate the sort of content and location
• Can be recorded on location or a studio

Audience

• Passive, not participating 
• Participatory and active, actually taking part in some way
• Appreciative, responding through laughter, clapping etc
• Supportive, there to offer support to a particular contribution
• The role the audience plays depends on the type of format that you are producing. Value judgements must be made as to their role

AS LIVE Content

• Theoretically, anything can be presented in an as live format.  
• It is only limited by considerations such as.
• Time
• Location
• Budget
• Logistics 

Timings

• It is essential that as lives consider timings
• A good idea would be to test the timings before pitching
• 1 Min for titles and the same for credits. The ins and outs for VT's and guest intros all take up time.

Suggested Blog Research

• Why was as live chosen
• Impact on final product
• Was it convincing
• Audience experience

Points for analysis

• Content
• Style
• Location
• Presentation
• Contributors
• Format 

LIVE TV

Live on location

• Tech advantages in satellite tech have led to the advert of outside broadcasts.
• Sporting
• National Events

Possible case study: Live Aid 1985

Live shows can make news. When the broadcasters and viewers do not know what will happen next.

New Media

• Programme makers increasingly appeal and cater to viewer / user created content.
• End of live tv? By 2020 an estimated share of 50% of viewing time is to be spent online.
• Through social media like Facebook, YouTub etc...

Live relies on planning

• Scripting
• Timing
• Casting
• Safety
• Cabling
• Running order planning
• Legal wrangling

Standby VT's

VT can be moved around in the running order as necessary

Live and the Law

• Lives are particularly vulnerable to legal problems. inappropriate language before watershed for example.
• In 2002 Matt Wright revealed a name of a person who did not know.
• Producer in the gallery has to work hard to mitigate such accidents

Run VT

• Even pre-shot VT can experience problems live.
• Whether it is that the wrong VT is played or the VT Simply won't play. 
• Job of the gallery team to keep to time and make way for new stories

Live In Trouble

• Integrity of material presented as live
• Competition winners being mocked up to deal with problems experiences by the production team
• Major fines for shows being deceptive
• BBC now identify something that is not live so that the audience is not cheated.

Blog ideas:

Possible for people to record TV

On demand

impact of broadcasting live upon viewing exp

Practical issues

Value of being live

Why do live shows have large audiences