Autumn Reflections

It really is quite extraordinary – how much we have accomplished since our week 12 post in July. The wonderful thing about e2e is how it is evolving; both in following goals we have penned & being open to see how & where our journey takes us. Summer saw us meeting with the crew forContinue reading “Autumn Reflections”

TV NOW! Week 12 Summer reflections & celebrations

A brilliant presentation & Q&A with Senior BBC Camera Operator, Rob Taylor over Zoom, enabled the crew to reach the half way point of their Bronze Arts Award in the final week of training before Summer arrived. The crew summed up their thoughts about Rob’s career eloquently, with feedback such as: Fascinating; busy; interesting –Continue reading “TV NOW! Week 12 Summer reflections & celebrations”

TV NOW! Week 11

I cannot wait to share a sample of our band promos. This week we had a great session editing with multi layers and really enjoying starting to bring the band promos to life with a selection of abstract art and moving backgrounds. Video editing is something that is taught through all years where we workContinue reading “TV NOW! Week 11”

TV NOW! Weeks 9-10 Band Shoots

Control Room – Director DIR Vision Mixer VM Sound Operator SO Clock, Stills, Switcher CSS Behind The Scenes Film BTSF Studio – Floor Manager FM Camera 1 C1 Camera 2 C2 Camera 3 C3 Camera 4 C4 Behind The Scenes Photography BTSP Studio & Control Room Roles June 2021 The whole crew in the StudioContinue reading “TV NOW! Weeks 9-10 Band Shoots”

TV NOW! Week 8 back in the Studio & Control Room

Our first week of training using the Studio & Control Room since December 2020. The first time for 3 of our older crew who were observing & filming behind the scenes. Working as a team is gluing everything together. The crew are not developing traditional TV Control Room roles, but are innately merging their roles;Continue reading “TV NOW! Week 8 back in the Studio & Control Room”

TV NOW! Weeks 6-7 interview skills inside and out

Week 6 – our last training session before half term. Not sure how we have got to this point so quickly! Today, we introduced our hand held mics. The crew are well rehearsed with interviewing from their Media Crew days, but it’s been a while since we’ve used mics, as we used Zoom as ourContinue reading “TV NOW! Weeks 6-7 interview skills inside and out”

TV NOW! Weeks 1-5 Reflections

You can find out about the e2e Crew’s individual thoughts at: https://www.end2endtv.co.uk/e2ecrew – they have also created a collaborative article which the UK’s National Children’s Newspaper First News have agreed to publish! A brilliant way of showcasing an incredible group of people and of course I will celebrate that when their words are published! TheContinue reading “TV NOW! Weeks 1-5 Reflections”

Equipment bargains and an emerging training program

As we said before, the idea of e2e started with Peter buying a bargain over the Christmas holidays, influenced by the whole school production the Media Crew filmed & mixed in December. Wanting to give the children experience with a professional shoulder mounted camera, he struck gold with a second hand Panasonic E71 – aContinue reading “Equipment bargains and an emerging training program”