{"id":3970,"date":"2018-03-05T14:13:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2018-03-05T14:13:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:13:26","slug":"tino-mupembe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/tino-mupembe\/","title":{"rendered":"Tino Mupembe"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b><span>Production Week 1<\/span><\/b><span>:\u00a0 Friday 2<\/span><span>nd<\/span><span> February \u2013 9<\/span><span>th<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0February<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>This <\/span><span>w<\/span><span>eek we were given our groups and scripts.<\/span> <span>The lesson <\/span><span>begun<\/span><span> by going through the first few scenes of each script which allowed us to get a feel of how they <\/span><span>mi<\/span><span>ght<\/span><span> sound and of course <\/span><span>which ones<\/span><span> we <\/span><span>wanted<\/span><span> to work on. In the afternoon <\/span><span>the roles for the production were <\/span><span>explained, the importance of them and <\/span><span>what they entitled. We were then told to split into the roles we wanted to get, as <\/span><span>DMC student, certain roles<\/span><span> were best suited for Radio students which was understandable. We had to think of our First &amp; Second Choice of roles as we might have had to switch around.\u00a0 My first Choice was Script Editor and my Second Choice was Production Co-Ordinator, <\/span><span>t<\/span><span>hose<\/span> <span>role<\/span><span>s<\/span><span> seemed most appealing to me.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Eventually our groups were sorted, <\/span><span>my<\/span><span> group is called the Drama <\/span><span>Darlings<\/span><span>.<\/span><span> We then <\/span><span>discussed<\/span><span> the top 3 scripts we wanted to work with. We all wanted to do <\/span><span>Coffinated<\/span><span> the most which we got.<\/span><span> We also chose when we wanted to <\/span><span>record,<\/span><span> and it was the first recording session on 23<\/span><span>rd<\/span><span> February in the Afternoon slot.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>My group consists of:<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Samantha &#8211;<\/span><span>\u00a0Producer<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Faye &#8211;\u00a0Director<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Clare &#8211;\u00a0Production Co-Ordinator<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>James &#8211;\u00a0Studio Manager<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tino (Me) &#8211;\u00a0Script Editor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>On <\/span><span>Wednesday<\/span><span> we met as a group, minus James who couldn\u2019t make it, to <\/span><span>disc<\/span><span>uss<\/span><span> anything <\/span><span>regarding<\/span><span> the <\/span><span>script, I<\/span><span> had a look at the script before said <\/span><span>meeting but found<\/span><span> it difficult to find <\/span><span>anything that needed <\/span><span>d<\/span><span>rastic<\/span><span> changes.<\/span><span> Faye <\/span><span>had previously made annotations to the script before the <\/span><span>meeting that she brought in to discuss with us.<\/span><span> T<\/span><span>he<\/span><span> only changes that really needed to be made <\/span><span>were<\/span><span> addition\/subtractions of <\/span><span>SFX, not any lines or <\/span><span>scenes<\/span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><span> We also spoke about the <\/span><span>actors<\/span><span> available and had a listen at each of their reels, some of the actors sounded a lot older than we had wanted but we <\/span><span>considered<\/span><span> their <\/span><span>playin<\/span><span>g<\/span><span> age.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span>Production Week 2<\/span><\/b><span>: Friday 9<\/span><span>th<\/span><span> &#8211; 16<\/span><span>th<\/span> <span>February<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>This week I had made the small <\/span><span>changes that had been<\/span><span> spoken about in the previous week to the script, we also had another <\/span><span>meeting to <\/span><span>discuss sound effects<\/span><span>, how the background would\/should <\/span><span>sound in<\/span><span> different scenes and the possible order of the scenes we would do<\/span><span>.<\/span><span> We also discussed how certain scenes were going to be done. For <\/span><span>example;<\/span><span> voiceovers recorded\u00a0in the <\/span><span>booth, scenes <\/span><span>heard<\/span><span> from within the coffin or scenes<\/span><span> heard from outside the coffin.\u00a0<\/span><span> I <\/span><span>finalis<\/span><span>ed<\/span><span> the script by the end of the week by adding Page numbers and Line numbers, this way it would be easier and quicker for the actors to go to certain lines if we need to re-do it.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We also had some studio time this was to help us distinguish how we wanted the actors to be <\/span><span>positioned<\/span><span>, we especially needed this as our actors needed to sound like they were in an enclosed space, as if they were <\/span><span>Coffinated<\/span><span>. We worked with the little booth within the studio and brought out the sound boards <\/span><span>and we also experimented with mono-mics and stereo-mics. By the end of the session we had decided how close we wanted the actors to be stood to not only <\/span><span>each other<\/span><span> but the microphones too.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As we decided to use the booth it would have been hard to communicate between the actors and production crew in the <\/span><span>studio as <\/span><span>there wouldn\u2019t be <\/span><span>a speaker to hear from in their when the door is closed<\/span><span>,<\/span><span> I was chosen as <\/span><span>the middle <\/span><span>person to make it easier for the actors<\/span> <span>to concentrate on the script and to avoid having the others go back and forth between studio and booth which would waste time.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span>Production Week 3<\/span><\/b><span>: 16<\/span><span>th<\/span><span> February \u2013 23<\/span><span>rd<\/span><span> February<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The week of Recording, I had <\/span><span>finished<\/span><span> the final script and on the 16<\/span><span>th<\/span><span> by lunch time Clare had sent it to the actors that were booked that afternoon as required.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Our back-up actress was double confirmed<\/span> <span>as Clare had gotten an email from Rosanna informing us that she could no longer make our afternoon recording, we had managed to get Madeline Dunne who we had spoken to the previous week as a &#8220;just in case&#8221; scenario since a different actress had yet to respond.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span>RECORDING DAY<\/span><\/b><span>: Friday 23<\/span><span>rd<\/span><span> February<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Today was recording day, our group met at 10am to go over the script an extra time for <\/span><span>precaution<\/span><span>. We sectioned off which scenes would be recorded when, first would be<\/span> <span>Coffin scenes, then anything <\/span><span>VOs (Voiceovers), Caf\u00e9 <\/span><span>scenes<\/span> <span>followed,<\/span><span> and Outside scenes were recorded last. Scripts we also printed for the actors in the instance they forgot theirs and production scripts that were annotated for our benefit. As I would be in the studio with the actors I chose to use a digital screen to view the script, just so I know what scene to look at <\/span><span>to<\/span><span> signal to <\/span><span>the<\/span><span> right actor. We also went over how long to spend on each recording <\/span><span>section<\/span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At 1pm we went up to the studio as the morning group would be <\/span><span>finishing<\/span><span> up with their <\/span><span>recording,<\/span><span> so we had to start setting up the booth and studio. James, Clare and I got the studio set up the way we had <\/span><span>discussed,<\/span><span> and Faye and Sam went through a quick read through <\/span><span>with the Actors.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The final actors were:<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Olivia Warren <\/span><b><span>as<\/span><\/b> <span>Beth<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bart Lambert <\/span><b><span>as <\/span><\/b><span>Death<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Madeleine Dunne <\/span><b><span>as<\/span><\/b><span> Steph<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>James Dunham <\/span><b><span>as <\/span><\/b><span>Jeff<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Just before 2pm we <\/span><span>began recording, I stayed in the <\/span><span>studio with<\/span><span> the actors to signal when to start and <\/span><span>stop <\/span><span>as<\/span><span> the first scenes we recorded the s<\/span><span>ound blocks were up and <\/span><span>blocked the actors view of<\/span> <span>Faye and Sam. Being inside the booth was fun as I got to see <\/span><span>first-hand<\/span><span> the <\/span><span>expressions<\/span><span> of the actors and how fast they bonded for their role. They seemed at ease.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The recording went smoother than I had anticipated, we seemed to be ahead of time to be fair. I was worried about how well I would communicate between the actors and the production team in the <\/span><span>booth,<\/span><span> but both seemed to understand the information that I conveyed to them.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I was happy with my team, <\/span><span>we<\/span><span> worked well together and thankfully <\/span><span>there <\/span><span>weren<\/span><span>&#8216;<\/span><span>t<\/span><span> any <\/span><span>disagreements and if anyone had any suggestions we considered it. The production ran smoothly and by 4:30pm we had finished any recordings we needed to do with the actors, we thanked them for their participation and they left. <\/span><span>Afterwards there was still some extra sound effects we needed to record<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production Week 1:\u00a0 Friday 2nd February \u2013 9th\u00a0\u00a0February This week we were given our groups and scripts. 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