Today was the first of my two days work experience on the Deal or No Deal set at Paintworks in Bristol. As I had not gone through Endemol I got a little more than the work experience they offer, as well as jumping up the long waiting list!
A typical day involves recording 3 episodes/games a day (though tomorrow they will be doing 4) and for each one I was doing something different, this is how my day went...
Episode One
After a tour around the set and other departments, for the first episode I was allowed to be part of the audience so I could first watch how they film it and the processes involved. They use 7 cameras to film with and the one that impressed me the most was the steadycam which was the most complex wireless, hand held set up I have seen! This first game lasted about 2 hours and this will later be edited down to around 35 minutes, each episode can take around 3 days to edit. So look out for me on the 6th of October in the audience!
Episode Two
For this episode I was in the gallery sat with the director Richard Van'y Reit to experience what it is like from off the set and also listen to the talk back on the headsets. The layout of the gallery was interesting and my short stay in here really opened my eyes as to the role of a director during filming.
Episode Three
Whilst the third episode of the show was being filmed I spent the rest of the afternoon with Tom one of the editing team. They are not part of Endemol specifically but work for The Farm Group who are then hired by Endemol and also have their offices within Paintworks. Unlike us they use Avid editing software on PC's, this I found the most interesting part of the day and my input even lead to a couple of cuts on a show he was working on that will be broadcast some time in late September/early October.
Tommorow I will be spending time with looking more at what goes on on set spending time with camera's, lighting and sound!
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