TV News: Autocue & Green Screen Workshop

In this autocue & green screen workshop, we were tasked with shooting a short, 'live' package from a press release by the RSPCA about transporting animals across Europe for slaughter. We needed to carry out some more research to shoot the piece to create a basic list of what was needed to be included in the narrative as we had time constraints. 

- The petition has now reached 1 million signatures

- According to a survey carried out by the RSPCA, 66% of the British public are appalled by live animals being transported long distances for slaughter and almost 7 out of 10 believe that animals should only be slaughtered in the country they have been reared. 

- Transported hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles as far as the middle east 

- Animals are kept in cramped, overcrowded conditions

- The European Commission is responsible for proposing legislation and making decisions across the EU and so their input is pivotal to ensure animals are being treated humanely

- The RSPCA wants to raise public awareness that will pus the EC to change the law and put an end to the treatment of animals in this way. 

We shot a short studio segment where we had Alex being the presenter, cutting to me and Katie as our correspondent at the scene of the incident. We filmed Alex's scene first, however it wasn't managed time wise very well as we over ran on just establishing the shot, so were rushed with time when filming got finally underway. 

After the green screen sequence was shot we then focused on the correspondent piece with Katie and me. Katie was the correspondent and I was a member of the RSPCA raising awareness of the issue. What was an immediate red flag was remembering your lines as the interviewer, and how difficult it can be to say everything that you need to say. We had several takes and not one of them was what we wanted. 

In the end we eventually got something that we were satisfied with as a group. Overall it highlighted what the potential struggles may be when we come to film our own live sequences and news packages.