Red Nose Day Evaluation

RND Show Evaluation

The aim of this assignment was to provide learners with the understanding, knowledge and skills required to manage the production of a media product from the initial through to completion. We were assigned to each come up with ideas for a Games show, a Comedy insert, a chosen Charity and a live Item to showcase in our Red Nose Day Show. I decided to focus on a charity for Homeless people and wanted to raise awareness and money for those on the streets and at the same time, attain some experience in holding a show. My role in this task was the Presenter and assistant Producer. In the pre-production it was my task to call meetings, assure that the Producer had all the right documents and that all participants in the group were completing the set tasks. I also had the role of the Presenter. In the preparation for the show, my job was to write out a script, memorise it and lead the whole show by interacting with the audience and making sure that all my groups work was being presented in the best way possible.

When it was time to do the final show, I felt my group and I were confident about doing so. We had prepared in time and were confident in the pre production work which we all helped do so our time management skills were of excellent standard. Although, I was quite happy with the pre-production and putting on the actual live show and performing to an audience, I felt as though there were things I disliked whilst completing the assignment. One thing I disliked was the lack of communication with organisations when attempting to call them up for information or answers. As we chose our final charity, it was my task to call up the charity and ask for permission from them to use their name and organisation for our Live Show. The charity were very delayed with contact and I did not receive any of the emails I had sent out to them, meaning I was delayed myself in completing my tasks set. Although this problem had occurred, I called up a meeting with my team to try and resolve the situation and we all came to the decision of having to find another charity to support. Although this was completed very last minute, we were able to overcome this issue before the Show. One thing I also disliked about the final show was the fact that our vision mixer had forgotten to press record when we started our show, meaning there was no recorded evidence or footage to re-watch the show. However, I still remember how well it went for us and how well the audience reacted to our show. I was extremely satisfied with this.

This now leads me to what I enjoyed about the final show. When I appeared in front of the crowd, they did not look interested however I managed to use my communication skills and techniques to liven up the audience. I told a few jokes and interacted with the audience for their attention. My group was the lucky group that got to announce winners from a competition that the audience have been competing in, making it beneficial for me as that meant even more interaction with the audience. What I also loved about our final show for Red Nose Day, was the response we had received from colleagues and audience members some even saying ours was the best out of all the other shows. I enjoyed introducing the shows and presenting in between as this is my strongest asset.

 

If I could change one thing about the show it would be to definitely double check all the cameras were working and the vision mixer had in fact recorded the show we produced. I would also change the structure of our show as I felt the inserts could have been shown in a different order to assure we were keeping our audience on their feet.

In conclusion, I am satisfied with my final project and feel that it has been a success. I have learnt how to interact more with an audience and how to be more confident on live shows as I experience these as the projects go. I have learnt how to deal with issues when they occur finally how to sell an organisation to an audience and feed them with knowledge professionally but fun at the same time. I look forward to doing more projects like this in the near future as I feel I have now conquered the rules of how to put on a live show.