Golden Oldies

Golden Oldies 

With the pitches being done and the chosen charity being ‘Golden Oldies’ the next step was to get assigned roles from the producer. With everyone in the class having specific job interests I was quite enthusiastic to want to either be the vision mixer which I had done before and also watched a pro in action doing it or to try being a floor manager as when working on cameras and generally on the studio floor I had always wondered what it would be like to be someone in that position. When on the group chat, I put myself forward for both these jobs, and of course with a few people wanting to be the vision mixer with me offering another role I got the position of the floor manager.

What is a floor manager?

‘The floor manager is responsible both for the safe running of the floor and for ensuring that the studio is ready to rehearse and record on time. Once the studio is in rehearsal, the floor manager becomes responsible for the overall state of the studio.’- Cue and Cut

With being given this job I am really excited to see what I will have to do as this and to also have a big part to play within the production. Meeting in our lecture just before we broke up for Easter, it was clear to me that I didn’t have a big role in being within a pre production as I am more active on the day of the production, keeping everything to time and making sure everything is running smoothly. However, in this session I sat with the crew that would be on the floor for example the camera operators and sound on the floor and we went through where the cameras would be placed and what the layout of the studio would be. With this I also talked to the researchers to find out from them who exactly would be in the studio so that I can research a bit into them as they will be the people that I will be interacting with. Which lead me to talk to the director, who talked to me about the possible time frames of the show, so I would know what to do with having to stick to what needed to be done in a certain time frame.

One thing I am weary of is the fact that I haven’t experienced this job role before and with that I am nervous about wanting to act professional, so in order to prepare me for this job I am going to research and read into what makes an effective floor manager, so that when it come to the day of rehearsing and recording the show, I know what my job entails and what I have to do to ensure everybody’s safety and also learn how to stick to the timings correctly. However, I feel like our class is very committed and all of us want to make a good show and therefore will all work together in order to make a great show.