PA Studio Skills
This six day course
gives a basic and comprehensive grounding in the specialised skills required in
a multi-camera studio. It is designed for
production secretaries, production co-ordinators and production assistants and
anyone who is interested in learning the role of the Production Assistant in the
control room of a television studio.
The
course is primarily a practical one, giving hands-on exercises at every stage in order to give the
participants the
maximum amount of experience and confidence.
By
the exclusive use of a two-camera broadcast television studio throughout the
week - operated entirely by the participants - skills can be gradually built up and
participants made aware of how the job of a gallery PA interacts with other
studio staff, giving them an appreciation of the importance of their role as
part of this team.
Participants will work through all stages of a pre-recorded studio programme from camera script to studio recording, enabling them to experience the entire cycle of work on this type of programme before moving to 'as-live' and 'live' progarmmes, where the PA has a precise and specific role to play. The culmination of the course is a final 'live' magazine-type programme which incorporates all the new-found skills.
The course will cover
the following:
setting up a multi-camera production
camera scripts and camera cards
the layout of the studio control room
the PA's role in the control room
shot calling
time-code logging
stopwatch familiarisation
rolling-in insert items
overall and insert timings
cueing and counting
bar counting
coping with a 'live' studio
checking and cueing captions
the use of reverse and switch talk-back
The course starts with dinner on Saturday evening and finishes at lunch time on Friday.
All participants will receive a copy of The
Television PA's Handbook.
Avril Rowlands film & television training
Laxford
House
Poplar Piece,
Inkberrow, Worcestershire WR7 4JD
Telephone & fax:
01386 792 051
Mobile: 07957 428 548
mailto:avriltrain@hotmail.com