Learning from television
It sounds very parental, but speaking from
experience, it will translate to more than just
your program and career aspirations. You're
learning some core skills relative to your
career, but you're also learning how to network,
be a team player and to start and finish
something big.
I took television broadcasting and I learned things about lights and cameras; mics and mixers; software and live television. My favorite part was learning the software: Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Photoshop, but to this day I'm still learning from live television.
Live television is teamwork and communication at its best. Millions of live TV shows are broadcast around the world daily, and it takes the hard work of a team of people to make it happen without fault.
The end result is a talking head on screen, or two or maybe four. But infront of those heads are a few camera people, who are all under the direction of the floor director. The floor director is talking to someone in production control, usually a production assistant, who tells the director how much time he's got to work with. The director is directing several people, including server, graphics and audio operators.
The entire show gets put through the wires to master control where its operators then put it out to the masses. All in all it probably takes a good 20 to 30 people to make it happen. I've forgotten a few players like the teleprompter operator, set people, lighting people, the assistants, but you get the idea.
These people need to know their jobs well but they also need to have the communication skills to keep everyone on the same page and moving at the same pace. If a graphic comes on too soon, it looks bad. If the teleprompter op isn't paying attention, he may make the on-screen talent look like an idiot. We see these slip-ups on TV every so often, but it's usually very rare.
I've transferred these skills to my job today as FSU president. I'm still a director of sorts, and I've got a team of people working with me to represent us all to the college, and also to deliver excellent service. It takes everyone from the business manager to the cashiers at Oasis to make it happen, and we make sure we're all on the same page.
Teamwork and communication make it happen around the world, from the top levels of government, to the educational institutes, to World of Warcraft. What once were just seemingly random skills thrown together into a course package are now something of a life lesson to me. By making a 22-minute talk show I learned the importance of teamwork and communication, and it's helped me greatly. Television broadcasting can't be the only program that does this, so pay attention to what you in school!
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
I took television broadcasting and I learned things about lights and cameras; mics and mixers; software and live television. My favorite part was learning the software: Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Photoshop, but to this day I'm still learning from live television.
Live television is teamwork and communication at its best. Millions of live TV shows are broadcast around the world daily, and it takes the hard work of a team of people to make it happen without fault.
The end result is a talking head on screen, or two or maybe four. But infront of those heads are a few camera people, who are all under the direction of the floor director. The floor director is talking to someone in production control, usually a production assistant, who tells the director how much time he's got to work with. The director is directing several people, including server, graphics and audio operators.
The entire show gets put through the wires to master control where its operators then put it out to the masses. All in all it probably takes a good 20 to 30 people to make it happen. I've forgotten a few players like the teleprompter operator, set people, lighting people, the assistants, but you get the idea.
These people need to know their jobs well but they also need to have the communication skills to keep everyone on the same page and moving at the same pace. If a graphic comes on too soon, it looks bad. If the teleprompter op isn't paying attention, he may make the on-screen talent look like an idiot. We see these slip-ups on TV every so often, but it's usually very rare.
I've transferred these skills to my job today as FSU president. I'm still a director of sorts, and I've got a team of people working with me to represent us all to the college, and also to deliver excellent service. It takes everyone from the business manager to the cashiers at Oasis to make it happen, and we make sure we're all on the same page.
Teamwork and communication make it happen around the world, from the top levels of government, to the educational institutes, to World of Warcraft. What once were just seemingly random skills thrown together into a course package are now something of a life lesson to me. By making a 22-minute talk show I learned the importance of teamwork and communication, and it's helped me greatly. Television broadcasting can't be the only program that does this, so pay attention to what you in school!
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
