This week we start our prep for A4, setting out crew roles- I’ve been assigned sets/props in studio C for week 1 while I will be DA in studio A for week 2.

The general vibe of the class was really just brainstorming ideas on what we want to do, ideas on content and structure and getting into groups to familiarise ourselves with our roles etc. The writers, producers and directors all sat down in a circle to finalise the idea of our shows and by the end of it we had decided on a breakfast show. I really liked the idea of  ‘Breakfast for Dinner’ and felt like there was a lot of potential to add in several aspects like have a news segment or even cut into a skit segment. I felt like the idea didn’t limit us to a certain structure like for instance a game show would.

Because I was props and wouldn’t have a specific task to do until a proper script has been done up, I took it upon myself to float around and expose myself to other equipment. I really enjoyed playing around with the vision mixer table, which would’ve been my third choice in roles for A4. Otherwise, it was a pretty productive session of sort of feeling the role we were assigned and getting our idea set.