Studio Production Unit: Pre-Production - Behind The Scenes Scripting

One task I proceeded with was to write the script with Charlie for the Behind The Scenes film of the show being created. It wasn't until late into the scripting that we found out that scripting this wasn't our role and was instead a role for the Promotions Producer and Show Producer. However since we were pretty far into the process we were allowed to continue.

I wrote the majority of the script but Charlie did have an equal say in what the content would be. My plan for the BTS was to tell a story from concept to production detailing the steps taken to get from a pitch to an actual 'as-live' production.

The maximum length is 10-12 minutes which I felt would be too short a time to fit everything in. Although at the same time 10 minutes can be a very long time depending on the variety of content you have. 

My goal was to get interviews with all the major players in the production: Show Producer; Studio Directors; Production Manager; Promotions Producer and VT Producer. In either actuality or set-up interviews. 

Instead of setting up an interview here and there at various stages of the production I was told to instead wait until the end (either just before or just after the actual recording) and film the interview as a 'whole': covering the past 9 weeks in a single interview. Partly to free up the interviewees and allow them to work but also to avoid the physical changes of them. For example, in week 2 an interviewee has a beard and then in week 8 they don't, or they're wearing different clothes or had a haircut. I believe this to not be such a big issue as it's behind the scenes and we're progressing through 9 weeks of their time. A haircut or different shirt won't ruin or affect the continuity at all due to the BTS covering a large expanse of time. Despite this I shall go ahead with the single interview at the end as it really doesn't make that much of a difference.

There are lots of actuality shots in the script including VT production; VT meetings and scripting; Promotions tasks like creating the poster; advert and social media pages and Producer department jobs such as preparation for the CATF meeting and auditions for the host and panellists.