Script For Comedy On The Streets

Comedy On The Streets

Hello and welcome to comedy on the streets, i am Matthew Jump and i am here to talk to you about comedy on the streets of Manchester and whether there is a wrong time to tell jokes or can it fun all day everyday!

Today i will be taking you through different types of comedy there are out there and how you can become a comedian would like to. I am not a comedian although i love to make people laugh and believe that its a great thing to do and i would maybe like to look into doing at some point so this VT will both help me and you after all my dad always did say that i had a face for comedy.

Today i will be interviewing from a special guest who was the runner up in a comedy competition and also i will be interviewing students from Manchester Universities about what makes them laugh.

Back To Me On Camera

Professional comedians are brilliant at making people laugh and most of there work is scripted and done on stage this technique can be very difficult because it all depends on the mood of the audience why reverts back to my main question "Is There A Wrong Time For Comedy?"

Interview With Andy Lee

I am here with Andrew Lee, he competed in young comedian of the year and came runner up, Hello Andy first of all:

How did you get into the competition?

What was the experience like for you?

Why is comedy is important?

What is your favourite type of comedy?

Who is your favourite comedian?

Do you think there is a wrong time to tell jokes?

Is it good to get into comedy at a young age?

What's your favourite joke?

Interview On The Streets

What do you do/watch to make yourself laugh?

Have you ever thought about trying comedy?

Do you know any places where you can try comedy?

Is there a wrong time for comedy?

What is your favourite joke?

Voice Over

Even though not many people know it, but there are lots of places in Manchester where young people can go to try out comedy if that interests them. What people don’t realize is that all famous comedians and comedy actors had to start somewhere and most of them started by doing stand up routines at open mic events at pubs and clubs.

In Manchester there are places such as:

•       Castle Hotel – Which has an open mic event every Monday

•       Lass O Gowry – Which is a pub that has open mic event also on a Monday

•       Town Tavern Hall – Open mic on a Wednesday

There is also a number of places where you can go and watch comedians that have been performing live for a while which you will have to pay for but is a brilliant experience if you want to go somewhere for a good old laugh.

The Comedy Store Manchester – Arches 3 and 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street, West, Manchester, M1 5LH

The Frog And The Bucket – 102 Oldham Street, abobo (abidjan), Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 1LJ

Comedy Balloon - THE APE & APPLE, 28 John Dalton St, Manchester, M2 6HQ

VT For Ricardo - Freeview and Digital Switch Over

After presenting my pitch on the 28th April about my idea of filming a VT based on freeview and how it has developed through the years. It was chosen also with Danny Jacks idea of the digital switchover and how we could create a 5 minute VT together with with our two subjects.
After speaking to Danny during the lesson we both agreed that it would be tough in order to get a guest in to talk about the subjects that we have chosen, although if possible we would send an email to either comet or currys and ask whether it would be possible to maybe get a member of staff to interview, although the guest would have to have worked with televisions for the past 10 years and know what he/she was talking about.

After searching online for a while I was not able to find a suitable website to send an email to which means that we may have to travel to one of the shops and hopefully speak to a member of staff.

Pitch For History Of Television

What will be including in my pitch for my idea of wanting to film about Freeview boxes:

Content Of My Presentation:

My presentation will be on digital boxes and why they have become such a huge part of  everyone's life and everyone will now have wont be restricted to the 5 analogue channels. Many people now have freeview built into the televisions now but still there are some people out there that mightn't want to purchase an new television and rather sick with there old one which only has analogue channels then a digital box is best to buy.

It will also include pictures and videos that I have found on various websites that relate with my chosen topic also I short video of me connecting the cables into an old television to show how to set it up. This means that I will need to get an old television and a simple digital box in order to show people how its done.

My ultimate goal will be to show and a explain to people why the digital switch over happened and what you can do if you don’t have a television with freeview built in.

Research and Material:

In order for me to find about the actual reasons why the digital switch over I will have to research into it which means both looking for primary research and secondary research will come in handy when talking about the subject. For my primary research I plan on travelling to stores around Manchester and hopefully getting a few interviews with colleagues that have been working there for over 10 years maybe to get an insight into what it has been like working through the digital switch over and see how they coped. Also I would like to go around and speak to people on the street and find out there verdict on the switch over whether they bought new televisions or whether they stuck to buying a digital box.

My secondary research will be done by looking at video and news articles on the internet to get a better understanding for myself into why it happened and was it a good choice.

Questions To My Guest:
I would hopefully like my guest to be someone who works in a television store such as Comet and Currys.

•How long have you worked with selling televisions?

•With you working for that amount of time, how big was the digital switch over for your company?

•Do you see more people buying televisions now rather than digital boxes?

•Do many digital boxes get sold nowadays?

•In the future do you still expect digital boxes to be on the market?


Interesting Stats About The Change Over:
189 households and interviewing 25 in more depth, was that 60% of digital newcomers took Freeview and 40% Sky.

The research also found virtually all homes' main televisions were digital-enabled by November 14 and by mid-December 95% of second sets were also ready.

Just 5% of homes said digital was worse than analogue and 94% were either positive or neutral about the switch-off itself.

Digital UK's publicity and community work to get everyone ready for the change was also deemed to have been successful. Only 15% said they would have liked more information.

Nearly 75% of people told researchers they were not worried about it. However, 16% were unaware switchover would affect analogue television recorders.

A spokesman for Copeland Digital Group said: "The switch to digital has been recognised as a very positive change, on the whole well managed and well received, with several benefits for local people and for the area.”

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a85902/survey-finds-first-tv-switch-over-a-success.html

Research For Live Event

In order to visually imagine my set design for the music show i will have to research into various other live music events that have been filmed, but i will be concentrating on mainly on new and current live events that have used multi camera setup. I will be looking for idea's and various equipment that may benefit the show i plan on looking for events such as festivals and gigs performed in small locations on a very basic stage. The bands will be performing in Fielden Campus in one of the classrooms so looking at gig setups will be suited to the bands we will be filming.



After searching online for various ways to set up my set design i seen this which is a three piece band
performing in a similar environment that our bands will be performing in. The set up is relatively small and looks like they have a black curtain round the the band with a typical set up of the drummer being set up at the back and the guitarist and bass playing at the front. The reason this video caught my eye was with the lights on the floor round the curtain which gives the set a nice glow from the floor. This gives me and idea to set up this for one of the bands because it is already very similar. When watching this video i also noticed that they used multiple cameras to film this with the main camera being the wide shot and then another camera stood on a tripod getting still shots from the band, meanwhile there is also another camera which is handheld which gives the shot a more personal feel and can offer some great shots although can make the shot very unsteady, this is another idea that i may use for my music performance.





One thing that i wouldn't want to do which is seen here when filming Mumford And Sons is that even though they are using a live multi camera set up and switching between shot to shot and only one of the camera's is on a tripod meanwhile two of the shots are handheld and not steady which means the camera is constantly moving round side to side which is quite uncomfortable to watch. Although the close ups on each of the band members i do like as well as the static wide shot behind the audience. The set is very basic but is wide which enables for each member of the band to stand on line with each other which means that its easier to film close ups and being able to see everyone in shot constantly.





One thing that i believe can get fantastic shots when filming live music in a multi camera setup is when a camera is on a crane and can get excellent high angle shots of not only the main singer but can get great moving shots of the band behind the lead vocalist such as in this video where it shows and opening shot of the pianist then as it moves out it gets a high angle shot of the rest of the band. This is brilliant and i would love to be able to have this for my music shoot, but the cost of the equipment is very expensive which means that we couldn't purchase one although i believe that if we have a camera on a track and maybe raise it to eye level it would get some great shots in.

I like the colours used in this song by Olly Murs once again this is shot live and i like the way the colours constantly change in the background to various colours. I would like to have lights for my show behind the  musicians. Also the way the band is shaped is also  interesting and i may inherit that also into my music show in order for everyone to be seen having them in a horse shoe shape with the main drummer at the back and the lead singer at the front . 

How To Create A Television Treatment Website

1. Create an outline of your television show idea. Try to break it up into acts with distinct breaks for the commercials. Leave each of these breaks on a cliffhanger that will make the audience want more.



2. Write the title at the top of the page in quotation marks. Two lines down, type the author "By: " centered on the page so it falls under the title. Skip two lines. Start at the left side of the page, and do not indent your paragraphs.

3. Set up the opening scene. It should be the first thing readers see so they can instantly get into the story. Describe things in the present tense so that the treatment reads as if it was happening just as the reader gets to it on the page. The first time you mention a character, capitalize his first name. Then add a comma, his age and a brief physical description so the reader can visualize him.

4. Describe the actions of the story--i.e., the key points that continue the plot and push things along. You can leave out the smaller filler items and dialogue. Include only key lines that change the story or become a catchphrase or common theme that propels things along and brings elements together later on

5. Write each act in equal parts. If you're writing a four-page treatment then act one should be one page, act two should be about two pages and act three should be one page long. This is because the first act is 30 pages, the second 60 pages and the third another 30 pages. Keep the treatment as even as possible so the story seems to stay on the same flow time wise and makes sense to the reader.

6. Read the treatment aloud after you've written it and listen to how it sounds. You want it to read like a story stripped of all the adjectives, descriptive language and details that can make a book run on so long. Make sure you explain all the key story elements. Make corrections or changes as necessary.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4854252_write-television-treatment.html

Pre Production Minutes

14th February - Camera Composition - Looked at framing pictures and why it is important to frame pictures correctly, in the morning of the lesson we looked at different pictures that won the pulitzer prize and looking at how to frame them up correctly and looking at camera techniques such as the rule of thirds and depth of fields.





This is the outline for the rule of thirds and is used in photography, for the shots to be successful the point of interest must be in the middle of the frame which is the box where the four boxes are surrounding.

Image of rule of thirds, found on:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds


Depth of field is the amount of distance between an object that is close and one that is far away and what you can get in focus it is based on your own opinion because

21st Feb - February - During todays lesson we took out the cameras and filmed the opening of our music production that will be edited for next week. We where each placed into groups and was able to take out a camera in order for us to think of different shots that would be effective for a 30 second intro. Each member of the group was able to think of a shot and able to shoot it however we wanted to, my shot that i chose i felt was an excellent opening to the intro showing a medium close up of 3 speakers stood on a table as a member of our group pressed the on button i felt that this shot was significant because i defies "on" as the beginning of the show. I already knew how i was going to edit the shot. The rest of the group also went off shooting there various shots whilst i helped in anyway i possibly could. At the end of the filming we reviewed some of the shots we used in order to edit them the week after. The reason we chose these different shots is because it symbolises


28th February - On this lesson we was asked to do an editing task where we had to edit footage from the last two weeks ago from the tasks of collecting footage from our college that would be decent enough to put on a wall therefor we had to take into consideration the shot and the background. Also we had to collect footage that would work well for an introduction to our music performances at the end of the semester and we had to combine both pieces of footage together and to create the intro. For me this task was very challenging because it was the first time i have ever been on final cut pro and therefor wasn't sure how to work the piece of software but after a brief introduction to the software and learning how to import and how to 'log and transfer' the footage onto final cut pro which was very helpful to me. I have always wanted to learn how to edit footage that i had shot because it will become very handy in the future if there is a job available also if i wanted to put together something in my spare time.

I was then helped by being shown step by step what to do to be ready to edit the footage that i had collected this made me feel confident because i believe that i can do it myself but also i must also research into creating more footage on youtube because this will also give me a better understanding on editing on final cut that will help me succeed in performing well in certain tasks.

Here is what i created, i believe that for a first time go i believe that it was a decent effort although maybe a different song choice would be more effective or slower shots. I used the same transitions all the time because i was got confused with how to view them before i use each shot. But it takes time to learn new things and i will put the effort in to learn more about this editing software because i would enjoy editing my own videos.

17^th March – I presented my pitch to the group and two tutors, I used Prezi as I like the layout of the website and I believe it is more enjoyable to watch rather than doing a presentation on power point. With prezi it also enabled me to add in pictures from my documents and also let me put videos off youtube into my presentation which came in very handy when showing my group what I would like as my set.

http://prezi.com/njcnjkoogxon/pitch-for-music-show/

I chose my background as pink and the writing as blue as I believed that it would make it stand out and be less dull than sticking with a normal black and white background. The pictures I used also made the people watching laugh which is a great way to capturing the audiences attention.

9^th May- In our lesson today we where asked to film a number of artists that where coming in to perform  there own songs in preparation for filming them in there end of the month assessment, the lesson today was a rehearsal for both the broadcast television students and the music students in order to practice what will be happening at the end of the month.

After being assigned our roles two weeks before todays first rehearsal we had time to be prepared for what will be coming up, I was assigned the role of the presenter and interviewer I believe that this was because I am confident in front of camera and have experienced it before in previous assignments. This meant that I had to watch some video's on youtube on questions that I can ask to the artists, after looking through various videos it wasn't helpful as they questions that they where asking where about the recent success of the band after the bands have been famous for a while so it was easy to get information on the bands to ask questions meanwhile I didn't know who our artist where going to be so just decided to make up some questions such as:

Do you write your own music?

Do you enjoy writing music?

How long have you/your band been performing for?

What famous musician would you like to perform alongside with?

Do you use social networking pages to promote your band?

After receiving the running order for the bands coming in on the Tuesday I began to write I script for what will be put onto the tricaster also a number of interview questions because I knew that my co-presenter Erin was away and wouldn't be in for todays lesson which meant that who ever was the interviewer already had there questions set out for them.

I believe my presenting went pretty well although could make some huge improvements such as learning my lines and sound a bit more enthusiastic, another problem that I believe I should overcome is that i don't have to read the words exactly as they come up but I should concentrate on making my presenting more entertaining than boring reading straight off the script, this will help me loosen up although I would have to remember the artists name right.  

16^th May - Today was another rehearsal day for filming live bands last week there was 4 bands and 5 acts but today there was only 2 bands being filmed, after only receiving the band names in the morning I began to create a script as I was the presenter again:

Up first we have Kane Stansfield singing and playing on his acoustic guitar ready to begin the show for us, so take it away KANE!!!

Thank you Kane for that, but now we will take a short break so we will be back very soon with an interview with Kane himself.

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Next up we have a talent band called Nearly Close To Jazz, you are about to rock your socks off

Cheers for that guys, once again we are going to a short break so see ya in a bit!!

23^rd May - After I created this script Erin who is the other presenter came up with an idea of putting various questions into a hat and asking the artists to pick a question out of the hat and having to answer the question they have chosen. I believe that this was a great idea as it was both entertaining for the viewers and the artists instead of answering the same old questions over and over again. 

I believe the show was a success although it could have been better with timing as when the first act was meant to be being introduced I didn't receive a count down and was put on the spot straight from the beginning without knowing if I was live. Another problem I found with the set up was that I didn't know if I was meant to come on after the act to tell the viewers that the performers where going to be interviewed I think this was again a lack of communication between me and the director.

23^rd May - Today was the final time of filming the live acts as there was no more rehearsals and it was the final show, I believe today was a huge success as we filmed a live show from the start till the end without stopping to sort out anything. I arrived in today at half 9 and straight away began to write my script as I was sent the name of the last performer who was unsure of coming in, as my role of the presenter it was to write the script and make sure it was successfully on the auto cue, after saving the script onto the pen drive and putting it into the HP laptop I soon found out a few problems with the software not being able to read the word document, this was a huge problem for me as it was too late to completely learn all my lines which meant that i had to change the file format, then after putting the pen drive back into the laptop it was successful which meant that I was able to read it off the auto cue.

After speaking to the director at the time "Luis Winder" I soon had to change my script because the act that was wary of coming in wasn't attending this meant that I had to delete a piece of script that I had recently written. I also found out that I had to delete a number of lines because the director didn't want me to introduce that there was a break coming up and what they would be doing after the break.

I felt confident that as a presenter I successfully performed to a high standard as I didn't make a mistake and tried to smile and be energetic at all times in front of the camera, I also was talking to the guests to make them feel comfortable. The was only one mistake in the performance when it came to me and I don't believe it was my fault although I think it was because of lack of communication between the director and floor manager as the camera was live and I was not told of a countdown so there was a few minor seconds of me just standing in front of the camera when it was live.

13th Feb Online Diary

For Sams assignment i will have to create my own VT to add into the news production after thinking long and hard into what I can do that will be different to most other people would do, i finally came to my decision that to do something that I enjoy doing, talking about things on a brighter note in the modern world you will watch most news programs and hear about the things that have happened that are of a darker nature such as killings, crimes and other horrific things that can send our country into depression. This is why I believe a bit of comedy would be perfect for the news because a good laugh helps everyone when they are feeling down. My title would be called "Laughter When All Things Seem Bad" this title straight away proves that it is going to be aiming at making the audience laugh even though the things that are happening in the news aren't comical at all