Thursday, 12 January 2012

Advanced In Technology 
That the set of coronation street has expanded with being a studio based location to a real location base which made the set more realistic because the street looks more realistic and also people live there which brings a realistic atmosphere than a studio with a fake atmosphere from this is gives a verisimilitude feeling. Granda have invested a lot of money which helped them located to a real street and to get the street even more realistic by getting more props etc.

Broadcasting has changed on coronation street from broadcasting in black and white in the 1960s to coloured broadcasting in 1969. Then after 9 years of broadcasting in colour there was a situation were the camera staff wanted a pay rise but they didn't get what they requested so they chose not to use the newer equipment so on the 8th February, coronation street was broad casted in black and white and they used to record some days and do live shows because they didn't have enough time to do all the recording in a week, so they recorded on Wednesdays and did live performances on Friday. Then after achieving broadcasting in colour they then moved to tape from carrying on from film which made filming much quicker.

HD stands for high definition which coronation street announced in the early months of 2010 that they were going to use HD equipment and were going to film their episodes with it in May 2010. This then included the production teams equipment getting upgraded such as their cameras, production vehicles, lighting and editing facilities. They also got an upgrade from a standard definition tape based system to a state-of-the-art HD file based system.

The video that was shown on the web page we looked at we could see from the responses from the production team and everyone that was shown on the video said that it has changed the of filming by making it much easier for everyone that is in the production team. It has made the video recording clearer and has made the quality of the picture look amazing and clear which has benefited the production of the show. This is also making it quicker to make the clips which means it would save money because they aren't taking as long to make the clips which will save them  money making them. This is all the impact that HD has done for coronation street.

This was shot with a P2 high definition which provides crane shots from rooftops. The P2 HD is used at 100 mbs using akegan cameras the polecam toshiba camera which adds drama.

Coronation street are looking to improve the show by moving their base to Manchester which will provide the show with a bigger space for the new production team which will also upgrade all their equipment, technology and facilities for the years of 2012/13, the place that they would be moving to is called media city.

1 comment:

  1. Some good initial research here. Paraphrasing is reasonable and demonstrates a fairly solid compression of the source material.

    Be careful not to misspell important names and key terms (“Granada”).

    In your first paragraph you refer to changes and developments in set construction for soaps. You do not mention any dates so it is difficult for us to ascertain how changes happened. You do not go into any real detail about the nature of the changes, other than to allude to the move from studio to location filming. Your account needs more depth and detail.

    In your second paragraph, you refer to a strike by camera staff. The strike was by technicians. You need to re-write this paragraph once you have the correct account of events. Towards the end of your paragraph you merge a new point about live shows into your point about industrial action. Keep these two separate, by making them separate sentences.

    You paragraph on HD needs much more detail. You do not explore in any depth or detail the impact of HD technology on different areas of production. Go back to the links you were given and extend your research.

    In your fourth paragraph you refer to a video from the web. You need to embed this video or we understand nothing of what you write in this paragraph.

    You fifth paragraph seems to suggest than an HD camera adds drama. How? Is it the camera or the way that grip equipment is used for certain scenes? Again, go back to the links and research this in more depth.

    The objective is very text heavy. It might have been undertaken by an English student rather than a media student. Represent yourself more strongly as a media student by: embedding more hyperlinks, graphics and videos; using online media tools.

    A fairly good beginning. D--

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