SOUND FOR MEDIA - RNC's Got Talent

Soudn For Media RNC's Got Talent

A product that I have chosen to produce the sound for this unit was a live talent show at RNC called RNC’s Got Talent which was recorded and broadcasted on Wednesday 25^th June 2014 at the Chapel Studios. The Show was recorded using a TriCastor Pro which allowed us to create a live edit of the visual feeds that were coming from the three cameras that were being used throughout the show.

RNC’s Got Talent was an annual talent show based at RNC for it’s Students where they are given the chance to display their talents in front of four judges for a chance to win the competition. The Show was broadcasted online using Live-Stream and burnt to DVD and sold to RNC Students at request.

There were key scenes during this production such as the opening titles which I designed especially for the show and as each performer was coming onto stage a graphic display was shown and their name was announced on a recorded voiceover which I recorded before. As mentioned above, there were cues that were set for all of the graphics and sound effects throughout the show, lighting cues for blackouts or DMX changes which were used to create different atmospheres.

Many people were involved in the running of the show such as sound engineers, lighting designers, cameramen, visual mixers, producer and director and many more which all made a contribution to the whole production. The production team were as follows;

           Chief Sound Engineer – Davie Wood

           Sound Engineer -  Brad Jones & Kieran Little

           Lighting Engineer – Neil Lucas

           Visual Mixer – Phil Farr

           Producer – Paul Read

           Director – Graham Wilde

           Cameramen – David Marriott

       Tom Gullick

       Josh Robbins

           Host – Aaron Ford

           Stage Manager – David Jones

           Theme Tune – Jake Holt, Kieran Little, Josh Robbins & Tom Gullick

Below is the running order of the show.

RNC GOT TALENT 2014

  

Doors open and audience to take their seats (14:00pm)

 Introduction of the show (14:20pm)

-         Introduction (Music tech team/graphics)

-         Fire safety announcement

-         How it all works

Introduction of the judges;

-         Sheila Tallon, ,Shammi Ral, Mark Fisher & Lucy Conn

First Half (14:30pm)

Act 1: Wulfric Cannon – Singing ‘Three little birds" by Bob Marley

Act 2: Stella Namuleeme - Singing ‘Break away" by Kelly Clarkson

Act 3: Jack Hewett – Singing ‘Holey Diver" by Kill switch Engage

Act 4: Luke Rodgers – Singing ‘Let me go" by Gary Barlow

Act 5: Imogen (IMI) Godwin - Signing ‘

Act 6: Parker Limbu – singing ‘Little things" by One Direction (playing the guitar)

Half time interval (15:15pm)

-         Refreshments in the reception area

-         Lucy Conn performing an acoustic set (15 minutes)

Second Half (15:45pm)

(Judges’ comments and what they hope to see in second half)

Act 7: Michael Rose - singing ‘Elusive butterfly" by Val Doonican

Act 8: Mark Sargeson - singing a blues song that he composed himself and playing the guitar.

Act 9: Shani Stone – Singing Acapello ‘18 years old" by Cara Dillon.

Act 10: Kyla Smith – Singing ‘Cry me a river" by Julie Laden (Accompanied by Cara on Piano)

Act 11: Jennifer Collier – Singing ‘Sing’ By Gary Barlow (accompanied by Cara on Piano).

Act 12: India Johnson – Singing ‘Simply the best" by Tina Turner

Closing of the show (16:45pm)

-         Judges break to discuss the top three acts.

-         All contestant’s get a round of applause for performing and receive a medal

-         Announce the winner of the RNC GOT TALENT 2014

-         Goodbye AND Thank you

-         Winner performs again to close the show.

There was a deadline that we had to work to in preparation for the show and for sound checks to be carried out as designated times for the performers. Producing was carried out in various locations throughout the production stage, places such as; various studios within the Chapel Arts Centre as they specialize in different types of recording and producing and all contain various types of equipment that were used throughout such as mixing desks, midi keyboards, multitrack recorders and various types of software like Apple’s Garageband and Sony’s SoundForge.

to watch RNC's Got Talent, click on the video below!