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* Consult with the computing team over technical specifications. Make sure you know what you’re doing well in advance of having to submit anything. | * Consult with the computing team over technical specifications. Make sure you know what you’re doing well in advance of having to submit anything. | ||
* Get someone who can use After Effects to create a title card template that can be placed in all the entries. Make it purple, because purple is the official colour of YSTV, because I say so. | * Get someone who can use After Effects to create a title card template that can be placed in all the entries. Make it purple, because purple is the official colour of YSTV, because I say so. | ||
* Keep a spreadsheet detailing where you’re at with all the awards. Google Docs is useful for sharing spreadsheets if you want someone else to be able to see and edit it. Here’s what mine looked like | * Keep a spreadsheet detailing where you’re at with all the awards. Google Docs is useful for sharing spreadsheets if you want someone else to be able to see and edit it. [http://oi58.tinypic.com/11rbqfl.jpg Here’s what mine looked like]. | ||
* Don’t leave things right up until the deadline before submitting. If your computer sets on fire (which, in YSTV, is more likely than not) and you miss the deadline, NaSTA won’t be sympathetic. | * Don’t leave things right up until the deadline before submitting. If your computer sets on fire (which, in YSTV, is more likely than not) and you miss the deadline, NaSTA won’t be sympathetic. | ||
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** Also, decide how many seconds to allocate to each show. We gave 25 seconds to shows of a higher quality/quantity, going down to 10 seconds for shows that… weren’t like that. It doesn’t have to add up to exactly ten minutes, because timings are likely to change when editing has begun. | ** Also, decide how many seconds to allocate to each show. We gave 25 seconds to shows of a higher quality/quantity, going down to 10 seconds for shows that… weren’t like that. It doesn’t have to add up to exactly ten minutes, because timings are likely to change when editing has begun. | ||
** Discuss what songs you’d like to include. Go for a mix of what’s ‘popular’ and actually good music. Don’t be afraid to stand up for your own tastes – I promised in my speech when running for HoP that I’d include the Rolling Stones, Bowie and Primal Scream in Best Broadcaster, and I stuck to my guns. | ** Discuss what songs you’d like to include. Go for a mix of what’s ‘popular’ and actually good music. Don’t be afraid to stand up for your own tastes – I promised in my speech when running for HoP that I’d include the Rolling Stones, Bowie and Primal Scream in Best Broadcaster, and I stuck to my guns. | ||
** Allocate sections to editors and give them a timeline of when to have a first draft of all their sections by. Write this all down in (another) spreadsheet. | ** Allocate sections to editors and give them a timeline of when to have a first draft of all their sections by. Write this all down in (another) spreadsheet. [http://oi61.tinypic.com/2d7asgn.jpg Here’s mine]. | ||
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* Timetable when everything will be done by, and start early. You may hear horror stories from other stations or previous teams, but if you organise yourself, there is no need for any all-nighters. In the week leading up to the NaSTA deadlines, I was in YSTV every day, but the latest I left was half past midnight – and that included the Production Director and I having to re-edit several minutes of Best Broadcaster when the hard drive of a particular Student Activities Officer-elect died. | * Timetable when everything will be done by, and start early. You may hear horror stories from other stations or previous teams, but if you organise yourself, there is no need for any all-nighters. In the week leading up to the NaSTA deadlines, I was in YSTV every day, but the latest I left was half past midnight – and that included the Production Director and I having to re-edit several minutes of Best Broadcaster when the hard drive of a particular Student Activities Officer-elect died. | ||
* Don’t stick rigidly to the amount of seconds allocated to each show – if a section feels like it needs to be a few seconds longer or shorter, let it be. Update this in the spreadsheet immediately so you can collate how long the finished showreel will probably be. Things can be adjusted in the final edit to make the whole showreel the right length, but at this point, concentrate on making each individual section as good as it can be. | * Don’t stick rigidly to the amount of seconds allocated to each show – if a section feels like it needs to be a few seconds longer or shorter, let it be. Update this in the spreadsheet immediately so you can collate how long the finished showreel will probably be. Things can be adjusted in the final edit to make the whole showreel the right length, but at this point, concentrate on making each individual section as good as it can be. | ||