Media City
We went on a trip to the BBC Media City in Solford. They had extremely expensive equipment that was able to connect to the other Media City in London down the Line.
They owned cameras that cost around £150,000 each, that had high quality video recording and the cameras and equipment were for professional use. They also had a screen that displayed the weather which whoever was doing the weather that day would stand in front and do the weather live, we also had a demonstration on how short notice the weather is, the weather man or woman would plan a segment that lasted around three minutes and would be called by the studio that they would only have one minute to do the weather to meet the rest of the schedule, this shows how stressful it would be to work in the news and weather industry.
We also had a tour of the studios that they have for any TV shows that they show on BBC, the studio was an empty room which was large enough to store large sets and even an audience of over a hundred people. This shows the scale and recourse needed to make a TV show as well as the amount of time, rushing and planning that would be needed to make these shows at a decent schedule.
This trip was an interesting day, it taught me a lot about what goes on in the media industry, the effort and cost that goes into making the media we see today on the TV, news and internet, I had fun with my colleges as this was a decent way to bond with them which will effectively make working with them a lot easier and a lot more fun. It also prepared me for the work to come, all of the methods and theory's i will have to study, all of the equipment I will have to take note on, the technical terms and the coursework and editing skills that I will have to pick up.
