Day 2, Big Bang

Day 2 was a lot better than the first day. I arrived at 10 and was instantly set a task of collecting some stuff from the BBC which is just around the corner, so I kept my coat on and popped over, experiencing the rude security men to get my task done. This was good for me because I had no idea where the BBC was so therefore useful to find out.

Once back from the BBC I delivered the package and then was sent to sit in on the Colour Grading room, where the man ( I forget his name now) was using a piece of equipment called Baselight. This was a large piece of kit

worth thousands of pounds in value. The colour grader would scroll

through the edit matching up the shots so that they look similar and as if they were filmed at the same time. He was editing a natural history programme called 'Gorillas' so there were a lot of interesting jungle shots in which he could enhance the colour to make it look really good. When going through the edit he realised the voice over mentioning that a storm was brewing, so he took this opportunity to change the grading to a darker moodier look so th

at it tied in with the fact that there was a storm brewing, this highlighted to me the importance of listening to the voice over and watching the show so that you are able to gain a feel for it, and have a good idea on what to do. Whilst in the room he explained to me how he usually gets about 30minutes worth done in one day, depending on the programme, he also told me that at the beginning of the edit quite often a producer will sit in with him so they can chat about the look and feel they are going for and then he shows them an example and they

usually say "yes thats good" and then let him get on with the edit. I really enjoyed the colour grading suite, it was interesting to see just how much grading can really improve the look and feel of a show.

After an hour and a half in a dark room colour grading I was sent on the lunch round, still in a daze from the dark room, I left to collect the lunch stepping out on the road and nearly being hit by a car, were talking inches away from being hospitalised, thinking this wasn't a good idea Idecided to from then on look both ways whilst crossing the road!!!!!!

Back from lunch I was sent to go and sit in with Ben again in the dubbing suite, this time he had just started a new episode of "deadly 60" this was a good opportunity because I had missed the beginning of his edit the previous day, Ben was just starting on the dialogue and was scrolling through the sound making it perfect, he was picking up on things I wasn't even noticing such as small clicks in the tracks which he was able to edit out, from now on I will have to learn to keep my ears open and listening very carefully when dubbing my own work.

Overall a good day at Big Bang with lots learned and taken in, and the best thing about it was I only had to make one cup of tea all day!!!!!