Directing and director calls

The director is the most important person in the crew and he calls all of the shots. When the show is live the director stays inside the vision control room because he has to tell the vision mixer what cameras to cut to and at what time. Another reason why the director stays in this room is because the cans are always open so the director can talk to any of the crew members when he wants to. Before the rehearsal begins and the live show, the director speaks to each of the camera operators to make sure that he is happy with all of the shots before they begin. The director also speaks to the floor manager through the cans so that he can tell the floor manager when to speak to the audience ect. The next thing that the director has to do is that he has to make sure that everyone in the crew are ready to start recording. Before starting the show the director does a countdown so that all of the crew and the talent know when they are live. The first thing that the director says straight after the countdown is roll vt because this is the opening titles and then he tells the vision mixer to mix into the first camera shot. At every minute of the show the director is always trying to get to very important shots which are:

- Responce - To shot is one of the other contestants reaction to something that has just happened in the show ect.

- Action - This is when something that is interesting and entertaining is happening in the show.