I believe that the VTs worked really well with the show and was a great addition in comparison to filming through out the entire show with no cutaways. Firstly, I believe Sonny’s footage explaining each round was great, especially since we used the blue screen which was replaced with a sepia image of a bar. This created a really realistic looking set, along with the bar borrowed from the drama department. Aspects of the VT I loved included the camera work. Yes at times it wasn’t the best, however parts such as the motion of the camera in The Dual’s video was really effective. The camera man had made it appear as if Sonny was walking and then everything came to a halt when he said ‘DRAW!’. Also, when the donkey appeared in one of the VTs was also one of my preferred aspects as introducing some sort of a mascot gives the show more of a fun feel. It also makes the show more memorable, while also adding humor. Initially we did want to have a VT similar to the one featuring on the game show, ‘The Cube’. However, with such a short amount of time to finish pre production, filming Sonny was the most efficient thing to do.

Secondly, the aspect that worked well in regards to set design includes the team work that was involved in producing it. About 6 students were included in making the background what it is, and this game show in pre production did bring our class together. It would have cost a fortune to have a proper background printed, however even though this was handmade, I still believe it looked of a high quality. Furthermore, the aspect that brought the whole set together was definitely the show’s saloon styled logo. This was initially produced by Sam, one of our graphic designers, which in due course was painted onto cardboard to create a sign. One thing that went majorly wrong was other students getting blue paint on the sign which was, at the time, finished. Although a set back, after washing the paint down and repainting, the refurbished sign looked even better, and actually quite vintage. The fact that the show’s logo was used in both the opening titles, and also on the show reflects that of a real life show, which I believe made our production look increasing professional.

Following this, I believe things that worked well with the script was the fact that it was so appropriate to our target audience. Considering the show was aimed at college students (16-20 year olds), the language used was youthful, humorous and obviously didn’t include any illicit words, making it suitable to be aired at 2pm.

Editing the show was a strenuous, time consuming task. However, once all VTs had been edited they all looked really good and really helped shape the show. The opening titles consist of tense music with the titles ‘2 teams… 1 prize…’. The audio for this worked really well as I initially thought to use upbeat Western music throughout the whole show, nonetheless the contrast of both audio genres worked really well and brought variety to the production. The characteristic that I personally loved in the opening titles was the use of Gifs. Previously, photos had been taken of each team mate which had then been generated to create an animation. This made the show look much more realistic and professional and established each team mate’s personality really well. On the other hand, I also edited the animated graphics for the show, however something that could have been improved would definitely be the cross fade of the music on the establishing round title, into Sonny’s saloon VT. Due to time restrictions, a basic cross fade effect was put on the Cowboy Crazy audio, however, the music was cut way too short and sounded as if it essentially jumped into the next scene. This definitely subtracted from the professionalism of the show. However, the audio really suited the graphics which distracted away from the audio malfunction.

In relation to ‘The Mexican Standoff’s’ graphics, editing that was extremely difficult! This involved me overlapping many different layers on Premier Pro, which got really confusing. As I wanted to achieve the initial title- introducing the scene, eg ‘Cinema’- warping into the following graphics which were to fade on screen, the process got really difficult. However, all I had to do was to keep creating new titles, as I found that copy and pasting a title in Premier Pro resulted in every title on the timeline changing. One of the biggest challenges I faced was the ‘Music’ sequence. This began with my background and the title fading on to the screen. Following this, I made the title fade out as the background increased in size and slid slightly to the left to make room for the question to then fade on to the screen. This sounds really confusing and was highly challenging, but after creating a pathway motion manually as well as using the pre made fade effects, I was able to create a really smooth transitioning animation which I was really proud of.

In regards to the presenter, parts that worked well was how he got the panel speaking and bringing them out of their shell as most panelists were quite nervous to begin with. However, what we both initially experienced and also during the live show was that at times was when a technical fault occurred, the presenter sometimes found it difficult with improving. This is like when Fred Dove was reading of the teleprompter which broke, yet he professionally continued presenting, not allowing the audience to suspect anything had happened.