After looking at my Award title, Phil pointed out that I never said why I chose to get rid of presenting over production. Well, I have a passion for presenting I will not deny that, but I feel that presenting can come under the title of performing because you are still on stage and giving a performance to people. Having my own company has always been a dream and I feel that having a degree in production will give me the opportunity to prove that I am capable of having the mind set of running my own company. That is why I have chosen to have the title of Performing and Production as I feel that it is specific enough to what I wish to discover and proceed in yet gives the freedom to expand.
The award title I seek as a result of doing this programme is a BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Performance and Production
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ReplyDeleteI DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S DONE THAT. THAT'S A BIT WEIRD! LETS TRY AGAIN!
ReplyDeleteHey Lisa
Interesting rational. Fascinating how the same thing can be viewed differently at the same time by different people.
I saw Production as covering the presenting. As in working with a producer or production team on a production or producing a great TV link whilst working on the production floor.
Your point re presenting being covered by the term Performing is bang on the money and is equally true. Presenting, without doubt falls under the category of Performing.
In summary i think its a perfect title for you as which ever way the reader interprets the two terms Performing and Production, they both support the idea of you having studied Presenting.
As an aside
Just had a short chat with a friend of mine who lectures and had lots of little break through ideas.
I googled ROBERT ALLEN on my friends recommendation and found that I really liked his style of speaking. He flies in the face of the hard sell in favour of a method he uses called the ‘heart’ sell. He comes across as really caring and a very approachable genuine person.
I told my friend, who does talks that I felt the two most important factors in helping people make a change in their lives and take action was:
1 – Time to digest information, evaluate experiment with it, before being given more to build on their previous learning’s. Most seminars are based on giving the person so much stuff and then off you go, go and use it/apply it now.
2 – Caring accountability and pressure to do the things they are struggling to do.
Without this you come out of a full day feeling pumped, overwhelmed but inspired and spend the rest of the week/month/year feeling guilty that you haven’t done more with it.
After my chat I realised that I feel that extended exposure to learning not a one hit brain dump is the most effective way to go and that I neither want to do the hard selling thing nor the constant tit bits of info to upsell to my next product.
The reason i mention the above is not just that i value your opinion on it but that I had had the idea of not just speaking to a room of people, but also wanted to explore TV as a vehicle foe helping coach people. This being an area of interest to you i was really interested in hearing you views.
What are your thoughts - Phil
this is really interesting. I had not even thought about different techniques of selling things ie hard selling. I agree with you about having time to digest information. Along this course I feel that I have overloaded myself with information when reading the readers and have had to go back another day to actually take away valid points. I feel that to learn something fully, you must experience it yourself which actually links back to Kolbs learning cycle. Hard selling can be good in the right situation but i feel in our area of the industry, people thrive off relationships and tend to go with what they know. its definitely that way with the BBC, as in they have tight circle and tend to use people who they know or who have been recommended to them.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking to a room of people is completely different from presenting on TV. when working in front of a TV whether live or not, you have aid to assist you. For example autocue, ear pieces, code signs to signal if something is wrong, so the pressure is less on you. When speaking publicly, you may have cue cards but it relies on your interpretation and performance. In this day and age presenters can be more manufactured. However, both rely on individuality to carry the information across to the audience. I guess coaching in the same thing. You need to use your own experience and passion to portray the right technique and how it has worked for you. What type of coaching is it? how would this go into the TV industry?
This is all really exciting stuff, I feel that we are getting somewhere.
this is really interesting. I had not even thought about different techniques of selling things ie hard selling. I agree with you about having time to digest information. Along this course I feel that I have overloaded myself with information when reading the readers and have had to go back another day to actually take away valid points. I feel that to learn something fully, you must experience it yourself which actually links back to Kolbs learning cycle. Hard selling can be good in the right situation but i feel in our area of the industry, people thrive off relationships and tend to go with what they know. its definitely that way with the BBC, as in they have tight circle and tend to use people who they know or who have been recommended to them.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking to a room of people is completely different from presenting on TV. when working in front of a TV whether live or not, you have aid to assist you. For example autocue, ear pieces, code signs to signal if something is wrong, so the pressure is less on you. When speaking publicly, you may have cue cards but it relies on your interpretation and performance. In this day and age presenters can be more manufactured. However, both rely on individuality to carry the information across to the audience. I guess coaching in the same thing. You need to use your own experience and passion to portray the right technique and how it has worked for you. What type of coaching is it? how would this go into the TV industry?
This is all really exciting stuff, I feel that we are getting somewhere.
I'm thinking a kind of Ms Doubt Fire type thing. I don't mind if it's kids or adults really i just have a huge desire to help and reach as many people as possible (i don't mean that to be as sychophantic or messiah like as it possibly sounded).
DeleteThere are many Personal trainers that consult on programs like Lorraine Kelly, biggest loser etc. There's no reason that i could not find a slot/niche similar to these but for those who need/wish a little motivation/assistance overcoming the obstacles preventing them from achieving their dreams (but not like an agony aunt cause that's a bit too Jeremy Kyle).
You are so right about the tight circle of people used on TV but if you are crystal clear, passionate and can deliver the goods then, with the right game plan (utilising all resources available to you, Networks etc) i think you can find a way into that circle.
The technical side of being in front of the camera i am currently clueless about, ear pieces tele-prompters, angles etc but there must be a way to acquire these skills before embarrassing your self in a tv audition.
Thank you again for completing the survey and your helpful comments darlin.
What exactly is your line of enquiry now? How are you getting on with it? What roads are you exploring?
Let me know how and if i can help you in any way.
Stay safe - Phil