A Check List of Common Errors

A lot of things can go wrong in any TV production. We notice them and put them right if possible. In the brief lists that follow, you will see the sort of problems various members of the production team are looking out for. Some are important, others slight But they all affect the overall quality of the finished product.

Control room

• Picture monitors inaccurately adjusted (color, brightness, contrast).

• Picture monitors don’t show ail of picture area (‘overecanned’).

• Light falling onto picture monitors (diluting picture color and contrast).

• Sound monitoring unsatisfactory (too loud, too soft, poor quality).

Performance errors

• Unconvincing, ‘wooden’, ‘mannered’, out of character.

• Lines vary from script. ...

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