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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 4855255" data-attributes="member: 54364">Remember that TV works in bites; factoids strung together in some way to make up some sort of meaning.  So have some interesting sound bites ready. Your VO is a good start but since the doco is about the history of gaming you may wish to prepare a few thoughts (not pre-written speeches, just clarify your thoughts) on how DnD (et. al.) has effected gaming culture. On your VO: keep it to 30 secs -ish reading at a slow to moderate pace. They won't use any more than that in any case. And be prepared for the show to end up looking nothing like what you've been told it's intended to look like. This could be due to a malicious desire on the part of the producers to make gamers look like nerds. Much more likely it'll be because someone higher up the chain of command will ask for a few minor changes to be made. Then someone above them will ask for a few minor changes to be made. Etc. And of course some ideas that sound good before you shoot them turn out to be pretty bloody awful when edited together. I'd also guess that they will shoot a @@@@-load of footage, maybe 20-30 hours worth, which will get edited down to a 30 minute show. (More like a 24-27 minute show.) This means most stuff will not be seen. Sound/Vision bites remember. Just gonna guess here but the show will probably give more time to talking to you guys about RPGs than showing the game in action. Mmmm. Find myself thinking about how I'd shoot it. Presenter's intro. Presenter sitting somewhere innocuous. Finish with a cheesy segue like 'Down into the dungeon I went...' or 'We found the closest thing to a real life dungeon we could...' Cross dissolve to montage of Guildhall, starting with the facade then slow cross dissolves deeper and deeper until the basement itself is reached.Synced with cross fade into your VO intro to the dungeon. Your VO finishes with 'the monsters attack' or similar. Hard cut into CU's of the figs (getting nice visuals of the scenery) in the middle of a fight. Mulitple shots, weird angles, flashing coloured lights. Synced with cut to sounds effects of battle. Then cut to everyone sitting around the table laughing and having fun. Start interviews. That's what I'd do. Completely irrellevent, I know. OH! Just thought. Get the best visual stuff, figs and scenery, etc you can beg/borrow/steal. TV is a visual medium after all. And you can be sure that the doco makers wont have any stuff. BBC4 docs have very little budget. Be yourself and most of all have fun! Hope to see the show over here in Oz someday. Cheers,Glen</blockquote>

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