Returning to TwoFour!

Monday 9th March 2009

When I returned for my second week’s placement at TwoFour I was told I would be based up in the broadcast office working along side Elaine. Having met Elaine during my first week and got along well with her, I was looking forward to the week ahead.

My first task of the week was to transcribe the BBC programme ‘On thin Ice’ with James Cracknell and Ben Fogle. Elaine explained that previous work experience students had begun transcribing, however had not transcribe the tape word for word, something the directors, editors and the BBC required. This meant me starting at the beginning of the tape and amending the transcript ensuring every word said was documented.



To be honest when I was first told the task, I honestly thought after a while I would get a little bored but I actually found the programme interesting and at some parts quite comical. Having got engrossed in the programme, trying to figure out and guess what content they will actually keep in the edit I discovered the time went extremely fast and before long it was the end of my first day back.






Being based it the broadcast office was brilliant. I loved the fun, bubbly, buzzing atmosphere it had it was surprising to see this. I had always assumed everyone in a production office would be stressed, running about, all panicking about meeting their next deadline this however wasn’t the case; everyone was very calm and took everything in their own stride and just had fun with their job!

Picture Sources

http://www.thesouthpolerace.com/images/home/BBC2.jpg

http://www.thespeakersagency.com/uploadedfiles/CracknellFogle1.JPG