So, you have begun. You have taken the first steps. Perhaps you have already enrolled in the class to learn about television production or perhaps you have even graduated already.
You will find all kinds at the studio. So take caution and observe lots before you interact with someone. Ask around, and then do your own investigations so see which producers you want to work with. You want to work with producers who are professional, polite and with those whose first priority is respect, kindness, consideration and hard-working. You can have a casual show, funny show or light-hearted show --at the same time you aims and goals can be respecting other human beings and treating everyone with kindness.
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Or maybe you are just thinking it over. Perhaps you are nervous about joining in. Here is a look into community access television production. You are all ready to deal with any and all circumstances that arise during productions, or are you? Some of the producers have problems when they begin because they expect all producers to be professional. If you enter television productions business expecting to meet only professionals you are in for a huge surprise. So come into the business with an open mind, a guarded trust and a large knowledge of what really happens inside of community access television. By being aware of the various types of personalities inside the studio and by being aware of the various incidents that could or might happen inside the studio, you are growing and learning in this television production business. This article will give you some of that knowledge that you will need to protect you, your shows and your reputation.
There Are All Kinds: First, a glimpse inside the average community access television studio in a large, bustling city. Here you will find these types of people (as producers, as talent, as hosts, as guest and even as audiences). You will find warm-hearted, wonderful individuals, loving, giving, caring individuals, abusive people, arrogant humans, egotistical individuals, extremely talented humans, very Intelligent people, foolish individuals, nasty individuals, celebrities, ordinary human beings and very extraordinary human beings. You will find Pastors, Reverends, Rabbis, and ex-offenders; You will find community leaders, girl scout leaders, Outward Bound graduates, homeless people, students, con men, jugglers, clowns, actors and actresses. You will meet some that just want to make money off of you or off of your team. And then you will meet others who are warm individuals with big hearts. You will find some students at the community access school who are there to help and serve others, while at the same time, you will meet some that would cut your throat if they thought they could get away with it. You will find musicians, children, teens and senior citizens.
You will find generous people who will give of their time, effort and experience. You will find those that bring delicious home-cooked meals and others who bring food for the mind and soul. There are many who will bring exotic snacks and interesting life experiences. You will find people from all walks of life inside the production studios. Do not let anything stop you from learning your trade or stop you from not being a community producer. You will do great! Team up with the good-hearted people; team up with the serious workers, and team up with other students who are there to learn, to help and to serve others and you cannot go wrong in your journey through community access television.
Surprised? I was very surprised to see that some involved in community access were not professional people. So, I see that you were not expecting that list. You are surprised? Did you expect only caring individuals to be in the television studio? Did you expect only honest people or people that treat humans with respect? If you expected only respect and only professionalism, you will be abruptly surprised if you spend enough time in the average community access studio doing productions. You need to remember at all times that each and every producer is different from the next. Everyone has their own personality and everyone will act how they want to act. There are some producers who will break the rules. So being aware of this fact will help you.
The benefit that you reap by reading this series of articles is that you are reading from the perspective of someone who is not restrained from stating the truth about community access. If this article was written by staff, interns or administration, the article most likely would be only a positive outlook on community access, but since I am not paid by the studio and I am not obligated to present community access in only one light, I will present it as it is, not as people would like it to be or as they would like it to be presented. Thus, besides reading about the wonderful world of community access television, you will surely read about the good, the bad and the very, very ugly. I am writing to encourage you to join us at your convenience. But I am also writing to state the truth as it really exists. What is out in the real world is right here in community access. If you remember that, you will not be surprised at anything that happens at all.
Most of it is wonderful. So, you have to know that is why I encourage you to join us at your convenience. Enroll in orientation as soon as you can do so. You will benefit from this experience and you will learn lessons and grow with us and meet people that sometimes might take you years to meet. Good luck on your endeavors, and remember to call us or write us when you fully decide that community access television is for you.
This is Real Life: If you know that the world of television is exactly like the world of real life, then you will not be surprised. So, if you have met obnoxious people in real life, then you will meet obnoxious people in television. If you have doubt of this just watch network television and see what everyone in there is doing. You will see an assortment of abusive individuals along with the mix of respectful human beings, along with the mix of extremely talented and caring individuals. Bottom line is that you will see the entire world right there in your own community access studio.
So knowing this, knowing that every and each type of personality and person can be inside the studio, inside the courses and inside the classes, then you are forewarned that you need to guard your trust and watch your pocket book inside the studio building. You will know this ahead of time and then when you witness a producer being abusive to someone you will not question your own sanity but you will know that producer is being abusive to someone. That is a head start in community access television.
Stand Strong In Your Convictions: Do not let all this talk scare you out of television. The numbers are in your favor. For every abusive producer, there are probably fifty or one hundred wonderfully professional and warm-hearted producers who are there to do a job and do the job right with respect for everyone. so the numbers are in your favor so do not be scared to enter the world of television production, but do be forewarned. Now you know what to look for, what to watch out for and what to be on alert for. These are things that you might see or notice:
You might see a producer arguing with staff, that producer trying to get his own way because he thinks that he is right. You might see a producer become abusive with staff because the producer thinks he can get away with that. You might see a producer waving his arms and yelling at someone in the studio because that producer thinks he is bigger than he really is. You might see wonderful producers working together in the spirit of teamwork, producing an excellent show for the station. You might see interns learning a trade, getting college credit for their work. You might see Administrators walking around the building checking up on things or just returning from lunch. You might see some producers discriminating against other producers, staff or interns just because of the way the people look, talk or because of their nationality or background. You might see engineers repairing cameras and doing a fabulous job of keeping equipment properly fine-tuned.
You can or will see any or all of these things in any city community access television station. (Before anyone writes and says, "No, you won't see that in my station or studio", let me assure you that I am not writing about your particular studio but I am writing in general about some studios in the USA. (And, yes, I have witnessed many of these things happening inside the studio building). You will see almost everything that you see in the outside world, right inside of your community access studio, if you stay there long enough.
The reason community access lasts so long is because usually there is Administration and staff who are knowledgeable and equipped to handle the volatile events and thus other producers and staff are not affected by offending producers' behaviors. What I like about our own studio is that if anyone is abusive to others, that party is generally called to a hearing and most times, that party is suspended and prohibited from entering the studio for a period of time. Once producers see that they are not permitted to be abusive to anyone in the building, they eventually learn their lesson and become more professional in their mannerisms and in their treatment of other human beings.
How will you handle situations that are right in front of you while you are doing your own productions? You don't expect anyone to be abusive, yet sometimes it happens. When it happens to you, what will you do? Here are some suggestions and ideas, and you can choose to take whatever actions are appropriate for your own situation. These suggestions are to help you deal with abusive individuals inside the studio building.
If a producer is abusive to you and begins acting in a bullish manner, put a space between you and that producer immediately. Do not wait for physical contact. Just put a large space between you and that person. Back off. Immediately alert someone's attention so that you are not alone in this situation and if you are alone, leave the floor or the room to get help. (You can use your cellular phone to call security to the place where you are if you have not seen security yet). If your camera is at hand or near, press record. This way you have the whole event on tape and the offending producer's tale of what happened will not be seen as truth but what you show on tape is the truth. The camera will not lie. If you are inside the studio and there are people in the control room, shout, "ROLL TAPE" and hopefully your director will give instructions to begin taping the event. (Arrange for this beforehand. Tell your director that if you yell, "ROLL TAPE" while you are in the studio, that he is to immediately press record and not stop the tape until you direct him to do so). Have an extra tape on hand so you still have a tape to use for your show. If this happens to you, I suggest that you hold that tape and not turn it in to anyone before you make a copy of the tape. If the bully is getting extremely out of hand and security is not able to handle the situation, call 911 to protect everyone in the studio. (If the producer has a weapon, has threatened with a weapon, you just might need to call 911 immediately). Look around and see which producers are in the studio and in the control room. There are occasions where some producers will not want to admit they were present. They do this out of fear or out of not wanting to be involved. In any event that security guard should have a list of all producers who entered the studio, but you need to look to see who is present. Someone might say that they were not there, that they were in the bathroom or in the dressing room. By you looking around and seeing which producers or guests are present, you safeguard the reality of the moment, no matter what anyone says. The tape will do that also. If you have witnessed someone being abusive, step forward as a witness. Do what you would want someone to do for you. Remaining silent makes you a part of the abuse, so do not think about joining the abusive team.
Those are suggestions and ideas about what you can do when you are faced with a horrible situation at the studio. In your career or hobby there, you might not witness things like this but you are prepared now, that you know that these things can and do happen in some studios. Keep your cool. You have a plan ahead of time. So you are prepared. Being prepared saves your show and makes things flow smoothly.
The Best Part Of Community Access Television Production: You will meet more good people in your journey through the studio. There are hundreds of wonderful staff, producers and interns at these stations and these are the people that make the television production business the real joy that it is. It is your job as a beginning producer to help yourself and help find out which producers are helpful and which are not, which producers are abusive and which are not.
Find Out What Works & Who Works:
Never listen to gossip. Never repeat gossip. Learn about producers from dealing with them first hand. If you hear something horrible about a producer. Learn yourself what that producer is capable of. When you see that producer in action, you can discern for yourself whether the person is abusive or not or whether the person is a professional or not. Learn for yourself do not take others' words for that. You can "listen" but make your own judgments and decisions. If a producer is suspended; do not include that suspended producer in any of your productions until you have official word from staff or from Administration that this particular producer is back in good standing. Protect your show by taking that one simple step. Listen to your own inner instinct. Usually your own inner instinct is very valuable and very on-target. If you have a bad feeling about a situation or about a particular producer (having nothing to do with gossip), then listen to your own inner instincts to safeguard your show.
Everything in this article is a help to put you on on the right track to producing good television shows without having problems brought in by offending producers.
If you see us (other producers) around the studio, have no hesitation if you have questions. We are always willing to help in any way that we can do so.
Article updated on March 14, 2011
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