Pre-production once again began with the writers and producers in a circle, discussing the content of our show, now called, Midnight Snack. A lot of deliberation was involved, particularly with what the theme of our show was going to be. We were still deciding whether it was going to be a late-night show or a breakfast show (or both with late-night and breakfast themes combined). Ultimately, the producers chose a late-night show style, mainly because they felt more inspired by popular late-night shows such Jimmy Fallon, Colbert and John Oliver.

As a writer, I felt I did not have a lot of contribution mainly because one of the producers were adamant about a particular style of our show. I wasn’t too fussed on this because I was happy to write for any types of concept/genre/theme. However, I do feel that bigger roles such as the producer need to be more informed of their main responsibilities. Because it is such a huge responsibility to take on, they feel they have to take on the burden themselves when that is not the case. This is why other roles in the studio exist such as the Directing role and of course, the Writing role such as myself and several other talented writers!

Despite the few bumps on the road, I enjoyed getting to know the studio a little better and explore areas that I don’t necessarily need to know for this production – EVS, lighting and even being on camera! My lovely peers were able to help me out on getting to know the technical side of the studio :~) I’d say it’s really helpful to reiterate the information they were given to other people keen to learn (such as myself!).

Here’s a few photos to show what went down during Week 8:

A lot of strategy and deliberation on this whiteboard.

Mucking around with my co-writer and producer, Lizzie!

I can’t wait for our first tech rehearsal on Week 9! The upcoming weeks will truly show how we are able to apply a semester’s worth of learning, not to mention the most recent readings of Karin Van Es and Sorensen as well!