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BIRMINGHAM ORMISTON ACADEMY (BOA) TV STUDIO

LOCATION AND ADDRESS • BOA Academy, 1 Grosvenor Street, Birmingham, B4 7QD

There are many means of transport to get to BOA from where I live (Stone, STOKE-ON-TRENT) the quickest way to get there is by car which takes approximately 53 minutes or from a train from the near by town of STAFFORD which takes 30-40 minutes, which will take you to New Street station then there is a 15-20 minute walk to the academy from the train station. The longest method of transport would be a train from Stone which takes 2 hours to again get to New Street Station then it is again a 15-20 minute walk.

WHY IS IT A SUITABLE LOCATION?

It is a suitable location because as there is a TV it means that you can use professional lighting equipment and a green screen which are there meaning so you can pick a background and you can use the colours that you want so you could get them to be a bright and as dull as you want them to be but if you were working at an outside location or somewhere which isn’t a professional space it will mean that you will only have the natural light to work with so you might not be able to create the atmosphere and the impression that you want to get across to the reader with the lighting you use. For example as I am doing a rock magazine I want darker lighting with hints of red in to create a dark atmosphere which will meat the stereotypes of my target audience so I will be able to do this easily in a TV studio as I will have the lighting equipment compared to if I was doing it outside which I couldn’t do as I would not have the lighting.

THE AVAILABILITY OF THE LOCATION

One negative about using the TV studio is that there is only a small space of availability die to the fact that it is in a school, they have lessons and workshops which take place in there so they are a greater priority, though saying this the studio is not used a lot so there a free periods of time which you can go in and use the studio to take pictures and films in, you usually will have to ring up the school and book a time slot which the studio is free and then you will use it then, this could be a hassle compared to an outside location (due to the fact you can use the space at anytime for as long as you need) as many of the times could already be booked out so you could be waiting ages for an available lot or you could have a short amount of time which you can’t finish your photo-shoot in so you will have to book another time slot.

CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE LOCATION

NAME:Birmingham Ormiston AcademyADDRESS:1 Grosvenor Street, Birmingham B4 7QDTELEPHONE NUMBER:0121 359 9300EMAILThere are various of emails for different people, you need to contact the person is to do with your inquiry.In this concept you would have to emailpeter.darwen@boa-academy.co.ukWho is the vice principal and is in charge of finance and responses.

POWER SOURCES

Camera

The camera which I am using runs on batteries so I will make sure that I have charged up my batteries prior to the photo-shoot and I will also I will have spares so that way I won’t have to bring a battery charger pac to charge up the batteries.

Lighting

For my lights I will be using LED’s which means that they will have to be plugged in to a socket for them to work, this will mean I will run them off an extension cord which is in the corner of the room so they will be out of the way of the photo-shoot was no damage can happen so that means I will have to make sure that there are no liquids by the plug socket so that they can’t tip and damage the equipment. I will also have to stick down the leads in their places which I put them so again they can’t full over and damage the equipment again but I will have extra lights in case of a malfunction so I have spares to use.

LIGHTING ISSUES AT THE LOCATION

• The only lighting issue there is, is that the studio is not naturally light in the studio as there is no windows so if you wanted a light picture you would have to use a lot of LED lights to achieve it which can be bad as sometimes they don’t look that natural and also they might not look as bright as you want them to look on the artist. As I want a darer photo-shoot this isn’t a problem because I want dark photos so the naturally dark lighting will add to my pictures meaning that I will only have to use some LED lights to achieve the red and a light to shine on my artists to make them stand out more against the background and it will make the picture more dark.

PHOTOS OF THE LOCATION