Here, you’ll present a “live” report to camera. This takes place in and around the famous Abingdon Green opposite The Houses of Parliament - a familiar scene from nightly news programmes.

• You'll be working from a pre-prepared report or presentation
• You can gain inspiration from several hundred reports in our constantly updated database, or prepare your own from scratch
• Potential subjects include: covering a rock festival, political commentary, gossip from behind the scenes of a film set, a new parking deterrent, an awards ceremony, a tragic drowning, a sporting event, or all the news from a celebrity party
• To further personalise your report, the "backdrop" can be anything in the surrounding area - from The Houses of Parliament itself to a side street; busy traffic to park-like greenery
• This exercise is perfect practice for a wide variety of reporting situations, and it’ll also give you the chance to work from a written script
• As always, you'll get constant 1 to 1 coaching throughout
• Some of the things you’ll learn include:
  • How to present to a shoulder-held camera
  • How to "walk and talk" whilst the camera is moving around you
  • Location sound and what you need to know
  • When working from a script with little time for rehearsal and preparation, how to make it appear like the information is coming from you and not the script
  • The different dynamics of on-location reporting
  • How to make the best of the environment
• We’ve got lots of flexibility with the “staging” of this piece - for example, you could be “walking and talking” or simply standing still - and our cameraperson will use their creativity to match their framing and movement to your particular report
• And, once we’ve rehearsed it, several takes will go down on tape

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