When a session needs broadcast conditions, Hilary runs it in a working studio near Chichester: an earpiece in your ear, three cameras on you and an engineer running the gallery.
Ask anyone what threw them in their first live interview and they rarely mention the questions. They mention the conditions: a presenter’s voice in their ear on a slight delay, a camera lens where a face should be, bright lights, a floor manager counting down, and the knowledge that there is no second take.
A meeting room can rehearse the questions. It cannot rehearse the earpiece. Most people only discover how disorienting it is when they are live on air, which is the worst possible moment to find out. A studio day puts those conditions in front of you while it is still practice.
Hilary designs and runs the session, built around your organisation, your issues and the questions you are likely to face. Granary Digital provides the studio, the broadcast equipment and the crew. Hilary already knows the room well: she records her weekly podcast, Experience, there.
A studio day works best for four to six people, so everyone gets proper camera time and playback. You keep the recordings.
Not sure a studio day is what you need? Much of our training works well in your own offices. Tell us what you are preparing for and we will suggest the right setting.
At Granary Digital, a production studio in a converted barn near Chichester, West Sussex. Hilary records her weekly podcast, Experience, in the same studio.
Yes. Most media training works well in your own building, and we can turn an office into a temporary studio. A studio day is for when the conditions themselves need rehearsing: an earpiece, a remote interview, a mock committee hearing or a press conference under lights.
Four to six is the practical maximum if everyone is to get meaningful time on camera and proper playback. Larger teams are better split across more than one day.
Yes. Every practice interview is recorded on broadcast cameras with proper sound, and you take the recordings away for review.
Every Jawsmith programme is bespoke, so studio days are quoted per brief, depending on the format, the group size and what you want recorded. Get in touch with an outline of what you need.
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