Digital News Production: Presenters

Last week Wez and I held auditions for our OB presenter. With a total of five women coming into the studios, we planned to cast just one, however we decided to cast two the following day. This was due to the fact that while we originally planned to cast a male presenter for our package, our applicants proved to be unreliable, and we thankfully had one women who we found to be perfect for the OB, and another who we decided will make a brilliant package presenter.

Package Presenter

Francesca (aka Lisa as she'll be know in our package) had brilliant enthusiasm in her presenting skills. We found her to be very likeable and that she fits well with the casual vibe that our channel will have. We were considering her for the OB right after her audition, but once we decided that we would use another female for our package presenter role, we anonymously agree that she will be a suitable and audience attracting package presenter.

OB Presenter

Candice gives off a brilliant presence and brings a lot of excitement to the script. We feel that she will be a fantastic OB presenter as she'll be very likely to draw in attention from the customers on the night and bring a lot of energy to our OB. She also had great improvisation in her audition, which will be very useful when talking to people live.

We originally wanted to use a male presenter for the package to bring contrast to the channel. However, even though we're using two women, their presenting styles greatly differ to each other at the same time as both bringing the enthusiasm in their acting that we're looking for.