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In this edition of Word of Mouth we talk to Edit Producer and Producer\/Director, Farrah Jaufuraully, about the joy of working on kids TV, the creativity of the edit, and the perils of working with animals.<\/strong><\/p>\n What was your first job in the industry?<\/strong> You\u2019ve worked on some of the UK\u2019s most popular programmes. Which would you say has been favourite to work on so far?<\/strong> What is a typical working day for you as a Producer\/Director?<\/strong> You have recently worked as an Edit Producer \u2013 what is it that you particularly enjoy about this role?<\/strong> You worked on\u00a0The Dog Rescuers<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Lost & Found<\/em>\u00a0– what are some of the challenges that come with shooting obs docs involving animals?<\/strong> You\u2019re hugely experienced across a range of genres, including children\u2019s, reality & factual entertainment \u2013 which genre is your favourite to work on and why?<\/strong> What are your top tips for maintaining a successful career within the industry?<\/strong> What shows would you have liked to have worked on and why?<\/strong> How do you think the industry has changed since you first started out?<\/strong> However, on a more positive note, I think there\u2019s been a huge leap forward in implementing safety measures and taking worries seriously. Matters related to sexism and racism are no longer ignored and tend to get stamped out.<\/p>\n What will you be working on next?<\/strong> Farrah Jaufuraully is an Edit Producer and Producer\/Director, and a ProductionBase member. You can get in touch with her with via her\u00a0PB Profile<\/a>. If you’d like to be featured in a future Q&A,\u00a0let us know<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this edition of Word of Mouth we talk to Edit Producer and Producer\/Director, Farrah Jaufuraully, about the joy of working on kids TV, the creativity of the edit, and the perils of working with animals. What was your first job in the industry? From the age of 15, I dipped in and out of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192,14],"tags":[472,471,263],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-me","category-word-of-mouth","tag-edit-producer","tag-farrah-jaufuraully","tag-producerdirector"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.productionbase.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TOTI-Podcast-Artwork.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.productionbase.co.uk\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/turn-on-tune-in-2","embedCode":"
\nFrom the age of 15, I dipped in and out of work experience: I worked at my local radio station, had a stint on BBC Watchdog when I was at university, and then took on a summer job as a Runner for a west London film company. Two months after I graduated, I was offered a Researcher job on a Nickelodeon show.<\/p>\n
\nTough question. I’ve really enjoyed the shows where you genuinely help somebody make a life change and you go home feeling like you did something useful. Shows such as\u00a0Embarrassing Bodies<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Joy Of Teen Sex<\/em>\u00a0were series where I played a part in solving people\u2019s problems. Equally though, I enjoyed\u00a0TOWIE<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0World’s Most Talented<\/em>\u00a0because I loved my team, and going to work was a joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nIt can vary according to the project and whether you\u2019re on location or not but generally a quick tidy up in the morning, checking correspondence that needs to be actioned, checking if any storylines need tweaking, checking your team are OK and know what they are doing and if necessary, speaking with your Series Producer or Exec. Then getting on with chatting to contributors and building a narrative or going out on location to make the story come alive. I\u2019m generally the last out of the office before the Series Producer!<\/p>\n
\nI love the relationship between Editor and Edit Producer and have been lucky to work with some very talented editors. If you hear laughter in the edit, it\u2019s probably from our suite. I like working out what the bones of the story are and I feel it\u2019s a very creative process. Turning a mess into a wonderful finished product that makes people happy is something that, as a born problem-solver, I just love getting stuck into. I got into TV to tell stories. Here, I do. And drink as much coffee as I like.<\/p>\n
\nHaha! The one piece of advice my Series Producer on\u00a0The Dog Rescuers<\/em>\u00a0gave me was to not touch the dogs. A PD with a bitten hand was of no use to him! Animals are just unpredictable. I saw this on location and in the edit. They won\u2019t look your way when you need them to, for example, or play dead when they should. They also pee when you least expect them to!<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ll never get tired of children\u2019s shows, because kids are a never-ending source of wonder \u2013 everything is crazy to them and they are not afraid to say so. Factual Entertainment continues to enhance my own learning. You can never know too much and I have worked on lots of shows where I previously knew nothing about the subject matter. Ask me anything you like now about Clarice Cliff, dogs in hydrotherapy or Arak.<\/p>\n
\nBe nice to people! And always deliver on your promises, whether it\u2019s to get a script finished by a certain time or to call a contributor about a TX. Keep focused on what you actually enjoy, are good at and want to do, and change direction as and when you need to. For ages I thought self-shooting was what I had to do, but I much prefer writing so I have moved in that direction and I think I\u2019m now a happier person doing a better job. I\u2019ve done nothing but television and I do not think that I will ever leave.<\/p>\n
\nI love the work of Sue Bourne. She gets right to the heart of the emotion and makes really ordinary stories extraordinary and stick in the mind. I love dating and cooking shows. They are just fun, switch-off and enjoy programmes. The casting on\u00a0First Dates<\/em>\u00a0is so right! There\u2019s a great team on that. I love it when there\u2019s a happy ending and people actually get it together.<\/p>\n
\nPeople always say there\u2019s less money but all I know is that I\u2019m working with really young people now and when I started everyone was really old! Also I\u2019ve seen a shift from working in Soho to out of Soho and back again. Also the very obvious shift from having sound and camera for everything to becoming one-man-bands, right down now, it seems, to researcher level.<\/p>\n
\nI’m very excited to be working on the next series of\u00a0Dinner Date<\/em>! It’s just warm and funny and I’ve been watching it for years.<\/p>\nQ&A with Producer\/Director, Farrah Jaufuraully<\/a><\/blockquote>