Chris Power | Research ~ SP

Chris Power is a studio director, and has been for many years. He is mostly known for directing 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' between 2014 and present day, and 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' between 2010 and 2013.
He also directed 'Got to Dance' between the years 2009 and 2014, and 'This Morning' in 2014.
He won a BAFTA TV Craft Award in 2017 for being the Multicam director for Saturday night takeaway.

Power says

"[Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway] is on the most demanding live shows, constantly changing throughout the week and indeed on the day. It requires quick thinking [and] patience."

He is has a lot of experience in directing studio productions, which is clear through the well-known shows he has directed in the past. This experience would've aided Power in becoming the best he could be within his job, and his skills of patience and being quick on his feet have all developed greatly through his experiences.
The fact that a lot changes within the programme within the week and on the day of the live show, it shows that Power has a very calm manner and might almost expect changes to be made in order to stay calm and on top of things.

"The whole pace of the show is relentless, and because we are live, items are getting dropped...[and] changed while we are on air."

I can imagine this sort of situation being quite stressful and preparation would be extremely important for this situation. Power would have a lot of back up plans in order to keep everything in order, he would also need to make decisions quickly on his feet which is something a good director would be skilled at with experience.

"[The gallery] is pretty frantic, there is a lot of shouting going on, but admist all of the shouting and the chat going on, I have to keep a very calm head and filter through stuff and make quick decisions."

With him saying this, you can almost imagine what the gallery would be like within the live show, but as he said, as the director he must be very calm which makes him a really good director.

"I'm lucky to have the best crew in the world...and they react quickly to all the changes that I make."

The trust and communication amongst him and his crew is clearly very good due to him praising them. Within a successful studio production these two factors are very important and when watching 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' you can tell they all work well together as it shows from the calmness and clear structure of the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvE_2QqPpg

Through these quotes, you can tell that his job is a very stressful one and he has a lot of responsibilities, but he takes it in a very calm manner. When watching the shows he has directed, the shows are seamless and although there may be a few hiccups, that is bound to happen due to some of them being live shows. I think Chris Power is a really good studio director and when watching clips of him on his shows and other clips, you can tell he is a very positive director and he stays calm which is what a good director is.
When doing my own role as director, I will take inspiration from Power and make sure I keep the same calm head as him and make quick decisions in the same calm manner as him.