As we didn't have the presenters for this rehearsal, it was mine and Melissa's job to get people to stand in as the presenters and contributors. Jack, George, Jason and myself took it in turns to be stand ins.
We started out by taping the set on the floor in the rough dimensions of what it will be. We needed the soft area on the left, the hard area in the middle and the catwalk on the right.
Once all the camera operators had set up and we had stand ins for the necessary people, we were able to begin rehearsals. The rehearsals were very stop - start as everyone needed to settle into their roles - especially the directors and the crew in the gallery as this was brand new to them. It was also everyone's second time on talk back so the crew were still getting used to this.
Although these rehearsals were very rough, it was a good opportunity to see how the sections we had scripted panned out when put into action. This rehearsal has highlighted the areas of the script which need to be refined for next week's rehearsals with the presenters - the first section ran smoothly so only needs minor changes. We didn't run through the fashion fails segment as we are yet to find contributors and this also requires a lot of blocking - we will ensure we rehearse this section next week when the directors have blocked through the camera movements more thoroughly.
On the day of transmission, myself and Melissa will be sat in the gallery to ensure the production is running to time. As this rehearsal was only very rough, it was difficult to see how well the sections were running to time. We will liaise with the production manager / assistant producer about the running order so that we know if we need to add / cut anything from the script. They will update their duration section on the script.
As well as these rehearsals, we had a visit from the set design team. It was mine and Melissa's job to talk them through any updates we made to our idea for the set and to listen to their current ideas for the design. It was a good day for the set design team to visit as we had mapped out a rough layout for the set on the floor so that they could get a clearer idea of what we required in the set. We had marked out the set on the side wall as we thought this would allow for a wider set, however, the set design team thought the set would work better on the back wall and would still be wide enough. We were happy to change this - next week we will tape out the floor on the back wall instead. The team remembered that we wanted a rustic and homely vibe to the set and informed us that they have stayed thinking of ideas - they also put forward a new idea to us - the idea of having a flower wall. This would be a wall of plants / flower which would work as a statement wall to the set. Myself and Melissa are open to this idea and will wait to see them put it into a design.
Overall I think this rehearsal went well for the first day of everyone adopting their production roles. Although the rehearsal was very rough and repetitive, people were starting to get a feel for their roles. Next week I hope to get a full run through of the show in even if it is only rough - this will help myself and Melissa with our script development as we need to know whether to script more or less content. Del suggested that the running order could be simplified as we had allocated specific times for dialogue (e.g. 10 seconds of conversation) - but it is hard to schedule dialogue so the running order should be less specific to accommodate this. Next week we will tape the set in front of the back wall with more space behind it to allow more room for the presenters to enter / leave the set and for the models to enter / leave the catwalk.
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