'AS LIVE' PRODUCTION: Final rehearsals and Transmission

After yesterday's rehearsals we reminded everyone that call time was 9 (for both crew and cast) and rehearsals start at 9:30. Some crew were late getting in so myself and Melissa had to ensure everyone got set up quickly to ensure we could start rehearsals on time. I went around all the cameras to check that they were set up and ready with no technical issues and that all their batteries were on charge. I then checked to see if we had the contributors - we didn't have all of them so I found stand ins and ensured the sound team mic'ed them up.

We managed to start rehearsals on time. Myself and Melissa sat in the gallery to oversee the team and to be on hand for if timings needed to be amended.

Rehearsal 1

- The audience runners were briefed on when to hold up the applause signs. Applause for presenters in beginning, applause for Bonnie interview, applause for Sapphire's performance and interview, and then applause throughout the round up.
- The 2 shot at the beginning of the show was amended after this rehearsal to include both the presenters but also the Steal The Style logo to the right of frame which was previously cut off in shot.

Rehearsal 2

- We noticed in this rehearsal that the graphics for Styles of the Season only say the name of the store and the price. This is because the graphic is positioned next to the clothing item it is referring to - however, it would make it even clearer to have the item mentioned on the graphic as well. We fed this back to the graphics team and resolved this for the live show.
- We also amended the graphic for Bonnie from online seller to Fresh Air & Buttons - the name of her business.
- We fed back to the director and camera department that it would be good if there was a close up of Bonnie's dress on the mannequin as she talks about it to allow the audience to see the detail in the dress. This was amended for the next rehearsal and the live show.
- We also amended the wording of one of Adeline's questions in the DIY interview. The question was "What would you say to people who are hesitant to buy DIY?" - however, this doesn't actually make sense. It should be either "What would you say to people who are hesitant to buy handmade clothing?" or whether they are hesitant to make DIY clothing themselves. We changed it to whether people are hesitant to buy handmade clothing as this is what we intended with the question but we just got the wording wrong.

Rehearsal 3

- The presenters were cued slightly late after the title sequence - this was amended for the live show.
- The PMW did not match with any of the other cameras - but this is due to all the other cameras being EXCAMs and therefore having different settings. We looked at this after the rehearsal and the camera operators managed to get the image matching the others as best they could.

These rehearsals all went very well and were all recorded so that if we needed to edit any of the live show footage afterwards, we had 3 good takes to choose from.

The Live Show

The live show ran very smoothly with very little mistakes. Myself and Melissa were sat in the gallery on hand to amend timings and provide extra background information if the presenters required it. Whenever the show went to a VT, we checked with Jemma / Victoria how the timings were and whether anything needed to be cut / added. The show ran to time with only a couple of seconds needing to be added / taken away from segments. The intro and Styles of the Season over ran slightly by a few seconds but this evened out during the links between segments which under ran slightly.

The presenters did not require any more background information and did not swear during the broadcast - this meant that myself and Melissa did not need to communicate with them on talkback.

After the show, myself and Melissa thanked the contributors and ensured they had their expenses paid by the production manager / assistant producers. We will send all the contributors a copy of the show.