The set was rigged pretty quickly, allowing us time to get 5 rehearsals in.
Rehearsal 1
The first rehearsal did not go too well.
- The teaser, VTs and music need to be louder out in the studio.
- No cheering for the models when they come out - this is something we hadn't thought of before so it was good to experiment with whether there should be applause here or not but we discovered that no applause was better.
- In last week's rehearsal we decided that Alfie would not walk back to the soft area before the VT but this still happened - this was discussed with the floor managers and was corrected for the rest of the rehearsals.
- The presenter challenge VT still fades to black - this was fed back to the VT editor for this VT and the production manager / assistant producer - the VT was re-rendered and the counts on the running order amended.
- Bonnie needs to enter under her VT instead of already being on the sofa.
Rehearsal 2
This rehearsal went better than the first rehearsal but still needs polishing.
- The presenters look a bit washed out under the lighting. The lighting team were still rigging at this point and amended the lights to ensure the presenters were well lit but not washed out.
- Adeline says "Coming up in tonight's show" both in the studio and in the teaser trailer. This was fed back to the VT editor who removed this line from the teaser.
- The graphics for the clothing items in Styles of the Season cover the model slightly so look odd on screen - would be better positioned on the right hand side where there is empty space.
- VT 2 count is out - it faded to black before cutting back to the studio - this was amended.
- Kevin was cued slightly too late in Old To New - this was amended by the director and floor managers.
- The mannequin for Bonnie's section was not removed before the Drag interview - the floor managers were reminded which resolved this issue in future rehearsals.
Rehearsal 3
Like the second rehearsal, this rehearsal was an improvement on the previous one.
- Myself and Melissa discussed whether we should have Adeline saying Sonja's job or whether we should allow Sonja to say this herself - we decided to leave it with Adeline saying Sonja's job as she has learnt this from the script and may add unnecessary confusion to change it this late.
- The music after VT 1 could be faded out to make a cleaner transition from VT to studio.
- The floor managers crossed cameras to get the mannequin off set - to resolve this issue, the floor managers were told to go through the back of the set to remove the mannequin.
- On camera 5 in the Drag interview, the gap in the set for entrances and exits can be seen - we discussed this with the set design team, however, there was not a lot they could do to resolve this issue. Therefore, the camera needed to change its angle slightly to ensure this gap was not seen.
Rehearsal 4
Again, this rehearsal was an improvement.
- During the fashion fails audience section, Alfie compared double denim to double floral - we liked this ad libbed comment and fed this back to Alfie as something to keep in mind for the live show.
- The dad trainers graphic obscures the shoes, this was fed back to graphics and amended so that the graphic now appears on the split screen line.
Rehearsal 5
The final rehearsal of the day went very well with almost no mistakes or amendments to make.
Sometimes the Styles of the Season segment over ran, therefore, we decided to take time away from the drag interview first as this is the longest interview - and then if more time had to be removed it came from the DIY interview. We only cut time from the interviews after the Old To New section was complete as often the timings evened out at this point meaning that no time needed to be removed from the interview sections. Occasionally we ran under on the sections, so again we distributed this between the interview sections. Bonnie is a very natural talker and therefore adding more time to her segment was the best option.
I sat in the gallery for the rehearsals as we needed to be on hand if the production manager needed to amend the timings for any section. It was also mine and Melissa's job to remind the presenters not to swear and if they did to get them to apologise as the responsibility would come back to us if the presenters were to swear in the live broadcast. We also had a background information pack incase the presenters needed any more information about any of the contributors / guests or if we wanted them to mention any of these facts.
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