Today was the second rehearsal with Del. We started the day by setting up. As producer, I mainly need to concentrate on dialogue and timings on the day of the live show therefore, I helped set up by taping the set down and getting a big enough gap between the set, cameras and audience. This will help when Laura has to practice turning round and going handheld in the audience participant segment (fashion fails). We agreed last week that we would change the set position to be on the smaller wall of the studio just in front of the gallery, I made sure to set up against this side of the studio and not where we had it last week.
We had the real presenters in today, Adeline and Alfie, this was the second time I have seen them after the auditions so I made sure to introduce myself again and started to build a rapport with them. I asked them if they had any initial thoughts on the script, and then, I made sure to check up on them during each break between rehearsals throughout the day. The producer of a show communicates directly with the guests and talent a lot, because of this, I made sure to keep in contact with them and I spent a lot of time on the studio floor as well as seeing what it looks like from the gallery.
There was a bit of confusion about the script last week in rehearsal day 1. Katie and I had checked the PA and directors were finished on the script so we could announce the finished version 2 script to the rest of the production team, we did this the night before, but then one of the directors updated his section on the morning of the rehearsal so not everyone had the exact same script. This didn't happen this week, I made sure everyone was finished with their part of the script the night before and made sure there would be no more changes until the next version - this meant that everyone had the same script this week.
While I kept checking on the presenters throughout each rehearsal, I kept asking if they had anymore updates for the script, as I want them to feel as comfortable as possible when they're reading it. A lot of the feedback was mainly that it feels quite scripted when they read directly from it, I assured them that they could ad-lib as much as they wanted as long as it stayed around the same topic - it's their show at the end of the day on camera, so the more comfortable with what they're saying, the better for the show and audience.
Reflection on rehearsal day 2:
- This rehearsal day was very useful for everyone, it was very helpful to have the presenters in because everyone was able to meet them and they could start to feel comfortable in the studios.
- Today was very beneficial for the script, as I was able to hear it from the people who will be saying it on the live show. I was able to communicate with the presenters well and iron out any initial problems with the script. Tiny tweaks with the dialogue I was able to run out of the gallery and quickly mention it to the presenters and we would all write it on the script, ready to be changed for the next version.
- This was also beneficial for the timings as we were able to see what part of the script was too long or short. In one of the first rehearsals, we saw that the last two segments, DIY and the drag act, were very rushed because we had got through a lot of information in the first half. This has proved that if we get any extra time, DIY and drag should be where it will go first.
- I was able to build a friendship with Adeline and Alfie, and next week should be a lot easier to get straight into rehearsals.
- Everything ran a lot smoother than the first rehearsal - this meant we were going in the correct way. Our next task is to get through a whole 30 minute rehearsal with no stopping, this should be the aim of next weeks rehearsal.
Lighting visit
We had John in from the lighting team who will be setting up and working the lights for our show. The directors walked him through the layout of the set and our initial thoughts about lighting.
Sofa area
- We initially agreed to have the sofa area flood lit so everything has the same amount of light over it. This will work well because we want it to seem homely so having the same amount of light over the whole area will suit this.
Hard area
- We started thinking about having a spotlight on the mannequin in the hard area but soon realised that the presenters are walking back and fourth from the sofa area and catwalk so thought it would be best to flood light this area also - to keep it simple we will have both areas completely lit. John informed us that a spotlight is usually used for dramatic lighting, which isn't the look we wanted for the hard area, this was another reason why the flood lights will work better here.
Catwalk
- The catwalk is slightly different as we want the lights to be aimed at the middle of the catwalk, but we want the light to be attractive on the models, e.g. we don't want the light coming straight down on top of the models because there will be shadows on the models faces. To prevent this, John came up with cross lighting the catwalk, this is where we will have four lights in a square above the catwalk and they will cross each other - this will give a more attractive light, and it will light the length of the catwalk without the risk of the models walking backwards and forwards and in and out of the spotlights.
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| Example of cross lighting for catwalk |
We also had the idea to have par can lights to go up the side of the catwalk. This will give a professional look to the catwalk and will hopefully look good with the models walking up and down with the lights below them.
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| Example of par cans for catwalk |
Audience
- As we are going into the audience for the Fashion Fails we needed to light the audience members who we are talking to. As one of the cameras will be turning round and facing the audience we need to light it well - this gave us the idea to flood light the audience as well. This will work well with our show because it's not a tense game show and therefore doesn't need dark lighting around the set, having the audience lit also might allow them to feel more involved with the show / set if they're lit the same.
Drag act
- The directors had the idea of putting coloured lights up for the drag act, so as he walks down the catwalk there will be coloured lights shining down, ideally giving a party vibe / atmosphere, along with the music and performance. John said that this was very possible, and he would try it for us.
Reflection on lighting visit:
- It was very helpful to stand in and listen to what was being said between John, from the lighting team, and the directors. I was also able to put across my ideas / opinions.
- Having to liaise with a professional lighting man was very helpful, in terms of the future, apart from finding professional actors online, we have only really liaised with the tutors and other students, so to have someone from a professional lighting team who have lit a number of big-budget shows come in and talk to us about how we want our show to be lit was very exciting.
- I've learnt a lot about lighting which I didn't know before, I didn't know cross-lighting existed and the reasons why we would use it, e.g. when John explained that the cross-lighting will give a softer feel, which fits more with the tone of our show, than one or two dramatic spot lights.
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