With the Rig Day, this is where our Set arrives and our Lighting Team come in and set up the lighting. Jo Clark had requested either me or George be at the Studios for the beginning of the set up, 8am, so that the Set crew had one of the Directors to help with the set up and to talk to if they were unsure on something. As well as Set Design beginning, it allowed me to talk to Jon (lighting) prior to them setting up and to ask if there was anything in the lighting plan I had made which wasn't possible. Talking to him, he explained that we have the Par cans and asked if they should be red of blue, I requested a blue light be placed above and the par cans be red as I felt this would give a much better effect, bit of mystery and build up the atmosphere.
While the Set was being rigged and the lighting being set up. We got the crew to come down and set up, ready for the minute we were able to go and rehearse. Unfortunately, Crew members were late and this got held back. During the set rig I had to assist with the positioning of the catwalk for how we want to shoot it and I also was made aware that in the soft area, we aren't able to move the cameras too far to the left as you will be able to see through the set.
Completed set is below:
Once the set was in, I could clearly see the show coming together. it was the right colour and feel for the show. The detail in the Soft area with the magazines, shelving and photos on the wall was perfect and just added to the atmosphere. Lighting was still being set up throughout the day but this didn't stop us from rehearsing.
Bonnie came in for this rehearsal but was only available until 2pm. From this, I had her sit with Alfie and Adeline and talk through the questions, as well as find out as much about her as they needed to. I was between the base room and the studios so I didn't have a huge amount of time to sit and block with her till we were in the studios. During this rehearsal, Jemma informed us that our Model Helen had dropped out of the programme. But, Jemma had quickly found a replacement called Sonia who was coming in for the rehearsal today. Sapphire Stonee wasn't available for this rehearsal, which we had been made aware of so we organised a stand-in.
When blocking through with the set, it went really well. Although we still didn't have lighting as they were still rigging, we could already see more life coming into the programme. We were also able to frame up our shots and finalise the positions as we knew where the set was going to be now.
With rehearsing, Old to New worked really well, with the section running smoothly and at a steady pace. The run through of DIY with Bonnie was really good as we could finally see what she was like on camera and she was came, chilled and confident. Rehearsing with her really helped as when we were filming her singles we found the issue that Gary had spoken about with the little gap in the set.
Shooting the Halloween dress, Helen asked if we were able to get a close up on it. So during the beginning of the interview. I use Bonnie's 2 shot with the mannequin as her aim shot and camera 5 changes to a tilt down shot of the dress, showing the detail in the dress, then cut back to a 3 shot and then camera 5 is back as a single and then onto that with the graphics. Easy, simple and effective.
During the performance for Sapphire, Del commented that I'm doing the same shots over and over through the performance and he can tell what is going to be cut to next. With only 3 cameras this is difficult but I need to make it more interesting. After the rehearsal I watched a few episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race to try and get some inspiration for filming, this performance was the best for me by far:
For me, the camera work is doing half the performance here, all the different shots and angles are adding to the music and it's going with the rhythm. Our song, starts quite chilled but kicks in with a beat after 10 seconds, with only a minute of performance, I spoke with my 3 cameras and explained that we'll have to change up the shots through the performance, but keeping Camera 1 as a locked off wide as my safety shot.
Over all, the rehearsal went really well and we're almost there, ready for TX Day!
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