After watching the first rough cut of all of the VT's, they were advised to reshoot, which they did. On watching the majority of the final cuts I'm really happy with them and I think they've all done a good job. Going on from this it is Sam's job to make sure they are all on the VT system in the studio as he is the VT operator.
The Opening Sequence made by Nisserin and Ellen was also really good, and I thought it introduced the show really well.
The final script is annotated and written, although there still may be some changes made they definitely won't be huge ones that would need a brand new script.
We added a few new shots in our last rehearsal, some were advised by Del, and others were done through the initiative of the cameras operators. These shots were added into the script along with the original shots.
Next to the Sequences of all 4/5 rounds, I have added a little note that say "As Directed'. What this means is, I won't be following the script throughout the rounds, so the order that is in the script may not be the order they are cut in. However the shot sizes will still be the same and the cameras will also be the same.
The Contestants have been confirmed. Myself, Josh and Sam, had a Skype call session with the three contestants that had applied for the show. We found one of them definitely not suitable as he didn't have a very good knowledge on movies which is the main requirement we had. We did find two people we liked. I preferred one to the other, but due to them being the only one's left we could only pick from them.
One thing I didn't particularly like was the fact that we had two males as contestants, along with a male host, and a male character in two of the VT's. I did voice my concern to Josh and Sam, and they knew I wasn't very happy, but there wasn't much we could do, however I still thought we could carry on looking.
During a group production meeting, Helen voiced her concern over the matter two, which I was really happy with. Simon suggested a female who loves movies, works at a cinema, and would love to do it. We got in contact with her and she was definitely up for it.
So we now have one male contestant, Dan, and one female contestant, Helen.
All of the sounds have been chosen and approved by myself and Josh, meaning Sammi can purchase them all and have them all ready for the show. I talked to Sammi about the possible use of sound effects, and Josh was briefed slightly, however we all agreed that it would sound too fake and artificial which is something I didn't want. We decided instead to have signs for the audience runners to hold up, and in post production Sammi will alter the sound of the audience so it sounds louder and fuller than it will be on the day.
I was happy with this decision and thought it would work quite well.
So far, I'm happy with how everything has turned out and I'm feeling fairly confident with the running of the show.
We haven't had much luck with the communication of the set design team. We've asked for pictures of the set, and we've had pictures of some of the props but other than that we've not had much from them. That's made a bit nervous as they've had to change a few things but they have yet to tell us what. I'm hoping when they come in on Wednesday that they've done a good job and that the design isn't too far from what they previously showed us.
We have our first years recruited and know who our stand ins are for the dress rehearsals. We are waiting on the schedules for the dress rehearsal and the live show day, but we know roughly how it's all going to work out.
We go live at half past 2 and finish at 3 for the real thing.
I think we are prepared, but I will feel a lot better and a lot more confident and excited once the set is in and everything is running the way it should be.
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