'take me out' experience

I was extremely excited about being chosen to help out at 'Take me out' as a stand in. We were greeted by nick and sarah who were our floor co ordinators then briefed about what our role is and what we had to do.

As a stand in we had to play the role of the 30 girls and stand behind the poduim. We had to stand in for 2 rehearsals in the afternoon. First was to help Paddy out and then second was to help make the guys feel as comfortable as possible talking to the girls.

At the end of rehearsals our job was done. Nick had told us that they were happy with us and wanted us to come back and help out again. So I was glad I had the opportunity to do that. We also had the opportunity to stay around and see the production being shot live with the audience.

I decided to stay throughout the night as I wanted to meet people and see how filming TV really worked. So I went around, met and spoken to a few interesting people about their roles.

Here are some of the people and their roles who I had spoken to:

Gary mc allister production co ordinator

Mark - floor manager - nice

Sarah and Nick - floor co ordinators - really nice

Paul brice - sound op - will try to show me the sound room.

Freya taylor - art department - nice

Paul birchard - crane tech

James - set builder - nice

Archie tigere - producer take me out (south africa)

Hayley -camerawoman 

Mark barrett - cameraman

Toby tee - rigger

Adam searle - head rigger and lift

When Adam gave me a shirt I felt like a member of the crew! ^^

We swapped business cards so I could get in touch with him for my future productions.

Simon beech - camera op - really nice!

Showed me a few things about his role and how the camera works. Also the angles he covered so he doesn't clash with other cameras.

Tim boal - assistant stage manager

Daniel - casting for guys talked about how he has to scout for guys up and down the country same with Hannah, she looks after guys and girls.

Mathew clark colins - camera - nice

Rob craig

Pete harpin- automation programme - really nice

Showed me how to operate the machine and explained about numbers on the machine and what they meant.

Martin - lighting tech

Carl -camera op

David nickson - jib - nice
Allan - studio keeper
Matt Price - sound crew leader - really nice, showed me the sound corner and how the mics link up through to the sound desk. Last job, worked for Children in Need.

Ciara emmott - studio researcher
Becky - Production secretary

Karen - Line producer