Work Experience: Take Me Out

On Friday I was lucky enough to be asked to be a stand in and help with rehearsals for Take Me Out - a British dating show shown on Primetime TV. It was amazing and I learnt so much on the first day. I really tried to take the opportunity with both hands as you never know when you might get the chance again.

The rehearsals began with Hannah, Ren, CK and myself standing behind the buzzers while Paddy Mcguinness ran through his lines. We were told to turn the buzzers off near us when it got to a bit where his was needed. This was intresting for me as it was at this point that Paddy and the script team would change lines that didn't work or reword a sentence that was a bit of a tongue twister. It was a good process to see seeing as script writing is something I want to go into. It also reminded me of my own filming experience where Roxanne and Hannah helped me to change a line that really wasn't working. 

Next up was the boys rehearsal. This took roughly 2 hours. This is where the boys who will be on the show that night come to set to rehearse their performance for tonight and get an idea of what will happen when they come down the lift. During this rehearsal we were asked to help out by pressing the buzzers so the guys could get an idea of what will happen later in the show. We also had to answer questions that Paddy asked us about the boys so they could get used to thinking quickly of a comeback. 

Then, if we got picked by the boys to be in the final 2 we had to answer a question from them that we hadn't heard before. This was an nervous experience but it was good fun and it was nice to see the boys beginning to relax as the rehearsals went on.

After doing this for all the boys we took a break before getting to watch the girls rehearsals. This was great fun and good to see the difference between the girls and the guys. The girls were a lot less nervous and really went for it at rehearsals.

I was really impressed with the sound checking and behind the scenes things we gotta see. It was also great to be invited to watch the show in the evening. We sat behind the scenes and got to watch how the love lift worked and how the props department get ready to bring out things and prepare the stage between contestants.

I even got asked back to help for the rest of the week which I'm really looking forward to. 

Can't wait!

Stay safe,

Helen