My boyfriend and I decided to make a day of it as the studio was down in London, it was his first time in London and little things like being on the tube really excited him! London seems to do that to people, even myself as I have only been a handful of times - It has a feeling to it of coolness! This is probably how most people feel as it seems to be a completely different lifestyle. Or maybe it's just us because we don't live in a big city!
During the day we saw the usual sights of Big Ben, Trafalgar Square etc. I really wanted to see what Tate Modern had on show but we didn't have time. Instead we went to the Imperial War Museum, his choice not mine! It was interesting at first, but as I had done history at school and studied around the subject, i'd already seen quite a lot of things before. Luckily photography was acceptable and I took some interesting photos of the planes on display in the main entrance:
It was really busy in the museum, but looking around at everyone I realised that no-one was looking up and admiring these planes. I thought these imperfect shots showed snippets of what people could see if they took the time to look and realise it. Maybe I could apply this to my own design, think about the less obvious things and make people realise them.
Later on in the day we went to the TV studios and after waiting for a while in the preparation area we were allowed to take our seats. As soon as I walked in I think my jaw actually dropped, I was amazed at all the equipment they used and the amount of people working on the crew! We weren't allowed to use our phones when we sat down and everyone was asked to turn them off so that vibrations could not be heard by the microphones. It was so amazing to see how they filmed live television, what they did in preparation, how they viewed things and got the audience to interact with the show. During the breaks and before the show we had an entertainer who was hilarious and really got the audience going. We were told at every opportunity to smile, especially being in the Happy Hundred we were more likely to be on the TV. You don't think about how much work goes into making these things happen when you're watching it at home, the adverts seem to last for ages. But for the people on the set the adverts seem like seconds to prepare for the whole show.
I'm literally a metre away from Ant!
It was an amazing experience to see the workings of a TV show that i'm not going to forget.
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