I was now mixing the graphics as still images rather than as animated graphics which looked a lot smoother than they had before. Since the lights were all properly rigged now, I went back into the studio and adjusted the plasma screen's picture to get the best image I could. I feel it looked a little dark, however I found an issue with one of the PMW cameras as it would come up with a strobe effect if the backlight was at a particular brightness. I had to find a balance between avoiding the strobing and picture quality, and I feel I found that balance.
As far as I know, I only made one noticeable mistake during the final rehearsals. During the DIY segment, rather than punching up Bonnie's lower third to the programme, I got ahead of myself and punched it to the plasma instead. We did not see this on the programme, but the studio audience would have been able to see this. This was a fairly minor error, but I now made sure that I kept a keen eye on the graphics monitor to see what graphics were coming up so that I punched them up at the correct time.
During one of the rehearsals, as the end music was running, I cut to the credit titles in time with the music, which I was thrilled with. It was entirely by chance, but I was now keen to achieve this in the live show as well. Del said that a director would love me for that and I was very pleased that I had managed to think on my feet as I saw the drop coming to cut on that beat.
The live transmission went fantastically from my point of view, all except for one split second mistake I made during the drag queen performance. My hand slipped when cutting to one camera and I accidentally cut to a camera that was pointing toward a dark area of the set. I was mortified, but I reacted very quickly and rectified this immediately. Nobody in the gallery noticed, however looking back at the live recording you can see one single frame of black. I was very frustrated with myself for this but these things happen with live shows, and in a real world situation this could likely be rectified in an edit, since this was an as-live recording. This showed me that I need to ensure that I am exactly sure which button I press and not to panic when things like this happen. I feel I kept calm and reacted in the correct way so that this did not get me down for the remaining minutes of the show, avoiding another potential mistake like this.
On the other hand, I am over the moon that I was able to make the cut in time with the music for the credits. This left me on such a high note at the end of the show, even such a simple thing can make a show look a lot more professional and well-polished.
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