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REHEARSALSRehearsals are just about the most boring parts of live productions.However, they are also the most important if the show is to gosmoothly.Often times, you’ll find yourself getting a call time that is two oreven three hours ahead of the show start time. Unlike when youwere at home running your own stream with a single camera, thereis much that can (and often does) go wrong on a big live show. Thus,rehearsals are an essential process of testing equipment, levels,lights, sound, camera positions and much more. They are actuallyalmost pointless for talent, in the sense that you probably knowhow you are going to commentate and you can’t really practice itlive, but for the host of the show, rehearsals are very important asmuch of what they do will be scripted or part of the show rundown.With all of that said, as a commentator, even if you aren’t gettingmuch from it, being at rehearsals and taking part is extremely importantto the rest of the production crew, so take a deep breath,keep hydrated, bring food and be patient while all of the hundredsof pieces of a complex show are figured out in the lead up to liveshow time.37