As electrifying as Grease: Live was, it turns out the show was rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong behind the scenes. (Translation: even more exciting.)
Carrie Havel, the associate director for Fox's live telecast, shared a video from the control room showing how she and her team made lighting-fast calls in order to keep the cameras and cuts up to tempo with the show's energetic song-and-dance routines.
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Havel posted the video -- taken during "Greased Lightning" -- to Facebook, along with a description of what her job entailed.
A lot of people have asked what it means to be the Associate Director on a show like Grease Live. Here's a peek behind the curtain. Every shot in the show was designed and scripted by our director Alex Rudzinski. My job was to execute that plan. You hear me calling shot numbers and camera moves carefully coordinated with the music. My head stays in the script and Alex, to my right, keeps an eye on cameras to adjust framing and pacing.