Work Experience on Limmy's Show!

Since I wrote a blog post about Burnistoun I thought I ought to do the same for my time on the Limmy's Show - which was a fantastic experience! Instead of being on set I was working in the Comedy Unit studios in Glasgow where the green screen scenes of the show were being filmed. As I have previously worked on Rab C Nesbitt & Burnistoun & both are productions of the BBC Comedy Unit I was seeing alot of familiar faces in the crew, however I was working with two makeup artists which I had never met before which was great as it was some new stories, techniques & working procedures I could learn! Both MUA's were lovely & very helpful, as I had just qualified in my first year of makeup they also asked me lot's of questions to see how much I knew & to see what I had learned!

As I had previous experience in TV Make-Up (& now qualified!) the artists gave me quite alot of work to do & kept me very busy which was brilliant as on previous experiences I was mostly shadowing the artists, observing them, whereas I got to put my training to good use. I was preparing malleable blocks, washing & drying lace front & synthetic wigs & moustache pieces, tonging moustache pieces - which I have never done before, helping to apply a facial hair piece - onto Limmy's Building Bricks character, washing brushes & I even got to do some makeup for one of the extras. Not to sound cheesy, but I felt like a proper make-up artist! I spent more time on Limmy's Show as I was working in the studios for a couple of days which was great too as I was previously only on sets for the day.

I absolutely loved my time on Limmy, even if I did get horrendously lost driving in Glasgow for the first time & ended up crying on the phone to my mum .. & reflecting on my time has made me so excited for my next work experience on set whatever, or whenever it is! (Hopefully soon & hopefully River City) However I'd be happy with anything!

I was watching the behind the scenes footage of The Woman In Black today & it really hit home how much I want to be a TV/Film/Theatre MUA. I love the idea of being in a tight knit little community with the cast & crew, working together to create something fantastic. Fingers crossed 2013 has some more work experience for me so I can one day live my dream!