No one ever wanted to make movies with me in high school, and I'm so excited, because now there are like 30 people who want to make movies with me. And have to.
So that's pretty neat.
We had our first shoot in a warehouse. I was BBE, Best Boy Electric, and I was in charge of driving the generator truck (which went very smoothly!) and running power to set. It was a super easy job, because we only had three lights, and they were all tiny. So I basically did nothing all day.
The first couple of hours were tiring though, because I ran a stick of camlock to set, and then realized I needed to have the power way further back in the building than I had it, so I had to run another stick of camlock out of the truck, move the distro box, and drag all of my cords with me further into the warehouse. It was tiring and I was sweating pretty badly, because I was really trying to hurry up, so they could get the lights up before the New Deal (the first blocking/action sequence of the day, to show the crew what's going to happen). So I was hot and sweaty, but I did it.
And by the way, I'm gonna be ripped by Christmas. I hope. I think I may finally get arm muscles. With any luck, at least.
So, I left set covered in dust and dirt and feeling extremely grimy, but it was fun. I basically watched the filming all day and helped out with lights and moving stuff. And ate some candy. And free lunch. Woo hoo!
I love food. Especially free food. And we had this yummy Mediterranean food with pitas and felafel and pita fries! Yum!
Anyway, after we finished filming and were wrapping all of our gear to the truck, we realized that the garage door at our location came off the track, so all 13 of us tried to get it closed. We couldn't figure it out, so we propped a ladder in there. Later on, right as we were about to leave, we realized the door was still open, so all 13 of us, once again, tried closing it.
It took us an hour after we weren't even supposed to be there anymore to get it closed. But it was amazing! We were an awesome team, and it was actually really fun. Here's a picture:
I love it. Good times after a 12 hour day of filming.
I direct my movie on Sunday, and I'm super excited! We just went through a crazy rewrite after we had Director's Prep the other day. I had to work with my writer to change the ending, but it turned out really cool. I'm stoked.
Tomorrow I'm going to decorate my set, which also happens to be in a warehouse. Well, actually, an old tobacco barn that is now a warehouse. But it's cool, and large, and will be incredibly fun to decorate. This antique shop right next door is lending us a bunch of stuff.
For tonight.
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