Archive for April, 2007
So, my date was a complete disaster – I was so tired I was unable to be much of anything other than a zombie (skin tone 18% grey, staring into space, breathing through my mouth, responding to attempts at conversation with “unnnnhhhh”).
I think it’s a pretty safe bet that dude will NOT be calling me [...]
We worked about 14 hours (6 am to 8:30 pm) yesterday – we scrambled to finish rigging a set which had the shoot date moved up three days, and then, at the end of the day when it would have been time to go home, we had a bunch of changes to make (stuff that [...]
So, I got asked the same question about yesterday’s post twice in the comments and three times via email.
The answer is no.
No, I’m not concerned when I’m in the water with lights because the lights we put in the water are designed to operate safely while submerged – they’ve got special housings (to keep the [...]
I’m tired and I haven’t really felt like writing so far this week (but it’s only Tuesday, so hang in there).
Here’s a photo:
These are hydropars that we’d placed in the pool to light the beautiful exterior shot that turned out to be not so beautiful because it pissed rain all night the night they were [...]
Thursday and Friday, first unit shot the tiled monstrosity house on the hill, so we went back to the stage to rig a set that they’ll shoot in about a week.
Second unit were shooting some bluescreen stuff while we were working, so we couldn’t work very fast due to having to stop and [...]
For the past few days, as we’ve been driven from basecamp to location in the stakebed, we’ve seen all these cars parked on turnouts on a certain section of Mulholland Drive – all driven by men, all just sitting there, with the occasional rebel who’s gotten out of the car and is talking to someone [...]
This was one of four deer (two big ones, two little ones) who were watching us work while they dined on the homeowner’s expensive landscaping.
I’ve always heard tales about Los Angeles’ urban deer, but today was the first time I’ve actually seen one.
They weren’t all that afraid of us, either. They just kept eating and [...]
Certain houses are so difficult to shoot in that location managers really shouldn’t even bother showing them to anyone.
Yes, it may seem worth it when they see the exquisitely crafted whatever and the stunning view of the ocean and all they’ve had to pull into the driveway was a van carrying the director and assorted [...]
So, there’s this guy at the stage in Playa Vista (I don’t know which department he’s in), who drives his sports car to work every day, and once there lovingly covers it with a car cover so the nasty dusty parking lot won’t get it dirty.
I figured he was just really attached to his [...]
Today, we were hanging lights (spacelights and Kino Flo Image 80s) from the biggest fucking truss rig I’ve ever seen – Since our airplane hangar cum soundstage has nothing installed so one can hang lights above the set, the grips put in this really massive truss rig – I wish I could take photos of [...]
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