Archive for April, 2009

On paper, the whole plan was perfect. The show on which I’ve been day-playing (and which has pretty much been my sole source of income as of late) went down last week, so I figured I’d get bunion surgery while we were off (don’t even start in with me about not doing it. My foot [...]

Night for night

There are two ways to light a night exterior scene* – the fast way and the way that actually looks like night. The fast way is to put a BFL (big fucking light) in a lift and send it up, which visually we’ve all accepted means ‘night’, but really…
When was the last time [...]

Autopilot

When one works on the same set often, one has to think less about navigation and where things are.  If the gaffer calls for something, it’s a huge advantage to know exactly where it is and how to get it into the set as quickly as possible.
In yesterday’s set, I normally knew exactly where to [...]

Happy Easter!

I can’t find the original source of this – I’d like to credit whoever did it (since I hate when people use my photos and don’t credit me), so if you know who did this please share.

Friday’s work involved a  scene with crabs. Not the kind you get from a cheap date, but the kind that scuttle across the beach when you try to catch them.
The scene as written  involved an actor lifting some debris and having the revealed crabs scuttle away thus making some sort of plot point or something.
I’m [...]

Just in case you found the melon story hard to swallow:

I have to work tomorrow (three days this week! Yay!), and I have a really early call so I’m off to bed.