For some reason, we got up early and did a major workout this morning. I don’t know where the energy came from, but it felt good to move my body in an intense way. After that, I became an actor… Well, sort of anyway. I had to act as a friend of the woman in the movie and hold her arm as she was walking into her aunt’s funeral. It was a beautiful and sunny day here and we shot the scene at the chateau. So, in some ways I felt I had a day of rest. The actors have it EASY… I mean seriously, today, I sat around all day and waited and pretended to be sad and I had big breaks in the middle of the day. I was thinking what a different perspective it is to be in front of the camera versus behind it. There is so much going on behind the scenes, running around taking care of this and that and figuring out all the missing pieces. And the actors sit there and wait to say their lines and pretend to be someone else. I like both. They both have their own challenges and I think it is good to be challenged and inspired by something that is so out of my comfort zone.
We got off at 7 tonight. So, we borrowed a car from the chateau and went into the nearby town for some food. It was a nice evening away.
Tomorrow, we are shooting the car scenes. I will be back on the clapper, I think!!
Oh how I love working on this project, even though it is thoroughly exhausting me.
4 comments:
What is a clapper?
the clapper is the black and white thing you clap in front of the camera before each take... we have a lot of takes sometimes 40 a day... so, i have to know where we are in each scene, which camera angle etc....
It cracks me up to think of you as the clapper girl. Totally perfect. Steven the actor and you with the clapper thing! Ok, and now you are an actress, too. I cannot wait to see this movie!
jessica, glad you think it is funny, we do too. We laugh and laugh, a lot. It's so fun to be on a set.. I love it!
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