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I’m guessing this is going to be a regular thing for the next few weeks. A “regular thing” meaning waiting until the weekend to write new blog entries since I’m a little too out of it during the week.
This past week started out fairly well but went a little haywire on Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday we were on sound stages filming a fake reality show and it was the first days for the new actress I mentioned in my previous post. To sum up her on both days in a few words: SHE S-U-C-K-S. Seriously, she is a terrible person and a major diva for someone whose career never really took off. Basically, everyone thinks that she should just do some straight-to-DVD movies form now on and get over herself.
Ok, ok, so moving on to Wednesday. Wednesday turned out to be one hell of a day. First, the woman who was supposed to unlock the location for us overslept. With this making everything late and consequently pushing our day behind by two hours, it really sucked. Luckily, when you have Grips (the guys on set who build things) and Gaffers (The people who make all the lights work), they can make things like…say…take the door of the location off its hinges so we can access the inside. Took_the_door_off_its_hinges. Yeah, I didn’t know that until later in the day. And the woman didn’t even care. That alone would make the production staff pissed off but then we had more problems with the actors. A second headache was controlling 40 extras for the fake fundraiser/cocktail party we were shooting. This being my department, I was a little overwhelmed having to deal with that many people. (The most I dealt with before was about 15). Overall they weren’t too bitchy but some of them basically had to have a stern talking to by myself before they tried to take over the place. The production also had to deal with a fender bender around the corner from set, which set back the Production Supervisors’ day by about two hours.
Thursday the production was in Queens which was my second time in the borough. The house we were at was nice, but nothing special. The biggest thing that happened was a small revolt by the Grips, Gaffers, and the Prop departments. Basically, the “deal” that was told to these departments regarding pay, meal penalties, and union stuff was not the “deal” that is written in stone right now. Money is at the heart of it, and the departments involved were getting and maybe still are getting…screwed. From what I could ascertain through pieces of several conversations is that the VP of the their union may decide to have them all walk off the job in protest. I don’t know where they are with that now, but I’ll keep you updated. One of the people from the film who had to deal with all of this at 1am Thursday night was not looking too happy after it happened.
Friday. Friday we were filming in Brooklyn right around the Manhattan bridge. It was a pretty standard day until one of the actors decided to tell the director that he didn’t want to do something. Basically, it went like that: (D)“Ok, now we are going to do a close up on ______.” (A)“I don’t think we should do a close up on me.” (D) “Listen, I make the decisions on what we shoot and what we don’t shoot, not you.” This all happened in a room full of about 40 people. Not good, not good at all. The actor then proceeds to walk off set, around the corner, until one of the producers chases after him. Kind of a spectacle.
Amid all this tension our second official week ends. 8 days down, 17 more to go. Tomorrow we are filming a music video with the lead female actress. Should be pretty fun and low key hopefully. The song is REALLY catchy, so I’m sure I won’t be able to get it out of my head tomorrow night.
In normal news, I had a great weekend, at an awesome wedding, and at a not so cool football game in great seats.
Cheers to the married couple. I wish you all the happiness in the world.
I’m guessing this is going to be a regular thing for the next few weeks. A “regular thing” meaning waiting until the weekend to write new blog entries since I’m a little too out of it during the week.
This past week started out fairly well but went a little haywire on Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday we were on sound stages filming a fake reality show and it was the first days for the new actress I mentioned in my previous post. To sum up her on both days in a few words: SHE S-U-C-K-S. Seriously, she is a terrible person and a major diva for someone whose career never really took off. Basically, everyone thinks that she should just do some straight-to-DVD movies form now on and get over herself.
Ok, ok, so moving on to Wednesday. Wednesday turned out to be one hell of a day. First, the woman who was supposed to unlock the location for us overslept. With this making everything late and consequently pushing our day behind by two hours, it really sucked. Luckily, when you have Grips (the guys on set who build things) and Gaffers (The people who make all the lights work), they can make things like…say…take the door of the location off its hinges so we can access the inside. Took_the_door_off_its_hinges. Yeah, I didn’t know that until later in the day. And the woman didn’t even care. That alone would make the production staff pissed off but then we had more problems with the actors. A second headache was controlling 40 extras for the fake fundraiser/cocktail party we were shooting. This being my department, I was a little overwhelmed having to deal with that many people. (The most I dealt with before was about 15). Overall they weren’t too bitchy but some of them basically had to have a stern talking to by myself before they tried to take over the place. The production also had to deal with a fender bender around the corner from set, which set back the Production Supervisors’ day by about two hours.
Thursday the production was in Queens which was my second time in the borough. The house we were at was nice, but nothing special. The biggest thing that happened was a small revolt by the Grips, Gaffers, and the Prop departments. Basically, the “deal” that was told to these departments regarding pay, meal penalties, and union stuff was not the “deal” that is written in stone right now. Money is at the heart of it, and the departments involved were getting and maybe still are getting…screwed. From what I could ascertain through pieces of several conversations is that the VP of the their union may decide to have them all walk off the job in protest. I don’t know where they are with that now, but I’ll keep you updated. One of the people from the film who had to deal with all of this at 1am Thursday night was not looking too happy after it happened.
Friday. Friday we were filming in Brooklyn right around the Manhattan bridge. It was a pretty standard day until one of the actors decided to tell the director that he didn’t want to do something. Basically, it went like that: (D)“Ok, now we are going to do a close up on ______.” (A)“I don’t think we should do a close up on me.” (D) “Listen, I make the decisions on what we shoot and what we don’t shoot, not you.” This all happened in a room full of about 40 people. Not good, not good at all. The actor then proceeds to walk off set, around the corner, until one of the producers chases after him. Kind of a spectacle.
Amid all this tension our second official week ends. 8 days down, 17 more to go. Tomorrow we are filming a music video with the lead female actress. Should be pretty fun and low key hopefully. The song is REALLY catchy, so I’m sure I won’t be able to get it out of my head tomorrow night.
In normal news, I had a great weekend, at an awesome wedding, and at a not so cool football game in great seats.
Cheers to the married couple. I wish you all the happiness in the world.
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