Thursday and another shooting day. J picked me up and we arrived to find that the set (which is going to be wrapped tonight) had grown! Cool! Hair and make-up. P brought in her 'Flock of Seagulls' headshot from the 8-'s. Amazing. (I'll post it once I've scanned it!). J put in a DVD of a film he was the 1st AD on. It looked great. It even had a car chase which he planned in it - lo budget too.
The day's shooting opened with mulcho animal action. The little furry critters did their stuff and the director was very happy.
Next up was the descruction sequence shot as a rapid tour of the set. Pyros were set, wires and tubes were primed ready to fall and off we went. Flawlessly. All of that rehearsal is done for a reason you know chaps. We have a very HOT crew and no mistake.
A few more visits to crafty and then... D & J arrived for their visit - yea! Was worried they weren't going to make it. Everyone, including T was incredibly generous with their compliments of me. So nice. Their timing was perfect as we were about to shoot one of my lines. Quick rehearsal, picture's up, print it! Again for safety. Done. Moving on.... D & J seemed very impressed. I love 'em both! Can't get enough of them. PLEASE let J go theatrical and rep me. PLEASE! She said that she had to straighten out everything in her mind during her vacation this summer so she would deceide on pretty much everything then. D's last month at the agency then off to promote his book.
Next up, the gorgeous J. She nailed her pick-up line in time for lunch!
My missus and littl'un arrived just after lunch and were made to feel very welcome by everyone they met. R headed straight for crafty and grabbed some tasties! We had some pics taken on the green screen which looked very ghostly because of the smoke on set. Should be funny to look back in 2017 and tell him where they were taken.
He was very sweet, shaking hands with everyone and introducing us to everyone by our first names, rather than Mommy and Daddy. Very funny!
After lunch, we had a ton of publicity photos taken, striking just about every character pose we could think of. Then it became a free for all and everyone was taking pics! Saw J's other recent film set in the desert (Death Valley) starring one half of an 80's Brit brother duo and the guy android guy from Alien. $700K project. Looked pretty good.
Wrapped J a little later and I headed for the green screen, decked out in my multi-layer antichaffing pants and harness. J was really sweet and came back to watch after getting changed. Up I went and we tried a few moves. After a little while, I decided I wanted to try it without the lower frame (with my snoboard on) and just have a free board. They attached a new pair of boots to the board and a rope to stop me twirling uncontrolably in the air.
Seemd to go quite well. Lowered down to adjust the harness and Sh L arrived while my trousers are around my knees! Laughed a lot and I went back up. ShL told me to tell her when I was available and she would start booking me for more auditions. Superb. I love her so much! She so thoughtful and I owe her More moves and more experiments. Holy shit, my harness is really digging in. The FX techs were very attentive and gave me frequent breaks to take the weight off my crutch!
Wrapped at 6.30 and walked home 3 miles! Seemed like a good idea!