Wednesday, 3 November 2010
7:10 AM. Wardrobe? Check! Accessories and shoes? Check! Trekked to car…
8:15 AM. Arrived at studio. Previous scenes already in progress.
8:25 AM. Prepared for hair and make-up. Tweeted this photo. Inserted contacts; glasses were given the kibosh for this particular character.
8:33 AM. We were just getting started on the makeup when there was a tremendous noise! One of those events that makes everyone pause.–the building shook! Guys came up from the studio to ask what happened and if we had heard the noise. I speculated it might have been the large bay door on the side of the studio–maybe it had rolled up very quickly. In fact, it was a house exploding about three-quarters of a mile away. Thankfully no one was … Read more »
The title of this post tells all. I have auditions coming up these next few days and much to prepare. First is some Shakespeare, which I love. I’ve no idea why, but understanding and memorizing the works of Shakespeare comes naturally to me. His writings are so witty, economical, illustrative and intelligent that they seem to stick easily in my brain. I’ve been walking around town for days muttering Shakespeare’s verse to myself and, no doubt, there are people who’ve seen me and thought me mad. And that’s fine. Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.
There are also samples of industrial video text to interpret. These always seem tricky to me because they’re so heavily scripted, yet one must appear natural, engaging, professional and representative of the product in question. And sometimes it can be challenging to identify with said product, especially if it’s a durable or intangible good like a 3-in-1 printer, a series of refrigerators … Read more »
Yesterday I worked on another industrial video project with a production team I’ve come to know. We have a nice professional relationship now which has resulted in fun times on set and a semi-consistent flow of work for me. What made yesterday’s green screen work different from previous work was the type of role I had been given. Yes, I was still acting. Yes, I still had helmet-hair. Yes, I was still playing a character. Yes, I still had slightly stilted dialogue to deliver for instructional purposes. But, in this case I was not acting opposite another actor. Rather, I was delivering the copy directly to the end user via the camera lens, in effect making me a spokesperson. I have done such work once before, recording six informational videos for a national computer and IT service provider which shall remain nameless. It was fun to graduate to this type of service for the client and to learn–after the fact–that … Read more »
Today’s industrial video shoot was an efficient one–one which had me in hair and makeup before my call time because I arrived early and the previous scene had just wrapped. Such are the shoots I enjoy most. However, the quote of the day belongs to the stylist who commented as she was taming my multiple stray hairs on the green-screen set, “I’m going to have to spray you to death [with Read more »
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