Welcome to "Life on Earth" a AFI Grad Student Thesis film about a girl who grew up in an orphanage and is now "ageing out" of the program. That means she is turning 18 and has to become self supportive (shoot i didnt do that till i was in my 20's... wait.. i am self suportive right mom???).
Anyway we shot at the Los Angeles Arboretum... its just a fancy word for saying its a hundred and something acre park with over 10,000 different varieties of trees/plants from all over the world.. big whoop! haha
No it really was a VERY pretty place and lots of nature and wild Pecocks running amuck..
So they gave me the job of being a P.A., which is exactly what i moved to LA to become, so i guess thats good right?? only catch on this one... no pay! oh well gotta have some experience right?
So i spent the day moving the director's and the actresses chairs from location to location throughout the park as we moved shots. Pulling with me the cooler full of water and some Trail Mix. My job... glorified Go-fer... So basically i kept people happy.. offering them food and water, then running to grab things that they needed.
There were a few times where the 2nd AC (camera guy) had to run off to do something so i got to play with that fun toy from my post a few days ago.. a SLATE!! whoot whoot.... he's like "here know how to work this?" i was like "ummm yes??" and he took off... and the pressure was on... but of course being the superhero i am i passed with flying colors!
I also was a "stand in" for a little bit. That means you just stand there where the actress would stand so they can set up the camera angles and stuff... its funny cuz i'm 6'0" and white.. the actress was like 5'2" and black.. so whatever.. it works...
umm yeah.. overall this was a really fun day.. got a LOT of compliments at the end of the day saying how wonderful i had done that day and so sad that i wouldnt be there for all SEVEN days of filming.. haha yeah right!
But i am going back tomorrow for another day of this... so thats cool.
OH big news... Friday i have a Interview at WARNER BROTHERS studios for a position working on their show "Without a Trace". I had never heard of it either! so i looked it up... its an FBI crime drama tv show about agents who have to find missing people. oh well... hope that goes good.. always nice to learn from a BIG studio how they do things.
So yup.. thats about it for me... whats new with YOU?
2 comments:
If you wanted to be a gopher for no pay you should have told me. I would be more than happy to find jobs for you to do for free!! You didn't have to move to LA to find that.
Good luck with the job interview, I hope they like you enough to pay you to do something.
haha.. andy you're crazy kid!
hope the interview goes well.. sounds like you're getting some experience in the mean time...
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