This week I had a short shoot. It' s supernatural thriller. We did it faux documentary style, so it went mega fast! It was a good thing since some of the sites had people randomly wandering around or cars driving by to contend with. Plus one of the sites was an actual abandoned building where a security guard had to tell us to leave - life imitates art! He was nice though and let us shoot for a few minutes since we were just in our car. There will be some effects shots that need to be put in, but it probably won't take a long time before they finish it. It's mostly just lighting effects which they can likely make in aftereffects.
Nothing else coming up yet. Been getting more commercial auditions, which is rad. I had a few over the holidays, including a call back on a snickers ad. Things are picking up. I did a mailing to theatrical agents and sent postcards to casting offices. I'm doing another agency showcase soon. Still doing casting work shops weekly. Had a great one today. He spent a lot of time with each person. One of the people joked it's because he took a while off workshops until recently and wasn't sick of us actors yet. Ha ha.
In other news, Leading Ladies is basically picture locked. I'm saying basically because I think they are still working out the music rights on some stuff, and if they can't secure the rights then some of the music numbers will have to be recut to different music. Making movies is complicated. Right now I'm keeping my fingers crossed we get into SXSW. They will announce in February, so we have a while to wait. I know people who will probably be going there anyway, so it would be extra great to get to show them the premiere. Send happy thoughts to Austin! Happy lesbian ballroom dance thoughts!
starred in a feature, Leading Ladies, which will be released in 2010.
trained in ballroom dance for a month.
let them cut my hair short (over 10 inches).
shot on location for 5 weeks.
have had 8 new credits added to my IMDB page this year.
worked on almost 20 indie projects.
half were leading roles
used fight skills, dance.
full facial prosthetics, plus hair pieces.
learned to smoke a pipe.
ranged from TV, theater, film and commercial.
Got a Commercial agent
All in all, I can say 2009 has been great for me acting-wise. And I've already booked a short film shooting next week. 2010 is already looking pretty good.
My goals for 2010
to get a Theatrical agent which will hopefully lead to more paid roles.
I'd like to be getting co-stars and roles in bigger budget films.
I'd like to become SAG eligible, but I'm still not interested in extra work, so it may take me a bit longer since fewer productions Taft Hartly lately.
I am considering doing more physical training (dance, fight, etc.), but that will depend on money and time.
I'm currently writing a screenplay (who isn't, right?) so I'd like to have that finished, hopefully in the first half of the year.
Yesterday was awesome. My pals at Funbox Comedy are working with this director, Joy, and they are producing a sci-fi comedy web series. I auditioned for the lead, but did not get it. Joy really liked my read though so she had me come and be an alien for their faux dating site 'Date a Human.' I was a cat-like alien with tall blue hair and another girl was a sparkly fish-like alien. I had full on prosthetic appliances, airbrushing, synthetic hair. I remembered I still had fangs from The Night Life so I got a ride over to my place and got them. I wasn't really paying attention, but I'm sure we got some funny looks. I looked like a Who from Whoville.
The whole process took over 4 hours! I will post pictures as soon as I get them. They took a bunch so I didn't think to take any for myself.
We alternated shooting still shots and video. It was part scripted and part improvised. Some were over a green screen to use in the series as a sort of hologram and others were just inside and would just be for the website. They got coverage of both since they weren't sure how they would use it in the series. They may end up using both styles if it works in the effects.
I was surprised all that stuff on my head didn't itch at all, though the slits for the nose holes were limited so I did a lot of mouth breathing all day. She stuck it on really well, so I could move my face without worrying about it coming loose. Then it took like an hour to get it off at the end. And I had to take a long hot shower to get the remaining little goobers and paint all over. I probably still have paint on me today. But that's ok because it was super rad. I can't wait to see it. I love that type of thing. Even if it takes 5 hours.
I went over to my friend Lawrence's recording booth and did the VO for the trailer. It's harder than I expected to get myself to sound natural reading copy like that. I'd be good on like half a take then go weird and stilted and back. It's like there's the 'idea' of what a trailer VO sounds like and then there's just being a person talking. There were plenty of good takes and at least one where I did the whole script totally solid. I'm sure DB will find what he needs.
Looks like I could use a VO class if that's something I want to start doing.
Anyway, hopefully the trailer will be all finished and ready to go with music and such soon. I want people to see it! It's so great!
I finally found the Red Cross PSA posted somewhere! It's buried in the flash, so I can't get it directly, but if you go here and click 'View Spots' it's the first one on the second row right now (tough guy on white background on the icon). I actually made it in there, which ain't bad since almost half the folks from the call sheet were cut. I'm third to speak. Woo!
This morning I went over to Zugara Studios to shoot a quick segment for a promo for CKMG. From what I gleaned from the full script they are a company that brings creative folks together to collaborate easier. I played a happy, bopping web programmer. It was quick and fun. They shot in a green cyc so I am excited to see what background they use in the end. The other guys were also techies so we talked nerd while we waited.
