Lobotomy

Last night during a fetching game of Catch Phrase, I pondered about the brilliance of my fellow cast and crew members. Several interesting clues came up. To get me to guess the number one, my lovely make-up artist said "The number that comes after two"! Seriously, what kind of clue is that?

Then Ryan, our Assistant Director proclaimed that he had no idea what "this word is". He started his clues with this "is either a person or a thing" and then the timer ran out. My brilliant make-up artist, Cassie, was like "let me see the word, I will help you". He goes "I have no idea what a Lo-Bo-Tomy is. To which Cassie replied it is a Lobotomy and then we explained what the word meant to our fantastic AD.

Today was a productive day on set. We shot a record 7 pages. I was in three scenes and they all went well. We got video village up and running today so it was easier to watch footage on the monitors. The last scene was a kickball game and the guys got all sweaty. It was a fun day, though, and I am in several scenes again tomorrow.

The River!

Yesterday was the first day of principal photography and it went really well. We got a lot of exteriors and establishing character shots. We were at a farmhouse all day and one of my co-stars saved me from a tick!

Today we started off the morning shooting in a hospital. Layla, my character, went to visit a "sick kid" and that actor had a rough day. He had to cry for like 3 hours straight. Maurice, aka 'Marcus' was running out of tears so he had to drink water to make more, or so he said-

Then there was a "company move" meaning that we switched locations. We ended up in a muddy swamp with an old backhoe. It rained for a little while, but luckily it added to the shots so we covered the camera and continued on.

The roughest part of this whole thing has been 4:30 AM call times. I love the cast and crew though, we are having so much fun. Cassie, the makeup girl is my new buddy! She takes such good care of pampering me!

So Fantastic

Yesterday was so much fun.  I had rehearsal at 10AM with the guy who I have the most scenes with.  It went really well.  His name is Josh and he is an actor from Chicago.  After rehearsal I had a wardrobe fitting and a make-up consultation.  After that the cast had a table read and we talked a little bit about the script.

After dinner, I rode with Madison, the wardrobe guy/art department to see the river and farmhouse locations.  Everything looks so great! 

In the evening, the cast and crew swam, played catch phrase and then walked to Sonic.  I had never been to a Sonic before so that was cool to experience.  We walked down hoping for ice cream shakes but they were out, so I ended up with cherry limeade.  Sonic is cool because you drive up or walk up to a board, place your order, slide your credit card and then they bring the food to you.  

This morning we had a production meeting and I found out that there are going to be two nights on an over-night location where we will be moving from the cool house we are staying in to a hotel.  Everyday this is more and more fun and we haven't even started shooting yet!  Call time tomorrow is 4:30 AM, so tonight is going to be an early night.