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Sunday July 10, 2011
Shoot
What with weekends and the MTA insisting that with people Not At Work, so more people needing public transit so therefore reduce public transit on weekends, as always, I erred on the side of caution, and arrived at the Wilshire Boulevard location a bit early for my 3pm calltime.
By about nearly two hours.
And knowing in downtown I was way earlier than expected, I even took my time arriving at McArthur Park, taking the bus from downtown and not the subway; once there grabbing some stuff at the .99¢ Only Store, grabbing some McDonalds
(as I suspected
[or rather, accurately predicted]
they might only be serving pizza).
On my arrival I was greeted by
Adam Kargman; I was introduced to the film's lead
Michael Sielaff,
and met producers Desi Green,
Courtney Shane
and
Moni Boyce.
Whilst I waited, at least I had
excellent reading material
with which to pass the time.
They broke for lunch just before 3pm; thankfully there were the sort of drinks and snicky-snacks I love so I was fine.
Two lovely women arrived as background
(mentioned on the callsheet but not named thereon),
one I believe named Tatiana, but whilst they later accepted my contact card, they did not have their card/s with them.
Adam set up the shot, and we went out.
As the apartment being used was that of a friend to the production, it was a relatively secure building
(as though that'd slowed me down getting in, merely walking through the gate as someone was comine out).
Desi came down and essentially Assistant Directed as even through the first floor open window I could barely hear Adam, what with the loud traffic on Wilshire Boulevard.
The two young ladies would approach, and as Michael activates his "doohicky"
(as even the script refers to it),
I physically react to being struck by its invisible energy.
Adam and Desi used phones, so there was a slight time lag.
I could just hear him 75% of the time, and when he's say a direction, Desi's phone got it about a full second later, so her repeating it began having the Needed Direction being essentially about two seconds off.
This may not sound like much but timing is everything, not merely comedy, but cinematically filling the shot.
Soon I was able to make out Adam's own voice, and did my best.
At one point my reaction has to be a bit extreme, so for that I leaned back with my arms slightly away from my sides.
It was an in-joke, and technically I should be profile to the camera, but there are many friends of mine who may
recognize the pose.
Eventually we were brought in as Adam and Michael did another couple of shots and I chatted with the friendly fellow who actually has that apartment.
After a time Adam came out, certain he had all he needed from the sequence, and the two ladies and I were wrapped.
Michael Sielaff contacted me with thanks, and asking about a pair of brown shoes of his that'd gone missing from the shoot.
I couldn't help him as I'd not even brought with me my black dress shoes: I wore my black sneaks had worn those.
From online I quickly discovered the location of Michael's
website
and his
Facebook profile
(as well as his
YouTube channel).
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