Student Filming

Today I went into Susie's office for half a day. Just did some organizational things since she is going to be back from vacation next week and I wanted to make sure I had MY act together before I start taking on her projects again.

I got a call for an American Express commercial that is shooting tomorrow and Saturday. About an hour later the casting agency called me back to say that the AmEx people had changed the "scope" of the commercial and I was no longer needed. They were extreemly apologetic about it. I was sorry to loose the gig but I understand that these things happen. So it looks like I will end up with tomorrow off.

Then it was off to NYU to work on the Student Project Over//Loaded. This was a very interesting project using the Tisch three camera television studio as well as blue screen technology. I played the part of a mother who try's to get through to her son by talking to him through the video screens that he is constantly watching. George the writer/director/student is very nice and had assembled a very interesting and diverse cast for his project.

We talked about the project and rehearsed it for about an hour. Then took a break while they set up the studio.

George was very considerate in that he got pizza for his cast memebrs. Not all students are that thoughtful so it was much appreciated.

The students are only supposed to have two hours in the studio to film their projects and unfortunately George was the last one to film today. The project ahead of him had a very imaginative and complicated set that took quite a bit of time to take down after they had finished which unfortunately spilled over into Georges time. When we finally got ready to film we only had an hour left of George's alotted time to complete the project. There was one small part that he didn't get coverage on but we did a pretty good job on trying to get it all done in one take per shot.

I really liked his idea and he was nice to work with so I hope that he got everything he needed to get his vision accros.