Gang of Love

I am beat. Why is that you ask? I worked all weekend on a short film called Gang of Love. It’s a melowdrama about a young man who’s love is about to marry another so he begs for the help of – the gang of love. The gang of love, a group of ruffians with over the top Italian accents, do their best to assist this pathetic soul in his quest for love.

My friend, Rochelle, gave me the heads up that there was an opportunity to participate in the shoot this weekend and if I was interested I could take part. I thought I was going to be a PA (Production Assistant), but ended up being quickly promoted to 2nd AD (Second Assistant Director) and was 1st AD (Assistant Director) for a few shots when Producer and 1st AD Tom O’Brien had to briefly step away. EEK! A little shaky but we managed. I don’t usually work that hard physically, but it was worth it just from an experience point of view.

I had a great time. The people were great (especially the actors – too funny) and we had tons of fun making this little flick. After post-prodcution ‘Gang of Love’ is off to Cannes for the film market there.

I think I’ve learned a bit more about what I would and wouldn’t like to do in the film industry. Babs Chula gave me some good advice about the acting part of the biz. Strange how people knew I was an actor without even telling them even though I haven’t really done anything in years. I got disheartened and gave up on that part of my dream to be ‘in pictures’ a few years ago, but it’s becoming clearer to me that my soul wants to be doing it again. She struck home with a very brief conversation we had just after the production wrapped last night. Time to put on the greasepaint once again methinks. Thanks Babs!

Here are some photos: … … (left) and the camera crew preparing an actor for a shot

I met some great folks this weekend and I look forward to working with them again.