Too wiped out to blog

I was exhausted after long days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I tell you what though. I’ve been having a blast. The cast and crew oin the show are great. Especially the people I’ve been working really closely with. Michael Daingerfield, the writer/producer/star and I hit it off well. Being 2nd AD I had to hang out with him a lot. We spent most of Sunday laughing our asses off doing impressions and other insanity. He said he appreciated the energy that I brought to the set. Finally a place that I fit. He even wanted me in one of the ‘audition waiting room’ scenes. That was fun too. I also did some ‘shadow acting’ keeping the shadows in a long hallway active during a shot.

Another bit of fun was doing walla for the hallway scenes. ‘Walla’ is film sound slang for the sound of a group of people talking. Group walla is when a number of actors create background crowd sounds in a studio against edited picture. We were saying all kinds of crazy things. I was talking about a fetish for smearing peanut butter on cats.

John Penhall is going to be 1st AD again this weekend. He stepped off set a few times on Saturday and Sunday meaning I was on as 1st AD and got to run the show for a few takes. I didn’t feel as unsure of myself as on Gang of Love. I’ve done it a few times now. This group especially is very encouraging. The DOP Kim Miles and Director Jason Bourque have been patient and helpful. Kim said, “The show’s yours, Mike. Call it like you stole it.” Nice!