Networking

It appears I've gone from just being an extra playing moving scenery in a resuarant scene to perhaps having a wardrobe or costume credit on the film. The man behind the scenes sort of pushing the whole project forward had done some networking of his own while all of the extras were on site. He went round the room, introduced himself, handed out business cards and asked all of us to email him with our bio, headshot, top five films, ten things to do before you die and your dream. Imagine his inbox over the next few days...

And to his credit he replied, albeit briefly to the email. And a few days later contacted me again stating they may need some help developing looks for two or so of the principles they hadn't filmed yet. Yesterday scenes, photos and a character breakdown graced my inbox. So my hand is in the mix once again.

In addition to this indie feature, I've a indie short on my plate as well. The ACU fatigues for the short aren't the problem...it's the army dress blues that will be tricky. And unlike the feature, the gents on the short lack the prompt communication. But they also won't begin shooting until September. Though I was shocked to discover that the director of the short...a short written by him about an army recruiter...hadn't realized the military had updated the familiar green BDU to the more tan universal camo. The island is crawling with military in ACU yet he still was surprised. It makes me glad I covered my bases by asking him which uniforms he anticipated...accompanied by the helpful photo or two...

And tech today...I wasn't needed. The cast was given the day off. Of course no mention of this was made in the rehearsal report. It had only been an inkling of a rumor when I left work on Tuesday in anticipation of my one day "weekend".

Speaking of days off...I spent mine seeing Mongol. For the first time all summer I got to see a movie that delivered exactly what I expected. I didn't go in mildly curious to be blown away. I didn't go in fed on hype to be disappointed. I went expecting to see an epic story about Genghis Khan and I was treated with an epic movie about Genghis Khan. No surprises. And I thoroughly enjoyed it.