anyway, i'm getting ahead of myself again...let me back up a bit...we have two sets of neighbors in our little house area. it's a great little community. jim and cece in the back, and andrew and jacquelyn in front. us in the middle. obviously. so jacquelyn is an actress (you may see here in a mcdonalds commercial on yourtube: mcdonalds karen king--she's one of the actresses), and andrew is a filmmaker/director/actor. he recently won a huge contest for a New Zealand beer called steinlager, where he made a short (check it out also on youtube: steinlager escape. it's VERY cool stop animation stuff! and that's him in it, and it's in front of our house, too!).
so, this morning, i got up to see my backyard transformed into a backyard scene fit for the screen. it looked very nice. flags up, a grill out, colorful plates set on a little table...and i went out, and ended up filming all day! the crew was really nice, and andy was directing. come to think of it, i was the only girl working on the project! most crews are all guys here, i've noticed, though. i digress. the main character was an older british actor named david, who was in town for a "holiday" visiting his friend who happened to be the assistant director. he was great fun!! so we filmed all day, and it was a fabulous time. the theme of the vignettes is "life's short. don't miss it." and it's a series of shorts depicting the main character dying (but they are comedies), and my particular one involved a horribly tragic accident where he stabs himself in the forehead! ouch!
i did have a close up reaction shot, so if it doesn't get cut in editing, then i could be featured in a short film showing at the opener of the tribeca film festival! which i am pretty darn excited about!!! below are a couple of pictures from the day. doesn't our yard look so cute?!
so after a whole day of filming (i know, i know, i'm just toooo hollywood, baby. lol jk) no, i went to comedy/improv class, which i LOVE! i really do think improv comes naturally to me. we play such fun improv games, including one called good, bad, and ugly, where three people act as members of an expert panel. they give us a subject, and one has to give good advice, one bad, one ugly. but you get to create this whole persona, which i loOOOOoove! maybe i should look more into improv. i enjoy it, so, hm. a thought.
then, my friend and fellow acting student, kvon, had a comedy show tonight. he does stand up every wednesday at the laugh factory (you've probably seen it at some point or another, it's pretty famous). and i think this was one of his last shows for this run or something. anyway, he got another fellow student, john, and i in for free, so we went after classes to watch him. we actually saw several comics, including kvon, who was hilarious. and, although it was funny, i was ready to come home by the end. we thought we were getting in free, but those little tricksters tell you once you're sitting down (ugh!) that there is a "two drink minimum." what!?! are you joking? so i seriously spent what i would have paid for a ticket for the show on two bottles of water! sigh. oh well, i guess i supported a friend, and got to see a fun show, not to mention, that will probably be my one and only trip to the laugh factory, which is worth doing just to say you saw stand up there. oh, yes, and another thing that made it worth it is that when we were outside at the door waiting to go in, i happened to be standing next to chevy chase! lol very random, i know, but i was like hee hee, super cool! he's extremely tall, and i had the urge to call him sparky (name that movie?). anyway, it was a fun night, and i have another busy day tomorrow, so off to bed for me. alas, another full day. take care and goodnight.
CHEVY CHASE!!! WOW!
It's crazy how many people you are bound to see in Hollywood.
I loved watching the YouTube stuff! How fun! Your friends seem awesome!
If you need help knowing how to post pictures on to Blogger, I do it all the time. Maybe we can catch each other on iChat. :)
Soooo glad you are in improve class. I wish I could see you!
Ah, the only girl with an all guy crew... kinda reminds me of BSU Tech Crew. We just can't recruit girls for some reason. BUT it does make for some interesting nights!
--Transitional Prayer-- ;)
And yes, SPARKY! National Lampoon! Look at you, already hanging out with the big shots!
Love ya LP!
Sigh... nothing is truly free. Those Tricksters. Another thing you might watch out for is the "tab". At most bars/clubs, if you pay for your drink with a credit card, they'll charge you a minimum amount, probably around $30 whether or not you drank that much! Yep. I had some real expensive water bottles at times in NY. I bet its kinda the same there!