Just got done filming a movie. Took a few re-writes but I was finally filmed out and this was me after the fact:
Me with the director. Got stabbed in the back and through my heart apparently.
At first the idea was for me to get a weird look on my face and then start spitting up blood. I am not going to lie, I am giant wimp when it comes to that chocolate syrup stuff. I had been smelling it on people all throughout filming and watching them cough it up and I just kept thinking 'Please let me be the person who ends up surviving!'
So when I walked in on my final day of filming and they told me I died in a re-write. Ugh. But after a little collaboration we found a solution that the director was actually happier with. I got stabbed in the back and all you saw was the blood seeping through my shirt. YAY!
Which isn't to say that I wouldn't have done it. I would have. I just would not have liked it in the slightest.
So after 5 more hours in these musky tunnels and lying on the ground for about ten minutes looking dead while they got my final shots I got to go home and take a shower! Don't showers just feel that much better when you've got a whole bunch of dirt and grime to wash off?
Hopefully there will be more 'on set' posts coming from me in the near future. I am an actress in the Cincinnati area and I am looking to make some films people!
Creating on,
E.M.G.
I actually was a bodyguard in a friend's short film once and had to spit blood out. It was not chocolate syrup though. That would have been better. Yes, I played a bodyguard, hilarious!
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