Acting out
Apr. 14th, 2011 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scott_sanfordBelatedly, some notes on my part in the non-Hollywood non-extravaganza of They're Here!, as written and directed by my friend Amanda "Penguin" Adams.
Everyone involved trickled in to the film set (Penguin's friend Mona's apartment) Sunday afternoon, and we blocked out filming angles and costuming. The gigantic tutu was admired.
The premise of the short is that aliens are coming to Earth and various nutjobs crawl out of the woodwork to react to the upcoming Close Encounter.
My primary part was the flamingly gay KKK leader. Has anyone mentioned it's hard to see out of those hoods? They're hot, too; I'm glad I didn't have to wear one in a Southern summer.
Since we had more parts than actors, I also became a microphone-pointing arm at a NASA press conference; 'Captain Ivey' was about as convincing a public figure as we could ask. It turns out I had brought a tie and could borrow a suit jacket; this let me be a Secret Service agent in some other scenes, where I got stand stiffly in the background and clear my throat meaningfully at the Veep. So much for show business.
All of the footage is now shot (except one not-very-special effect which will be added later) and it's in production. I haven't seen the final product yet, but I'm optimistic that it will turn out funny and silly.
Everyone involved trickled in to the film set (Penguin's friend Mona's apartment) Sunday afternoon, and we blocked out filming angles and costuming. The gigantic tutu was admired.
The premise of the short is that aliens are coming to Earth and various nutjobs crawl out of the woodwork to react to the upcoming Close Encounter.
My primary part was the flamingly gay KKK leader. Has anyone mentioned it's hard to see out of those hoods? They're hot, too; I'm glad I didn't have to wear one in a Southern summer.
Since we had more parts than actors, I also became a microphone-pointing arm at a NASA press conference; 'Captain Ivey' was about as convincing a public figure as we could ask. It turns out I had brought a tie and could borrow a suit jacket; this let me be a Secret Service agent in some other scenes, where I got stand stiffly in the background and clear my throat meaningfully at the Veep. So much for show business.
All of the footage is now shot (except one not-very-special effect which will be added later) and it's in production. I haven't seen the final product yet, but I'm optimistic that it will turn out funny and silly.
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Date: 2011-04-15 08:35 am (UTC)Hi!! *waves at you* Found your journal, hope you don't mind being friended!
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Date: 2011-04-17 06:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-17 06:19 am (UTC)Mine are boring, but you are welcome to read them if you like :-)