June 17, 2013
PART ONE
I'm gonna work my way backwards with the next two posts.
There was just so much going on the last two days.
First off, I wrapped on the promo shoot for Killing Kennedy yesterday at about 4:30P.M.
Here's what I know to this point and this information comes from Rob Lowe himself...so it has to be true! He was most emphatic when he told us. I remember because when he told us the promos were going to air on the FOX Network during football games I responded with "Oh really?"
His immediate response was "Oh fuck yeah. This is going to be huge, man."
So the promos should start airing a little before but most definitely during football season leading up to its air date on November 22 to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination.
Here is the link for Killing Kennedy on IMDB. If you want to see who is playing who and other bits of trivia. Just click on the word 'Kennedy' below:
KENNEDY
Anyway, like I said, they wrapped all shooting with background characters yesterday afternoon.
Heavy rains had forced the producers and directing team to improvise much of the day. For instance, a scheduled grassy knoll scene was scrapped. Luckily we had shot some scenes the day before the rains hit and lucky for me I was in that scene. Shot with 8mm and some crazy camera angles. It should prove to be a wild part of the finished product.
Like the day before, my fellow actors and I had been instructed to arrive at 7:30 A.M. We all gathered in the holding area where breakfast had been set up on the craft services table.
Ahhh the craft services tables. The Bermuda Triangle for actors during downtime. Imagine it and it is there. It's a slippery slope though, especially for someone like me with a perpetual sweet tooth.
A giant bowl of miniature bags of candy? Giant brownies? Danish? Bagels with cream cheese? Yes please. And yes please. And yes please. And yes please.
There was some fresh fruit on the table but I just assumed it was for decoration.
Sitting in our street clothes, we chatted and ate our own versions of breakfast whether it was an egg sandwich and coffee or a Milky Way bar and a Coke.
One by one were taken to wardrobe and then hair and makeup. Nobody knew who we would be playing today. Some of us were told to dress as we did the day before but that there may be a change.
Flexibility is key when you are a background artist.
I mean just look at me.
I was originally cast as a Secret Service agent. Actually, to be exact, I was cast as Bill Greer, the agent who drove the limousine on that fateful day.
Right before shooting, however, I got a haircut and as it turned out, my hair was much too short to play that role. So I was recast as The Lead Trauma Doctor.
**Important note here: WHEN YOU ARE CAST IN A MOVIE, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT get a haircut, shave off your mustache or beard or both until you are instructed to do so by a casting representative or director.
I probably screwed myself out of shooting throughout the entire production but there's nothing I can do about it. I had a blast. Loved working with the people I worked with and got to work with Rob Lowe one on one. Things happened the way they were supposed to happen.
Lesson learned though.
Anyway...as I was saying, flexibility...
For the promo shoot, I was originally cast as a Dallas policeman. Then I was recast as a bystander watching as The President rides by...before and after Oswald and others (if you believe in those theories) fired from the book depository.
On the second day of shooting I was cast as one of two Secret Service agents. So you just never know. I have to say I did look sharp in that black suit. Perhaps a little too Men In Black, but sharp.
Agent J? Has a nice ring to it.
A great deal of filming a movie is waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
There's nothing really to do as you are standing there in costume waiting for the director and cameraman to work out shots and lighting and angles and positioning.
It's a process. One I just so happen to love, so I don't mind at all. I am fascinated by every aspect of movie making.
So as we stood there for hours we joked around and talked and stretched and cracked our knees and rolled our heads and shook off our cramped muscles and the tension.
My friend, Courtney, a fellow founding member of West End Comedy, the improvisational comedy group I perform with, and I found many ways to keep ourselves entertained.
We sang Circle of Life from Disney's Lion King. We created a rap song. We danced in place. Basically we acted like goofballs. When the director called 'Action!' however, we were right there. Professional and ready to go.
Some actors prefer to shut down and stand quietly.
I was pretty sure one guy had fallen asleep.
Even Rob Lowe yawned after a series of takes for one particular shot. And yes ladies, he looked damn sexy doing it.
It was kind of funny to see all of us, the lead actors as well, all decked out in our best 1960's fashion, using our Iphones. So weird.
So weird.
Guess I'll be saying that a lot of this acting thing takes off.
keeping it reel
copyright 2o13
PART ONE
I'm gonna work my way backwards with the next two posts.
There was just so much going on the last two days.
First off, I wrapped on the promo shoot for Killing Kennedy yesterday at about 4:30P.M.
Here's what I know to this point and this information comes from Rob Lowe himself...so it has to be true! He was most emphatic when he told us. I remember because when he told us the promos were going to air on the FOX Network during football games I responded with "Oh really?"
His immediate response was "Oh fuck yeah. This is going to be huge, man."
So the promos should start airing a little before but most definitely during football season leading up to its air date on November 22 to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination.
Here is the link for Killing Kennedy on IMDB. If you want to see who is playing who and other bits of trivia. Just click on the word 'Kennedy' below:
KENNEDY
Anyway, like I said, they wrapped all shooting with background characters yesterday afternoon.
Heavy rains had forced the producers and directing team to improvise much of the day. For instance, a scheduled grassy knoll scene was scrapped. Luckily we had shot some scenes the day before the rains hit and lucky for me I was in that scene. Shot with 8mm and some crazy camera angles. It should prove to be a wild part of the finished product.
Like the day before, my fellow actors and I had been instructed to arrive at 7:30 A.M. We all gathered in the holding area where breakfast had been set up on the craft services table.
Ahhh the craft services tables. The Bermuda Triangle for actors during downtime. Imagine it and it is there. It's a slippery slope though, especially for someone like me with a perpetual sweet tooth.
A giant bowl of miniature bags of candy? Giant brownies? Danish? Bagels with cream cheese? Yes please. And yes please. And yes please. And yes please.
There was some fresh fruit on the table but I just assumed it was for decoration.
Sitting in our street clothes, we chatted and ate our own versions of breakfast whether it was an egg sandwich and coffee or a Milky Way bar and a Coke.
One by one were taken to wardrobe and then hair and makeup. Nobody knew who we would be playing today. Some of us were told to dress as we did the day before but that there may be a change.
Flexibility is key when you are a background artist.
I mean just look at me.
I was originally cast as a Secret Service agent. Actually, to be exact, I was cast as Bill Greer, the agent who drove the limousine on that fateful day.
Right before shooting, however, I got a haircut and as it turned out, my hair was much too short to play that role. So I was recast as The Lead Trauma Doctor.
**Important note here: WHEN YOU ARE CAST IN A MOVIE, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT get a haircut, shave off your mustache or beard or both until you are instructed to do so by a casting representative or director.
I probably screwed myself out of shooting throughout the entire production but there's nothing I can do about it. I had a blast. Loved working with the people I worked with and got to work with Rob Lowe one on one. Things happened the way they were supposed to happen.
Lesson learned though.
Anyway...as I was saying, flexibility...
For the promo shoot, I was originally cast as a Dallas policeman. Then I was recast as a bystander watching as The President rides by...before and after Oswald and others (if you believe in those theories) fired from the book depository.
On the second day of shooting I was cast as one of two Secret Service agents. So you just never know. I have to say I did look sharp in that black suit. Perhaps a little too Men In Black, but sharp.
Agent J? Has a nice ring to it.
A great deal of filming a movie is waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
There's nothing really to do as you are standing there in costume waiting for the director and cameraman to work out shots and lighting and angles and positioning.
It's a process. One I just so happen to love, so I don't mind at all. I am fascinated by every aspect of movie making.
So as we stood there for hours we joked around and talked and stretched and cracked our knees and rolled our heads and shook off our cramped muscles and the tension.
My friend, Courtney, a fellow founding member of West End Comedy, the improvisational comedy group I perform with, and I found many ways to keep ourselves entertained.
We sang Circle of Life from Disney's Lion King. We created a rap song. We danced in place. Basically we acted like goofballs. When the director called 'Action!' however, we were right there. Professional and ready to go.
Some actors prefer to shut down and stand quietly.
I was pretty sure one guy had fallen asleep.
Even Rob Lowe yawned after a series of takes for one particular shot. And yes ladies, he looked damn sexy doing it.
It was kind of funny to see all of us, the lead actors as well, all decked out in our best 1960's fashion, using our Iphones. So weird.
So weird.
Guess I'll be saying that a lot of this acting thing takes off.
keeping it reel
copyright 2o13
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