I thought that I had put up an entry Monday! But then, I was so tired Monday...
Saturday was the first big day of makeup for my crew, with about a dozen dead to paint. At 1.5 hours for primary dead, and not enough less for extras, that's a lot of work for a half-dozen workers. Most of whom are pretty new to this particular task.
Hmmm. You know, I *did* put in an entry this week. But it's not there. I must have submitted it wrong or something. Argh!
Saturday I got lost on the way to the site. I took a different route, driving off of my mental map, and ended up in Elgin instead of Lockhart. That started my day pre-stressed. By the time I was done, I could have been used as construction material. Ugh.
Go ahead and laugh. It may happen to you one day, too.
Actually, there is a character in Ranma 1/2 that could have been modelled on me. Hibiki Ryouga. Look him up.
Also on Saturday were some bullet-hit effects. I used a tube, compressed air, and dust in gelatin pill capsules to good effect. In one case, I carved off a chunk of bark and the director and I worked on the underlying wood to make it look like he wanted. Stick the bark back on and then shoot it off with the capsule. Puff of dust! Hole appears! Very keen.
Sunday went a bit smoother with the makeup, but the shoot in general has been a bit slow. We are working on that.
The combination of sun and stress and physical activity left me about three-quarters dead on Monday. I even got food and sleep!
At work I have pretty much all of my critical stuff done now, so we are trying to get it to work with all of the other critical stuff. It doesn't yet, but it will.
Marla has her school loan consolidation information now, so that will be in place soon. And this week I need to talk house loan. Our landlord is getting itchy. I don't know when we'll find the time, though.
I think that after the movie, I really will take some slowdown time. I say that at each project, but this time I may actually mean it.
Nobody had better offer me another movie job between now and then.
Posted by Edwin at May 25, 2005 08:45 AM