Pirates and Photography (Day 59)

I just finished a busy week of shooting!  First was Gilded Lily's: a resounding success- from a lowly place last Wed to quite a high Thurs- I got a featured extra role woo-hoo! I then shot a student film 'Pocket Hat', and even though they had to cut half the script for lack of celluloid (stoopid college kids), I think it's still gonna look pretty good.  I then shot another film that I'm not supposed to talk about, so here's a news story about it:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/30765451/detail.html
So, on the set, this is the camera they gave me for a prop as a photographer.  All I had to do was give them my license, I could of walked away with it... It was just lying there, used, but worked fine, and the pictures it took OMG!  It made everybody look better than they really did (I must of taken 50+ award winning headshots, seriously)  I wanted to learn more about it when I got home and forgot until now. Holy shit! No wonder it took such great pictures...  and I could've walked away with it for the low, low cost of my license ;)
here it is our moment of Zen:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-12-24MP-Digital-18-70mm-Aspherical/dp/B000VRJC5Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332942102&sr=8-1

PS- Tom Hanks, class act!

A new low...(Day 52)

I passed on a few gigs in order to get on the set of  'Gilded Lily's' as background for 2 days.  After receiving a phone call at noon yesterday confirming my role for both days, I was told that I'd get an email after 7pm last night.  Never got that email, and after a confusing email correspondence with the casting director, I decided to go this morning anyway (after getting the call time and location from an actor friend).  I went to the set, which was on the stage at the Wang- pretty fucking awesome!  The check-in dude, of course, couldn't find my name and called the CD to which she replied, I emailed him last night that he wasn't coming in today, he's coming in on Thurs...  WTF?  All I got was a "sorry, someone made a mistake"...   I'm also giving up a SAG voucher gig tomorrow (but unpaid) for this shoot.  I now have been called (again) with a 7am call time tomorrow- cross you fingers...  UNGH, this industry is cold, I mean COLD.  Better get used to it, I suppose.
To make matters worse, I just applied to be a 'Mystery Shopper'- yup, it's a legit site secretshopper.com, but now another faceless business that's quasi-legit has my EID... and it also has my pride...
Here it is our moment of Zen (god help me!) :
  http://runforyourlives.com/

Auditions A Go-Go (Day 44)

 I've got auditions coming in from everywhere right now!  I auditioned for a Neil Simon play last night 'Laughter on the 23rd floor'- was pretty good- although I screwed up the first reading (it was a group read, and I didn't notice there was a back page... OOPS!)  I'm shooting an HVAC commercial tomorrow, and just got called for a bud light commercial tomorrow as well which shoots next wed 3/21.  Now the problem is, is that I still haven't been told what time the HVAC commerical shoots tomorrow, so I don't know if I can make the 4:50pm audition time for Bud Light.  Even if I can make it to that audition, I won't know the shoot time of that project on 3/21, and I've got another project up in Andover that is shooting at 5pm that day!  Not to mention that I've still got to master my personal monologue for class tonight, get prints of my headshot, and research for my role on Thursday (as a serial killer).  And only the commercial stuff pays!  Argh!!!
Still loving it though... :)

Speaking of love, here's a personal hero of mine and our moment of Zen:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/legacy-congressman-dennis-kucinich-101438630.html

When it rains... (Day 38)

Just got back from an awesome long weekend in Naples, FL for my buddies wedding.  Now I'm sick- it's probably SARS or the Swine Flu... and of course I've got 3 auditions in the next two days for PAYING commercial gigs...  such is life.
Anyway- here' the big news... I've got another movie out- and it's pretty good if I say so myself- Check it out:
http://vimeo.com/38056250
Would love to hear your thoughts, Fellow Travelers!