Monday, May 25, 2009

Baby's first filming experience

PP woman here again.  OMG  What an incredible first day of filming.  Everyone was so great.  I knew I was the main character  but I had no idea I would be in it so much.  I literally filmed 10 hours. When we broke for lunch I still had scenes to do..so eating was in speed mode.  Then we needed to be in San Francisco for the Hospital scenes!  BUT First, we were at this INCREDIBLE mansion in Marin.  A beautiful Julia Morgan Mission revival from 1909.  The couple who owned it were so wonderful and friendly.  I met the other actors as they arrived and we hung out in a bedrooom and then I never saw them again unless I had a scene with them.. I mean I was on camera all day.  Gee, and me so secure with how I look HA .. oyvey  (yes, that was sarcasm).  My first scenes were with The BAD Dr.  He was a great guy named Mike who really creeped me out good as the evil plastic surgeon.   This whole thing reminded me of how silent films must have been done.  Ususally I had improv'd things to say  but sometimes the director just wanted me to look sad...look in pain....be angry.  Omg  this was wild.  I was actually trying to be realistic but we went so fast(no such thing as watching the dailies)  I had no idea if I was doing good or looking obnoxiously false.  In anycase, they complimented me on doing things right in one take.  Now that was a cool thing to hear.   I was in a sumer dress... then PJ's ...then summer shorts... It may have been Marin  but it was FREAKIN FREEZING that day and I'm pretending to be in sunny Cancun with a painfulm bad, boob job... Speaking of bad boob jobs, I had to wear a bigger bra and stuff it with face towels.  HA  I know it was subconscious but suddenly all the men on set weren't looking at my eyes.  ;-)  Moving right along...we went on to the hospital scenes in an actual office of a plastic surgeon.  And as I walk in I meet the actor playing the Good doctor and actresses playing nurses etc...then BOOm I was whisked away to put on a night gown for surgery scenes.  Here's where it gets surreal for me.  They realized the gown wasn't going to work.... hmmmm guess where this is going.  Ok  Again I'm a good sport and off comes the gown , I'm under covers...Mike is over my breasts in bloody gloves , Omar his adorable Igor to his Dr Frankenstein.. (that's Frankenshteen)  Did I mention I'm the only woman in the room with ten strange men over my chest? AND  it turns out this nutcase DR  Duct taped her to the operating table...Yup  That's right...laugh it up, Paul,  it is sounding like a porn..isn't it?   Ok  again we have Dr Frankenshteen,  Igor the cute assistant, a camera guy, the Director , translating AD and 5 other crew men deciding something that feels suspiciously like.. "how do we shoot his face while her enormous naked belly is blocking the view."  But what do I know,  I do not speak Japanese.  Let's just say I felt a bit... well,  naked and vulnerable.  BECAUSE , oh I dunno, I WAS, MAYBE????  (in some sick way I was very cool with it.. I mean, Who the hell is ever gonna ask me to be naked on film?  This was still a cool professional experience , just not cool in the leather g string kinda way)  I think I was laying on this hard operating table for 2-3 hours.. My body ached so much today I felt like I worked out... hahahaha   ME  working out?   hahahahha.    But I digress.  I was to be unconscious while a fake bloody implant was removed from me.  That was cool but i didn't see any of it as I actually did doze off a bit.  then I was asked to look like i was falling asleep... then look like I was coming to.. then feel trapped in restraints.  heehee this was totally fun!  Ok then they tell me to take a break.. Which meant go to the make up room and have a puss ridden scar with stitches placed on the side of your breast.  YAY I get to work with the fabulous Lisa Zomer who was the makeup artist that last shoot. she and i had so much fun gossiping about  a psycho crazy celebrity she worked for.. hehehe bet you wanna know who it was...So  whilei was doing that the other people I met shot their scenes and left before I even saw them again.. Then I'm up again.  This time  My scene is with the Good doctor.  A lovely gentleman who saw way more of me than he wasnted to , I'm sure.  I need to remember that when they say No Nudity, they mean the camera doesn't record it  BUT EVERYONE ELSE THERE SEES IT....Sheesh, poor guy.   He was trying so hard to be cool about it  but I could tell he was sooo nervous.  he has to look at my scar... my arm is covering my breasts.. Not very well, I might add.  So  he does his scene a couple of times and each time he makes damn sure he is looking at my eyes when we are not filming.  He seemed like a  nice guy  but we didn't really speak.. after that scene, he was gone. (probably hoping the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind was real and available on Craig's List  or EBAY for purchase. )  Well that was that  we Wrapped for the night.  I'm off to San Jose tomorrow to do it all over again.. Gee wonder who gets to see my breasts tomorrow?  Yes, C'Anne  my exhibitionistic ways at SDSU have apparently come in handy...Until tomorrow, fair readers....You sick fucks..... I am PP WOMAN!

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