Day 4 -- March 30

I returned to the set of my first feature film to say my first feature film lines. Here is where we glimpse Deputy Kalish's humanity, so that when the world suffers his loss, we know it is a tragedy on a human level, a true loss of a noble spirit, the man we know as Kalish. In other words, it's a little suspense before I get whacked.

In true lame-show-business fashion, I was called to the location at 5pm. Not only did they have no intention of using me at 5pm, but they also had no intention of using me at that location. Costumes, make-up, and a little dinner later, I hopped in my car with the rest of the company and we drove to the second location.

At about 10pm, we began working on my stuff. There were a handful of set-ups, plus Rumpel make-up, plus lighting and "transpo" problems. ("Transpo," as I think I understood it, refers to transportation, and, in this specific case, they provided the vehicles for the shot.) The main vehicle in this shot kept dying, so transpo was taking lots of heat.

I was also taking heat for some reason from the director of photography, Doug Milsome. He seemed quite low on patience and slightly reserved on instruction. So, as I continued to misinterpret his limited instructions, he continued to reach increasing levels of frustration. From my end, I brought to the table a certain level of inexperience that made any short-hand of communication impossible. From his end, he brought a difficult schedule, a shooting deadline for the location, nearing the end of a long shoot, certain conflicts with the director, a feeling of superiority to the project in general, and a slightly ambitious personal flair that most likely didn't jibe with the atmosphere on a low-budget short-schedule horror movie.

All that aside, we did get the lines down on film. My death is successfully led up to (except for some line continuity, not my fault). It should be fun to see this fall.

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