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AN ACTOR'S LIFE IS...
🕑 Added 2025-10-10 18:54:46 +0000 UTCEnough of this ridiculous cat talk!
Well, that’s that thing done. Unfortunately, I didn't record a vlog, because in my early morning brain fog I forgot to take the camera and mic. Sorreeee.
I’m really glad I did it though, and they were nice people, but it’s not for me. It’s strange. I like making things too much. I want to be hands-on. This was more like being a prop.
There was no dialogue; I had to was pretend I was having a nightmare and then wake up screaming.
Now, this sounds easy… but I was basically laying horizontal and would then have to sit bolt upright over and over and over. I feel like I’ve been doing crunches all day.
Getting the timing right – I had to sit up and scream as the camera hit its mark – was way trickier than I would’ve thought, which meant a lot of takes. I'm very much of the "That's good enough" school of film-making, so this was anathema to me.
And then I spent ages with the camera right up close to my face from a few different angles so they could also get shots of my eyes twitching under my eyelids. Do you have any idea how to do reaaaaally subtle eye twitching? No, nor me it would seem.
Plus, I had to have all this fake sweat stuff sprayed on me, and it really stings when it gets in your eyes. And they filmed my bare feet too. I'm bloody glad they were presentable, and that I'd trimmed my nose hair.
It was interesting though. I'm weird in that I enjoy being on sets. Always have done. I loved just observing the technical side of it all – the lighting, the camera set-up etc. How big to make the movements when it's a close up. Which is what I went for really. But yeah. Y'know. An actor’s life is not for me I don't think, even though it did look great on the monitor.
And for those of you with concerns that I did this for free, I’m getting a bag of games and stuff apparently.
Also, I made a really good joke as I was leaving, which nobody laughed at. The Director of Photography was marvelling at how easy it was to remove some gaffer tape, and said "It just pulls off", and I said "Talking of which... Paul's off". They all just looked at me and I sort of shuffled out in disgrace.
And look now: here are some pics.
Comments
Chris Bell
Excellent stuff. Robertson Sexus would be proud.
Zobbster
Well, I would have laughed. That's a quality exit!
