Lights, Sound, Action!

Recently, I had an email conversation with Carl which went as follows…

Carl: Hi, strange question, but have you got a tuxedo? Me: Pretty much, although my trousers don’t have that stripe down the side. Carl: That would do fine, I’d imagine… So the question is, are you free at all on the weekend of 29th/30th Jan, and would you like to play 007’s legs? Me: I’d be up for that. Sounds like fun.

Which is how I ended up spending a rather tiring, but enjoyable weekend on the set for Carl’s short film project “Office Devils.”

My character wasn’t needed for filming until Sunday afternoon, so I got to help out as a member of the crew the rest of the time: positioning lights; holding reflectors and diffusers; and even had a brief stint with the sound boom. I missed out on doing the clapper though, disappointingly.

It was an interesting insight into the amount of work that goes into making even a film as short as this one (I guess it’ll be about ten minutes long) - there’s lots of repetition as everything has to be shot from all sorts of different angles. Even though I spent two days seeing it done over and over again, I think the finished article will look quite different, and I’m looking forward to getting to see it.

When I know some more about what’s happening with it, I’ll give an update so you can all watch for the coverage of the premiere on the news…