We Have Audio!

Today (well, I'm writing this at nearly 2 am after hanging out with some friends from my acting class, so it's technically yesterday, but I haven't gone to bed yet so I am sticking to my guns on this erroneous label) we shot our first scene. Back on November 2 (haha, 2008) we shot the intro credit sequence. That was all just me, though, walking around and looking angry. We had a couple of failed attempts at shooting since then, but today was a smashing success. We shot Anthony's intro scene with Paul, and it was great. I had fun, even if it took me a few takes to really get into Paul. I needed this one, because if we had started with a more emotional or intense scene, and I wasn't in Paul's mindset, it wouldn't be so good. Herman was fantastic to act with, though. He IS Anthony, even though I didn't know him when I was writing the script. Likewise, it was really cool to have Michael and Karen there helping out, with Michael running audio for us. Heck - this was the first time we've ever had an established audio crew member. Haha, heck... it's the first time we've ever had a crew member ;)

Ultimately, it was just very exciting to finally see it all fall into place. I was the actor, Nick handled everyone very well as the director, and we all collaborated and had fun. Now that I've had a taste of Paul again, I can't wait to shoot the next scene. Being able to be Paul in front of the camera, with another actor, was a really exillerating experience. I've spent so much time with him on my own, and partially in rehearsals, that it was almost like finally giving birth to this performance that's been waiting to come to fruition.

But that's kind of a gross analogy, so I'll just say it was a really cool day.