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Monday, March 30, 2009

Film Shoot

hehehe... let's run through my last few days.

Friday:
Senior Showcase Dance performance from 6pm to 9:30pm
Inspector 42 Film shoot from 9:30pm to 10am

Saturday:
Senior Showcase Dance performance from 1pm to 4pm
Inspector 42 Film shoot from 8pm to 10am

That's right!! In all, I've put in over 30 hours on the film shoot of Inspector 42. It was great working with old friends and learning new things. Friday's film shoot was at the Amanda Knight Hall in Provo. That was a cold night! Also, we were two hours behind the whole time! Saturday, the film shoot was back up in Salt Lake City. There was this awesome little alley we were shooting in right across from the old Salt Lake Exchange building. It was a bit chilly, but I took my breaks inside the RV. Thankfully, I was able to get in a few power naps. We also gave up in the morning and good thing because right when we began to strike, it began to rain/snow. When we finally left, it was snowing with little visibility. It finally came to Provo a few hours later.

Inspector 42 is the story of a shirt inspector who loves his work and loves Seamstress 61. After a mistake of his own, faulty shirts make it into the world and cause terrible accidents. 42 can't figure out what to do and things progressively get worse for him, the factory and the city. Inspector 42 learns the harsh realities of life and how quickly you can lose that which you value most. Yet in his moment of greatest darkness, a friend remains at his side, and he learns that he is never truly alone.

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Stagehands have astonishing learning curves. It's not unusual for stage crews to have trucks full of unknown scenery arrive at a theatre on Monday, which we need to assemble and understand to open a show we've never seen before... on Tuesday night.

Most people, if confronted with such a task, would flatly say it was impossible.

Stagehands find ways to make it possible. We learn quickly, we draw upon years of experience, skills and training, and (all too often) we drink lots of coffee and work all night.

I've had one longstanding handicap in my career as a stagehand. I don't drink coffee.