Working on a movie set

So, as you may or may not know, for the last week I have been working on a movie set with this guy I know who is trying to become a director.

The whole process lasted from Saturday morning until Thursday night, with many frustrations and much swearing involved, however it was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life, and has cemented my wish to pursue a career in film.

So, to start, the people who I worked with were some of the coolest people I have ever met, and they were awesomely nice, giving me heaps of tips and opportunities, and a few even told me to stay in touch so we could work together some more. One guy, Luke, told me to contact him about learning some 3D Animation stuff, as he has a major role in a studio in Sydney, and has mad contacts to get me into the industry. Long story short, I met some awesome people with hookups to get me into films easily.

The second thing that I will tell you about is the days. 5am start. 7pm finish. That's right, 14 hour days were the call, and it was brutal, gruelling, and AWESOME FUN! I didn't ever think that I would enjoy that, but the people there were so awesome and I had a mad time rocking out with all of them. I was mainly involved with the camera department, helping them lug stuff around, setting up a video split for the director, and generally helping anywhere I was needed in their area. It was a pretty damn stressful job as helping to take care of a $300,000 piece of equipment made me kind of nervous. Yes, the camera was $300,000, with an extra $100,000 lens kit.

Finally, I'll talk about the perks of my week. First, the free beanie was awesome. That's right, I got a free beanie with the name of the movie, "The Clearing", printed on it and the year and production company, it's basically rad. Second, the wrap party, which involved 10 cases of beer, about 30 bottles of wine, dozens of bottles of spirits, a popcorn machine, live music and rocking out with awesome movie people. It was SWEET.

So that's all I'm going to write about at the moment, if you want more details, then talk to me somewhere else and I'll give you some. Believe me, when I see all the boys tomorrow, they're going to hear all about it in detail :).

Thanks for reading, this is Luis signing off again.

The picture is of the movie studio's website. If you want to check it out, it's www.chaoticpictures.com.