Classy

The AAMCO shoot "Leaky Oil Guy" was great Wednesday. I arrived at 5:30am, an hour and a half before crew call, to start the SFX makeup on the trick ear. Early...tired, but excited to be working. The ear didn't quite turn out to be what I was expecting, but it's tough to make something flawlessly realistic when it has brass and plastic tubing running out of it and down your head. The contraption was too big to conceal in my own, rather short, hair. So, they decided to go with a wig. Everything was great until wig-time. Now, my head is a size 7 and 3/8. That's a fairly big hat. Despite my having been in the SFX shop, they didn't try out the wig before this very moment on the day of the shoot. My scene was scheduled for 8:30am. At 7:45am, it was brutally clear that this wig wasn't going over half my head, let alone the whole thing. Emergency ensues, PA's are dispatched to wig shops, and my scene is bumped to 12noon. The replacement wig ended up being far less realistic than the other wig was, but at least this one fit. We hadn't tested the oil rig, and didn't until rehearsal in the setup. It worked like a charm, and we knocked the shots out in fairly short order. It was a really strange, sticky and funny experience. I hope the spot works out.

My acting class is also fantastic. I love being around people who are focused on progressing, and the teacher is very good. I'm continuing on next month, and probably the month after that because I really feel I'm growing there. My hope is that I'll be artistically prepared for pilot season, and if I'm really fortunate, I'll have an agent and/or manager in time for that too.