I have always enjoyed acting. From a small stage play to a big movie, it is always fun to take on a role, a new identity. The thing is, though, that is acting is fun, but most of the time spent is usually not doing that. In my experience, and (I seem to say this often) especially in China, that schedules are often floating and you spend many hours waiting for the next shot.
In the last movie I was filming, we had days as long as 16 hours, with only 2-3 hours of actual shooting. Unfortunately that is typical for the industry in China. Though, there is always something fun you can occupy yourself with. Some people have games, some books, or even sleep. Once you have memorized your script many times over, there is still a lot of time you have to practice your basket weaving.
Though the danger of immersing yourself in a book or some other activity is that when you are called up for your scene, you have to quickly get back into character and remember the lines and the scene. Next time, how about some more accurate schedules guys?
Anyhow, we did have an outstanding team of actors (Jeremy Miller, Vanessa Branch, Faith, and Li-Tong), as well as a great Director (Roy Chin 金国钊) and Director of Photography (Jeffrey Chu).
For those of you who actually read this, I just want to tell you that this blog has officially been opened for 1 year. The first post was on December 30, 2005, but let’s just round it off to January 1, 2006 for good measure.
This blog has taken off in a direction I never intended when I first started it, but perhaps it is more interesting this way. At times I have not had time to update regularly, but I hope what I do post you find compelling.
Well, I hope to see more of you this year as I plan to have some even more crazy entertainment industry adventures!
