For Art.
On Friday, as soon as I got home from work, I got started on the cupcakes for the 48 Hour Film Project. I tried a new frosting recipe - a fudgy concoction of butter, cocoa powder and powdered sugar with a bit of karo syrup and vanilla. It was tasty, but very gooey and sticky. I really need a sturdy frosting that will put up with travel and hot sun. Does anyone have a recipe they can share?
On Friday night, we got the specs for our film - a Film de Fem featuring Kristy Brown (occupation: illustrator), with a tie as a prop, and the line "Wrong, guess again.". I finished off the cupcakes while the script was written, and the husband went to a planning meeting. Once finished, we threw together some props and went to bed at about 1am.
Saturday was a long long day. We were up at 6:45am and on set (an office in SoDo) by a hair after 8. The husband got started on the credits, I finished paperwork and directed production assistants. I had good success at shopping / prop procurement on the day.
- Vodka Bottle: The script called for a nearly empty vodka bottle. Instead of buying something (not that there was budget for that), I drove down to to Georgetown and looked for bars. I found one and went around to the garbage and recycling in back. Right at the top of the recycling bin were empty Jack Daniels and Jagermeister bottles - score. I plucked those out and brought them back to the set. PA Eli cleaned them out, and filled them with a very convincing-looking ice tea.
- Tie: At 10am, Costumer Erika and I headed out to Goodwill for a necktie; something black and punky. The tie was just as easy to find as the bottles. Goodwill had their entire stock of ties right up front for Father's Day. We scored a suitable one, and went back to set.
- Hair Product: At 2pm, makeup guy Richard needed hair gel, hair spray, and hair rubber bands, so out I went again. Georgetown Pharmacy was the closest pharmacy to our location. It was very charming and old-fashioned; it would make a great location in which to shoot a period piece. Unfortunately, their stock was old fashioned too - they only had 3 hairsprays (all of them suspicious), and no gel. I drove out of Greorgetown and found a 76 Mart - they had some hair spray, but nothing else. I drove towards downtown and found a quickie-mart - they had some hairspray, and do-rags, but no hair rubber bands. Sigh. I went back to to the set to deliver the hair gel and spray, figuring that the hair rubber bands could be got later. On set, the husband had some hair rubber bands, so it was taken care of.
At noon, we broke for lunch. I and a lot of the crew got some burgers from Burger Madness - delicious and hearty.
I and some other folks, including the husband, were recruited as extras. I learned two things about acting: weary comfy shoes, and choose a lightweight prop.
At 4 we headed to the second location: a recently built house (an investment property) in Pacific - about 40 minutes away from Seattle. That shoot was tough - it felt very long, and I think everyone was getting exhausted. The husband left early to get some food, and start editing in a comfortable environment. We finished the shooting at about 10:00pm, and I got home at about 11:00. I ate some dinner and the husband, and later the producer, worked on more editing. I took a shower and got to bed at about 1am.
The husband got to bed quite a bit later, and he got up sometime in the morning to dash off to Adobe work on the film. I slept in, and am now preparing for the wrap party.
I think the film will be on YouTube in about a week; I'll post a link when it's available.
