First Impressions

I was going to post this yesterday, but woke up with a headache that hung out until I went to bed, so entertaining you lot was pretty much the furthest thing from my mind. It's not that I don't love you, because I do, baby, I swear. I just needed some "me" time.

Anyway, Sunday evening wrapped up my first weekend of filming on the movie. It's a lot of fun so far, but my performance is probably going to be pretty uneven. The hardest thing to overcome seems to be avoiding the "camera voice", by which I mean the overprojection and overenunciation that inexperienced actors (read: people) use when they know they're on camera. Part of that stems from using dialogue which isn't natural to your own personal speaking style, I think. I've found that when I switch around the wording a little to be something I would actually say, it's much easier to use a natural tone and inflections. This defeats the purpose of acting in a way, I guess, but it's my first time, so get off my back. Oddly enough, I tend to find singing easier when I'm doing something unnatural like copping an accent.

For your entertainment, here's some phonecams from the set.


My movie-daughter and I


Brian, our Sound Engineer


The set's other Erin, undergoing fancification


Producer/Director Gwen (holding the camera)


Official on-set cat, Hudson
Named for Bill Paxton's character in Aliens
Much sweeter than this picture would indicate


Jamie, my lovely and talented movie-wife


Laura, mother of my arch-nemesis


Several people rehearsing a scene between takes


Tim and Brian, listening intently to God knows what

It's a lot of work, but it's a lot of fun, too. I find myself looking forward to this Sunday, the next day of shooting. If I don't end up completely sucking, I may look into doing this again some time.

Also, tonight is Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band down at Cicero's on the Delmar Loop. Big Damn Fun!

Currently listening to: "Hero", Ministry