Well, well, well, things are really moving along and 2009 is already turning into a productive year. It's great, but in the back of my mind I know this is going to end. EVERY year starts out strong, then it gets slow, they I can't stay motivated because things are slow. This year I'm determined not to let it get to me...
It's only Tuesday and already this week is busy! Today I heard back from the casting office where I inquired about an internship. They're meeting with people on Thursday so I need to set that up. I also submitted on three gigs on Actors Access - I think that's a new one-day record. Yesterday I got an e-mail about the free voice over seminar I signed up for.
I also got a call from the director of a film I was supposed to do last year but it never happened. I did a student film for UCLA last year and had given my business card to someone who worked on it. She passed it along to a friend who was making a film and he cast me in one of the roles. Well, the guy kept giving me the shoot date, then canceling and kept telling me his lead actor couldn't film that day. This happened about two or three times and I was ready to tell the dude that I couldn't keep blocking out a day only to have the shoot be canceled. Also, the script was terrible! I had absolutely no clue what was going on. Well, the dude called me one day and said that the producer wanted to cut the scene I was in. I was sooo relieved! I didn't have to drop out after all! It's funny how these things work themselves out. He then asked me if the producer changed his mind should he call me? I'm like, look, I'm gonna have to say no because I'm busier now than I was when I thought we were going to film, and I can't keep blocking out days, taking time off from work, etc. He understood and asked if I'd be interested in doing some voice over stuff for the film. It would be on my schedule and it would just be me recording so I wouldn't have to deal with other actors schedules. Okay, I can deal with that, and it might be something I could put on a VO reel, so I agreed. That was last fall and I never heard anything but yesterday the guy left me a message asking me if I still want to do some VO work. I called him back today and left a message saying I could do it and asking when it would record. He calls me back tonight and says most likely in 3 or 4 weeks and he'd call me closer to the date. What?!? Here we go again. I thought this would be taking place sooner. I don't think this guy is ever gonna finish this film. Then he tells me how he had to re-write the entire film becuase his actors kept cancelling and he kept losing his locations. Maybe if you stuck to a set schedule the actors wouldn't quit - or if one actor keeps canceling, fire them! Although, I think the actor who kept canceling is also the film's producer, so that's not a possibility. He tells me now he's using narration through the whole film and he'll be filming me, and it will be a combination of on camera and voice over and I'll be telling the story to another actor. What!?! This is NOT what I signed on for. I thought this was going to be a voice over thing that would work around my schedule. Now it sounds like I'm a major character in this film. Ordinarilly I'd be thrilled, but considering all the problems this film has had I'm not so happy. I'm also not exactly sure how this narration/story fits into the whole film. He's supposed to be getting me a script this week so we'll see. This time if it doesn't film the first day we agree on, I'm backing out. I can't go through this again.
I'm also thinking about auditioning for a play next week. It's actually a series of one act comedies that seemed interesting. I don't know the rehearsal schedule which makes it tricky, but I'm hoping I get that info before the audition. If not I may still go and if I get cast and the schedule doesn't work for me I'll turn it down.
Oh yeah, I also had class last night. Not my best class, but not my worst - a little rusty from the Christmas hiatus.
Tomorrow I have Power Group. I need to go through my calendar and see what I did the past month, which actually started before I went out of town for Christmas. I also need to set my goals for this month and do the monthly goal because we have to say it out loud this month.
Whew...I guess it's a good thing I didn't get the job I interviewed for last week because I'm BUSY!!!!
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