'He's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!' Hall Emerges from First Film Unscathed, Hungry
San Angelo, TX - At this point, I'm not sure if anyone still actually reads The Whimsical World. It fell completely by the wayside during the last three months because of time working on the feature film Mad Money in Shreveport, Louisiana. The following is short list of the coolest things that happened to me in the last three months.
- I got to help Ted Danson move when his apartment flooded late one night. He turned out to be a terribly nice guy. This was the setup for the surreal scene the next day where Ted Danson walked up to me on set and actually greeted me by name. Bizarre.
- Stood ten feet from Tom Cruise. Now, this might sound silly because I didn't actually meet him, but when I walked by him in the production office, I nearly laughed out loud. Why? Because there are three things in life I thought I would never do:
1. Walk on the moon.
2. Be President.
3. Stand ten feet from Tom Cruise.
- Shake Katie Holmes hand. Why does this matter? Because I know of approximately 1.5 trillion photographers who would hold their own mothers ransom to get that close to her. hee hee.
- See the film making process. Absolutely intriguing. I had no idea how big a logistical feat it is to actually film one movie. Imagine a circus, but a circus that is filming a movie. Yes yes, that's it pretty much.
- Being an extra. I got to play two roles in a feature film also filming in Shreveport. It was a 1930s period piece called The Pardon. I was an extra, which basically means you don't matter at all, and were a giant meteor to land on your head, the director would be more upset about the fact that she would have to find another extra. The neatest part of this experience though was seeing how it works on the other side of the camera. Lights, lights, and more lights!!
- Experiencing 65-70 hour work weeks. One word: YUCK.
- Getting my name in the credits. How do I know this? Because I placed the final credits in the wrap binder that goes back to California. Unless someone very mean removes my name from the list, I will be able to go to a theater and see my name in the credits right between the garbage man and the director's dog Hoover.
Now that I have more free time, I hope to publish some blogs more often. I am actually sitting in my underwear drinking a Dr. Pepper, so life seems to be getting back to normal. Until next time...
That's the story of my life...
- I got to help Ted Danson move when his apartment flooded late one night. He turned out to be a terribly nice guy. This was the setup for the surreal scene the next day where Ted Danson walked up to me on set and actually greeted me by name. Bizarre.
- Stood ten feet from Tom Cruise. Now, this might sound silly because I didn't actually meet him, but when I walked by him in the production office, I nearly laughed out loud. Why? Because there are three things in life I thought I would never do:
1. Walk on the moon.
2. Be President.
3. Stand ten feet from Tom Cruise.
- Shake Katie Holmes hand. Why does this matter? Because I know of approximately 1.5 trillion photographers who would hold their own mothers ransom to get that close to her. hee hee.
- See the film making process. Absolutely intriguing. I had no idea how big a logistical feat it is to actually film one movie. Imagine a circus, but a circus that is filming a movie. Yes yes, that's it pretty much.
- Being an extra. I got to play two roles in a feature film also filming in Shreveport. It was a 1930s period piece called The Pardon. I was an extra, which basically means you don't matter at all, and were a giant meteor to land on your head, the director would be more upset about the fact that she would have to find another extra. The neatest part of this experience though was seeing how it works on the other side of the camera. Lights, lights, and more lights!!
- Experiencing 65-70 hour work weeks. One word: YUCK.
- Getting my name in the credits. How do I know this? Because I placed the final credits in the wrap binder that goes back to California. Unless someone very mean removes my name from the list, I will be able to go to a theater and see my name in the credits right between the garbage man and the director's dog Hoover.
Now that I have more free time, I hope to publish some blogs more often. I am actually sitting in my underwear drinking a Dr. Pepper, so life seems to be getting back to normal. Until next time...
That's the story of my life...
posted by Winston A. Hall at 6:55 AM
2 Comments:
Woo Hoo!
Welcome back!
yay! so glad you're back!! missed you!
but it does sound like life was pretty awesome... crazy awesome... but awesome nonetheless.
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