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That’s a Wrap!

Turns out when they say “That’s a wrap!”, they are referring to the end of the shoot, and it’s not a signal that chicken wraps have been brought out on the catering tables. You learn that pretty fast.

I just came back recently from shooting the film. As you might already know iff you read Chris’ boring blog, we ended up without a director.

I know what you’re thinking, and no, it wasn’t because I poisoned him. I looked into it; I just couldn’t get the poison shipped in on time. But I did look into it.

I thought that since I was the director of behind the scenes, it meant I was qualified to direct the actual film.

But no, we were just stuck with various random people throwing their 2 cents in; it was like a ship without a captain. Actually, it was quite like the scene in Titanic, where the captain locks himself in his room while the ship sinks and it’s chaos as woman and children are put to safety first. Bit sexist.

Well, like the film, I was Leo DiCaprio and was there to save the day.

However, like the film, I was shoved aside and ended up freezing to death because Winslet says she’ll never let go and then she lets go. Seriously, what’s that about?

Stay tuned for more shooting updates…

(I was even forced to film some stuff, so less words and more vision coming soon)

Nicole Kidman’s new Kid, Man

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban just had a baby. To be honest I am not sure of the sex of the child, as they named it Sunday; which really doesn’t help me work it out.

It’s so awkward when kids are given uni-sex names.

“Oh, look at Ashley, she’s so cute!”

“You mean, he”

Also, calling the child Sunday is ridiculous because the birth was on a Monday.

Just imagine a school class.

“Today we are going to go through the days of the week, Adam, you begin”

“Monday”

“Stacey, your turn”

“Tuesday”

“Good, now you Brian”

“Wednesday”

“Now Sunday”

“No, Thursday”

“No, I mean it’s Sunday’s turn”

“Sunday is after Saturday. We just did Wednesday”

You get the gist.

Anyway, apparently the baby was named after the artist Sunday Reed.

Picasso Kidman would have sounded way cooler.

The Fundraiser – a Suck-sess

I used the pun suck-sess, because it sucked.

I was the celebrity guest at the fundraiser, and only one person asked me to sign something for them. And guess what? It was the waiter when I had to pay with my credit card for the chicken skewers because I didn’t have any cash on me.

I mean, seriously. I am a big time internet star.

Lonelygirl15 is your Mr. Squiggle to my Picasso.

And don’t question me if what I just wrote makes sense; I’m in a bad mood and it does.

Why didn’t anybody want to rub shoulders with yours truly? I am very approachable and I even fake smile for photos with weirdos.

I don’t judge the success of the events I appear at on the amount of money that was raised, that is all meaningless to me.

I want people to be able to go home to their friends and family and boast about how they met someone famous. Me.

Interview - Isaac Egan

I managed to get a quick interview in with Isaac Egan, the director of “Sakooz”

Nigel: Hey, did you get a chance to look at my showreel?

Isaac: It was fantastic; do you want to direct the film instead of me?

*parts of this interview may have been fictionalised*

The Casting Process

Latenite films told me to “get more educational” in my blogs. What I told them to get can’t be reproduced online.

Anyway, I’m going to write a little bit about what I have learnt on the casting process.

There are many different ways to find actors for a production. Once the production team have decided on the characters they are casting for, they may send an audition notice to acting and drama schools, or even post audition notices online.

After the responses have been sorted, auditions are organised and take place. An audition is sort of like a job interview, but for film people. So a “film interview”, or a “few”. What happens in a casting session differs depending on the project and what the director is looking for. It could be a brief 5 minute general chat to the camera, or up to 30 minutes in latenite film’s case, where the actor will also read from a script.

After the auditions are over, the production team reviews the audition tapes and asses who is the best for the role. It is unfortunate when so many talented actors compete for a small number of roles.

If you auditioned for this film and don’t get a part, I would call Chris and complain on *number withheld for legal reasons*

What this film needs…

Latenite films didn’t ask me to, but I decided to write down some ideas and things to use in the film; “Transfuse”, I think it’s called.

Tom Cruise.

Wether you love him or hate him, he gets the bums on the seats.

Or in Oprah’s case he gets his feet on her couch, but ignore that slight setback.

A Car Chase Sequence.

Bang. Smash. Flllizzzz. All cool sounds that you’d hear in a car chase sequence. Cinemas these days can make the sound pretty loud, and who doesn’t love a car flipping in the air and smashing into a truck. I reckon if they could put that in the film it would be a summer blockbuster. Maybe even Oscar winning, or the Australian equivalent, Grammy winning.

3D

The film has to be in 3D. I went and saw U2 in 3D, and it was like they were in “Nigel: D”; that is, right there with me. I think “Nigel: D” actually is a pretty cool name, I might use that. Don’t try to steal it if you were thinking of it. Anyway, this blog is proof I thought of it first.

A Hottie.

Seriously, if there isn’t a hot girl in this film, then I am out. That’s all people go to see in films these days. Transformers – hot girl. Jumper – hot girl. Horton Hears a Who! – hot girl. It’s a must.

Introduction

Hey guys, Nigel here.

I just got a work experience gig helping out with this production, so I’ll post some stuff on my experiences here. I could probably post pretty often coz I do nothing all day, but don’t tell the latenitefilm guys that because they’ll give me more work to do. So annoying.

Anyway, hopefully I’ll update you some more soon.

Keep it real homies.

(You could be “homies”, I don’t know . Up to you how you respond to that)