My lord. Halfway
there. Two down, two to go. I just can't believe it.
If the shoots weren't so goddamn hard, hot, and trying
- I would be a bit reminiscent about being halfway
done shooting my babies.
But I'm not. I'm
FREAKIN' ALMOST THERE BABY. YEEEEEAH.
I mean.... DUUUUUUUUDE.
Of course we
didn't shoot Wednesday, because the guy needed his
lights that day, but we were lucky to get them on
Friday...the 13th. Shoulda known better. If it's not
MURPHY beatin' your ass, it's gotta be some
OTHER superstition. But I'm way ahead of
myself.
First of all, did
any of you know that a CD can run fast? I don't mean
skipping...I mean the little bitch actually runs
faster than it should. Well as I was putting together
G's piece I was quickly realizing that it was way off.
And the songs?!! Oh dear GOD. You can't get even 2
frames off, let alone nearly 30 by song's end. So I
was stuck with this rather nice dilemma on how to do
the sound. Quick background:
Once I make the
audio script, which is what each person follows to
stay on track...I REmake it once the first tv is done.
That way the other 3 can be responding to at least one
voice that is set in stone, as opposed to just the
dummy script. Therein lied the problem. If
I remake it, and then put the new version on
CD...not only will the next person be a bit too
fast..he'll be faster than G...and by the time you get
to the 4th tv...you're SCREWED.
So I basically
spent this past week doing audio experiments. Dozens.
Hours and hours. Trying to figure out what the hell
was wrong...and how to fix it. Amazingly the CD player
was CONSISTENTLY fast...so as long as the other tvs
"sing" to that same CD track..they'll all be
fine. The dialogue was a different story, and I ended
up just playing it off my computer - and it worked out
fine. What a freakin' mess man. This goddamn project
is so complicated.
And this pain
thing needs to end. LOL. Fuck what I said before about
being intense and shit. I HURT. My hair hurts, my body
hurts, my waxed eyebrows hurt, my
BLEACHED AND LIGHTENED EYEBROWS HURT.
Hell, I actually put salt in my EYES to make them
bloodshot for Dewey.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME.
heh.
That ended up
being for naught (sp?), since his eyes were half shut
the whole time anyway. But I did it. I poured
salt in the palm of my hand, stuck a finger in it, and
proceeded to rub it on my eye ball. And yeah...that
burned baby. And made my eyes PURTY red. What one man
won't do...
Anyway, the shoot
started tragically long. Nearly 6 hours before the
first shot was done. All just setting up lights and
getting the timing down. Screw it, I'll stop talking
and show you the pictures already...
Quite a
shock isn't it. Just for
reference...
...this
was me a few days ago. Heh.
Dewey at
the beginning...
Dewey as a
Backstreet Boy...
Dewey
mackin' on G's set...
Needless to say,
I am QUITE happy. This is really turning out
the way I had hoped and pictured it. What I've been
wondering about for MONTHS, is now in these pictures -
and it's like I've always seen it this way. That
IS the DEWEY I wrote all those months ago, and
yet it didn't really "happen" until yesterday. I am
absolutely in love with the color scheme. It truly
makes each tv have such an amazing feeling to it. I'm
SOOO glad we were able to find the less expensive
alternative of PAINTING my apartment rather than
curtains. It looks a whole helluva lot better than
curtains would've too...
My biggest concern
at this point for Dewey is he's a bit
TOO animated. He may be drawing a little too much
attention to himself when the storyline is with other
characters. I tried to do it more laid back, but
Charlotte felt I was too boring. I'm not sure
she's seeing all 4 televisions as a whole right now,
and I'm afraid that when we put them all together -
it's gonna be information overload. We compromised and
I got a bit more animated, but hopefully it'll be
things you catch on your SECOND viewing of The
Trinitrons. 'Cause if you're watching Dewey at ALL
your first time, you are missing the complete crux of
the whole show. Ya just gotta cross your fingers and
see how it works out.
And now comes 2
weeks of nerves baby. The script goes out to our
"special guest star's" agent this week, and then
eventually directly to him. Apparently you have to
show respect to the agent, even if he would say yes on
his own. There is no money involved obviously, so the
need for an agent is purely political, but also
polite. This is a pretty big part of this show. Again,
you'll never miss it if it doesn't happen, we've
recorded 2 alternate endings...but my GOD if he agrees
to make this 1 minute cameo at the end... It will be
so FREAKIN' memorable. Such a great suprise, and one
HELLUVA a way to end the show. As well, his
participation could delay our final TV for who knows
how long. If he says he'll do it, but has no free time
for a month...I'd wait. I feel it's that big of a
laugh. Tentatively speaking, here's the final two
dates:
Wednesday,
July 25th - Top Right - "Cameron"
Sunday, July
29th - Bottom Right - "Spencer"
I have to grow a
goatee back, thus the 10 day hiatus. I also need to
stay as "Cameron" until we find out if he'll help me
out. We're on screen for a few seconds together.
Unfortunately, I have no "gut-feeling" about this. I
can't imagine why he would, yet I can't imagine why he
wouldn't. I just have NO clue. Charlotte seems
pretty hopeful.
To
our advantage, we can do it
ANYWHERE he'd like...it's only about
60 seconds long, and it would do nothing
but make him look like an insanely
generous person. Almost like the Dave
Foley thing last year...how much cooler do
you think Dave Foley is since he did that
video
for
me...
I know actors don't usually do things so
people think they're "cool", but time will
tell. I hope I know by the time I do
Cameron a week from Wednesday. Please keep
your fingers crossed.
And of
course the golden video
peek
at Dewey's TV. I know these are big
downloads for you (I had to upload it
on a dial-up connection since my cable
doesn't work) - but rest assured it'll be
worth it. Man, I hope you're all HALF as
excited as I am...
