TUWOPS: Day Nine

So that above here is the exterior of our location this morning. We were shooting a scene that will eventually play as a news-magazine-style show in the finished film – and the marquee is boasting the title of one of Paul’s films. So this morning was busy with lots of extras and doing some mock interviews and photo shoots outside of the theatre. The actor’s union rules state that I’m actually not allowed to talk to the extras – if I do I we have to upgrade them and pay them more. I can address them as a group, but not specifically. I have to go through my assistant director for that. It’s retarded. Alas.

So I broke off from our main crew with Kris, and our girlfriend-of-the-week, Zoie Palmer, who is playing Haley, an actress-slash-model. So this afternoon was spent in the studio of pro photographer Virginia Macdonald. We shot a bunch of stuff of Kris that we can re-use for fake magazine covers, newspaper articles, etc… including the gorgeous shot below.



For Zoie, who plays former model, we had to create her “world” through a series of fake photo shoots. Now the character of Haley is not a high-class model. Far from it. She was one of those working models who is used to sell glasses, furniture, and back to school clothes, as per below…

The Hakim-Optical shot:

The Sears-esque furniture shot:

The pseudo lingerie shot:

And my favorite, the over-the-hill-model-trying-to-do-a-back-to-school shot:

So that’s it for now. Tomorrow we spend in a sound-stage shooting more with Zoie’s character. It’s going to be a long day, but a complete blast!