The Meeting

This post could potentially be the shortest in my whole blog. The wake-up call startled me out of bed again. Today I decide I don't have the energy for a full shower so I use the bidet. God I love the Europeans - wash the pits / the crotch / face / and feet... then off you go. Of course I brushed my teeth as well. Today is all about the standard pre-production meeting where all the departments get together and go over everything in the script. Usually a dolly grip doesn't attend. So when I arrive I notice that there is a second row of seats around the table, and behind that couches line the wall, with plugs in the wall... where do you think I sat? :)) I then spent the whole 6-hour meeting writing the biblical second post - SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FLY? I listened in for anything involving cranes and dollies, but was never asked a single question. Funnily enough I wrapped it up as the same time as the meeting. Then we ate lunch, again on production, through the hotel. I had some kind of smoked fish fillet and a salad. After lunch we had the chariot race meeting. It seems that when we shoot this scene over the course of a week-and-a-half (NOTE: It took five months for them to do the 1959 version) I will be operating the crane off a platform that is mounted to some kind of 4-wheel device that is designed to chase the chariots around the track. Now that sounds too-fucking-cool-for-school... I can't wait for the shooting of this scene. After the meeting, Randy releases me so I head back to the hotel with Bethan. She grabbed a couple of salads that the hotel was going to throw out after lunch and offers me one when I ask... dinner served in my room - on the house. Save save save... every last penny I can get my hands on. I don't get the opportunity to Skype with Alissa (she was at work on some shoot in Hamilton), but somehow manage to stay away again until close to midnight, surfing the net, answering emails, tweaking the blog... when I realize how late it is I order my wake-up call and pass out. Wait a second - I didn't go straight back to my room. Today I met a cool kid from Montreal. Does SPFX. His name is Mark. He is a world traveller, has worked on films just about everywhere you can imagine. I went to his room for a bit to shoot the shit. Man, some of the stories he has... will update that later when I have his photo:))

Tom out.

PS - Told you it would be short. Still didn't manage to capture a single photo. Tomorrow I plan to start shooting in earnest.

Here's a couple I missed. Me in the plane. And me snapping my funky, over-sized aviator shades that were purchased for just this trip.