So...where was I...
Another movie I worked on was called "The Toe Tactic" that was actually kind-of cool for an indie, but you can never really tell until you see the end product. It was written/directed by the woman (Emily Hubley) who did the animations in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'. It's 1/3 live-action, 1/3 animation, and 1/3 animation over live-action. It's kind-of an odd story about these animated dogs playing this weird card game with an animated bird where they watch this girl's real life and every time they see an object in the real world that matches one of the cards they have they hit a bell on the table, an animated sequence starts, and they jump into the real world an alter one thing slighty, then jump back into animated world, all to help the girl deal with the death of her father.(wow. what a long-ass sentence). You probably wouldn't know any of the real life actors in it, but two of the animated dogs are David Cross (Mr. Show, Arrested Development) and Jane Lynch (the lesbian dog trainer from Best in Show). Anyway, it should be pretty good, but it may turn out to be very "independent".
One cool thing I worked on was "The Bourne Ultimatum", the third in the Matt Damon/Jason Bourne series. I only did one or two days, but I got to see a really cool stunt where we had to close down a whole block in Chelsea (which of course really pissed off a bunch of people that we PAs had to deal with). The basic jist of the scene is that Matt Damon's character at this point in the movie has stolen a cop car and is engaged in a big chase scene where a bunch of other cars are chasing him. Suddenly a car pulls out of a parking deck, which Matt Damon's car narrowly avoids, but the one of the cars behind him smashes into it, spins it, an it goes slamming into other cars down the street. Awesome, right? They only did the actual crash twice; the rest of the day was mainly coverage of the scene without the crash, but the rigs they used for the cars were really cool. One had this go-cart type thing on top of the car Matt Damon was "driving" where the stunt driver sat. At first, I thought the rig was for the camera, but then I realized the guy on top was DRIVING!. Another one had the go-cart looking thing way in the front of Matt Damon's car, with the camera and a couple of guys right behind him, facing the front of the actual car. Anyway, it was a pretty cool day of smashing up cars!
Aside from that, I worked a couple of foreign films, one called "The Father Game" by some German guy, and "Restless", which I think was an Israeli film. Neither one of them was really cool or remarkable in any way...
A couple of weeks ago, I worked the MTV Road Show, which basically was an MTV upfront (upfronts are those things where the network unveils and hypes their new shows for investors and advertisers). I actually have a camera now, so I'll try to put the pictures I took at it up when I get home (I'm actually at work right now). That band Gym Class Heroes played for the entertainment (they sing that song that samples that 70's Supertramp song that goes 'Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I've got, ba da ba da da'...). They also has Three 6 Mafia and those girls form that one show "Taquita and Kaui",as well as the guys from the show 'Human Giant'. I was gonna get pics with all of them, but I never did find the right opportunity.
This brings me to my current job, the Survivor XIV Fiji Reunion (which I'm sitting at now...wasting time ;). This is my third year working it, and it's a pretty good gig with some fun people. Anyway, I guess that gets us all caught up now...
Until next time....
