the traveller ([info]porknbeans) wrote,
@ 2008-08-12 17:27:00
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Now that we have the ass-kicking shots out of the way, here's some other shots.

That's Alf the PA on the left, Jacqui the producer and me on the ground. We're giggling about something.
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That's Yeshe, Omar and Ryan. What are they looking at?
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We were filming on an eco-warrior/artists commune. They had goats.
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They had chickens. Omar was going to scare them away with a stick...
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...but it made a better javelin.
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The bus we were shooting in. That's the director, Fred, John the sound guy and Alf.
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Jacqui the producer brought us chocolate to keep us going.
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The armourer, Gunner, let me keep the "round" (the one with no firing cap or gunpowder).
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This was sticking through the bus's roof and was directly in the line of fire from my squib shot.
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And trust me when I tell you I sprayed the bus ceiling. That red blob is about as large as the palm of my hand.
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Post-squib. It was taped into the inside of the striped shirt and blew a hole in it. All fake blood, I promise!
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Later that night - the squib is a ring of metal with the explosive in the middle; without the metal ring the kickback would not be spread out over a larger area and it would *really* hurt. By this morning it was only barely visible; it didn't bruise.
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I don't want to give away too much of what the set and what we actors look like but those first two shots are way too cool not to show.



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[info]dontknow_myself
2008-08-12 06:44 am UTC (link)
Awesome! It must be so cool to work be on a movie set.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 09:05 am UTC (link)
It is cool and a half. But it must be so boring for the crew to watch us doing the same thing over and over.

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[info]dontknow_myself
2008-08-12 05:48 pm UTC (link)
Maybe, but personally, I'd just get a kick out of the fact that I'm on a movie set every day. I'd get over that boredom real quick... unless there was a primadonna on set, then I'd get annoyed.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Oh man, if there was a primadonna around...ugh. The shoot was completely miserable - cold, wet, muddy, disgustingly dirty and every shot took ages to set up with lights, camera, sound, etc. Having cool people to talk to and joke around with is what makes it fun and exciting - if there had been one bad apple the whole experience would have been shit.

Thank goodness we all had a laugh and realized it was all going to be worth it.

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[info]jodi_davis
2008-08-12 08:30 am UTC (link)
OMG - YOU. ARE. MADE. OF. AWESOME.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 09:05 am UTC (link)
You win Comment Of The Year!

:-D

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[info]christhegeek
2008-08-12 10:59 am UTC (link)
Yay!

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Yippeee!!! :-D

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[info]south_wind
2008-08-12 11:15 am UTC (link)
Cool!
I've seen pictures of you before, but I never realized how much you look like my daughter-in-law!

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Do I? Cool! :-D

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[info]zebulingod
2008-08-12 02:22 pm UTC (link)
HOLY WOW!!!

Freakin' neato keen!

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:10 pm UTC (link)
I was channelling every action movie I've ever seen - which is good because I've never held a real gun before.

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[info]zebulingod
2008-08-13 01:01 am UTC (link)
Well, you nailed it perfectly in that first pic.

Total business. *I'd* believe you were about to shoot me.

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[info]victrola58
2008-08-12 02:25 pm UTC (link)
OMG that looked like fun.... You look awesome - so serious! Thanks for the pics!

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:11 pm UTC (link)
I was in ass kickery mode; it was srs biznss.

And it was *tons* of fun. :-D

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[info]aylwyn27
2008-08-12 03:45 pm UTC (link)
Damn those are some kick ass pics! Truly awesome.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:11 pm UTC (link)
*does the happy dance* :-D

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[info]pea
2008-08-12 05:32 pm UTC (link)
wow! wow! wow!

that first photo is so bad ass. you're doing it girl!

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:12 pm UTC (link)
I can has yur lunch monees?

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[info]meisterdorf
2008-08-12 05:53 pm UTC (link)
thats awesome! see, you are getting to have all the fun, when I was an extra, all we did was sit around.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 06:12 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, this was tons of fun. I was an extra once, and it was a 16 hour day and they did, maybe, half a dozen takes? Ugh.

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[info]sequiro
2008-08-12 06:26 pm UTC (link)
OMG!! You look AMAZING! I would have never dreamed you'd look so comfy and GOOD holding a gun (even if it's a fake one and you're acting and all).

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 09:57 pm UTC (link)
I KNOW!! It's weird! I thought I'd look totally stupid, but no, I look pretty cool.

I asked the armourer - that's a real Berretta. Load it with real rounds and it will fire.

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[info]sequiro
2008-08-12 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Oh, scary what with the real gun and all. I mean, isn't that how Brandon Lee was killed?

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-12 10:26 pm UTC (link)
The armourer showed us every time the gun was on set that it was either empty, or was loaded with blanks. When the gun was fired it was not directly at me or anyone else.

I felt quite safe even though I don't like guns.

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[info]dewdropsonrosa
2008-08-13 08:22 pm UTC (link)
That first picture would make a kick-ass icon for you.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-08-14 12:30 am UTC (link)
Like this? :-D

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[info]dewdropsonrosa
2008-08-14 12:31 am UTC (link)
Awesome!

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[info]thepandq
2008-09-09 07:08 pm UTC (link)
You look like you could beat up everyone I know.

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[info]porknbeans
2008-09-09 07:16 pm UTC (link)
LOL Thanks, I owe most of it to my makeup artist. :-)

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[info]samajh
2009-02-12 07:41 pm UTC (link)
I added you- hope you don't mind. I'd like to hear more about the stabbing of those who say 'hubby'. :)

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[info]porknbeans
2009-02-12 07:55 pm UTC (link)
LOL That's fine. I'll add you back; we must unite against the "hubby" mongers!

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