My Acting Debut

In the months of September and October I helped my Dad and his cousin on a short film they wrote, directed, and pretty much everything else that goes along with it. It turned out pretty good we think.

My jobs on this film included the following:

Craft services (snacks)
Catering (lunch)
Props
Wardrobe
Set decoration
Soldier(yikes)
Small part as " The Receptionist"
Make-up
Horse Wrangler
Sound
Traffic director

This is how things go on a low budget film. One never knows exactly what their job will be. I will explain a couple things though.

First, I don't know anything about make-up and especially movie make-up. That was interesting!

Second, I'm not an aspiring actress. The part I played was the receptionist. I, basically, just had to ramble on mostly like I usually do on the telephone. The time period for this flick is 1959. It was kinda fun taking a step back in time.

Third, here's how the soldier thing went down. We were filming a flashback scene involving a cannon, a horse, and infantry out here at our place. Our infantry soldiers wound up having a car wreck on the way out here. They were all ok, but we had to film the scene anyway because our Teddy Roosevelt actor was only here for the afternoon. So......sis#4 and I put on the uniform and hauled the gun. Had I known how out of focus and far away I was in the finished product I wouldn't have worried so much about anyone being able to tell I'm not a male infantry soldier!!!

This was definitely a learning experience for all of us. I'm not a fan of being in front of the camera. I only did this because my Dad made me. Funny how that hasn't change too much since I was a 9 year old newbie trick roper and was told we were doing a new act and I was in it! You'd think things would change now that I'm 41!!!

If you'd like to watch our 22 minute film you may do so at:
http://saddleupcinema.com/hotr.html

Check it out!