Production Diary - "Poker Face"

Just wrapped day 2 of this awesome production of a gangster-movie I'm involved in. It's a really cool setup, with a lot of influences from movies like Heat, Casino, Reservoir Dogs, Usual Suspects. I'm playing Dominic Chivierre, French-born international criminal mastermind and leader of our little band of criminals.

Day 1:

Besides being around 12 million degrees on set due to an incredible heatwave outside, no A/C inside, 5 cast members in suits, 10 crew members, smoking of cigarettes and 5k lights everything went really well. We had scheduled around 14 shots and only had to cut one take for safety. We already had the scene, but our director wanted something to possibly alternate with - we all understood but our AD was firm and - quite honestly right - so we had to move on.

Lunch and dinner was great with lots of veggies and not the regular "cheese-slice-pizza". What really surprised all of us was probably the fact that there were no Red Vines on our crafty-table!

A dialogue heavy day, a smoke heavy day and a sweaty day for all of us involved, but we got some reaaaaally sexy shots of all of us. The lighting setup, the camera and DP-crew and our acting makes it look so nice. I can't wait to see the final product - and this is only after day 1!

Day 2:

Due to an overcast, we had a really chill day - weather wise - on set. They had also prepped with a bunch of extra fans, wise from yesterday.

As this was going to be a very action-packed day, not too much dialogue, we were all ready this morning. I think I might have been the most tired guy on set due to a party last night, but still, I was on top of the dialogue and my actions. As it's mainly just one scene - one cool scene - we had a lot of cool angles and stylish shots. Acting-wise we all performed really well, and there was a lot of less tension among the crew compared to yesterday - up until the last moments when they had to stress with a couple of shots.

I got some really cool footage to use for my reel even today and it's nice to play borderline psycho-, or sociopath. I don't give a fuck about anybody besides myself which makes me very cynical and unempathetic - providing great material to showcase on my reel!

Really happy to be part of this production! Looking forward to finishing up on Tuesday!

EDIT:

I just wanted to officially state, even though I'm completely exhausted like after every production, I'm also ecstatic, that's how much I love what I'm doing. Working on set is one of the best feelings in the world.

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