Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Whoooo.

The weekend disappeared in shooting for the ad and it was heaps of fun. I was originally rostered onto work at TVNZ over the weekend but my team leader supported my endeavors and swapped my days so that I could do the ad. It was a blessing really that it worked out. It also means that I have been working straight from last thursday and my next day off is on Wednesday - next week; making it a straight tally of 12 days of back to back work. I am not complaining - far from it I feel refreshed and raring to do stuff.

You get to see some crazy and weird people on K'road in the early hours of saturday and sunday morning. It is a source of constant amazement. We shot the ad on K'road and it was a surreal experience because of the scope of the ad - it was big. The director was great to work with and the best part was hanging out with other actors and doing fun stuff during our down time. The other great thing was that Caren and Claire from my acting classes were also in the ad, so we got to actually work together and get paid for it. Definitely an event I will treasure. Here are some pics from the shoot over the weekend.

The location and 'the set' - K'Road bridge/bus stops. We had atleast 100 extras and an equal number of crew besides the main cast. This was taken during the lunch break.


A view from across the road (there were points where we had the whole road blocked off at both the ends and we had it to ourselves)

Stephane showing magic tricks to David while Claire and Madeleine look on (we experienced a lot of those while waiting between takes)

At the pub - after the shoot: Garth (the director) showing stuff to David, Bonnie and Hayley

Stephane, me and Caren

David, Caren, Claire, Dwight and Hayley

Madeleine and me

As of yesterday I am officially a New Zealander. The ceremony was kind of boring but I guess everyone who wants to become a NZ citizen has to go through it. Yay!!!! I can now apply for my NZ passport and then for OCI, so I can still remain a citizen of India.

The industry screenings for 'Five' have been set - October 19th @ 10.30PM and October 20th @ 11.00 AM and 10.30PM. Not great times but something is better than nothing. The DVD is going to be released for rental the following week after that.

The ferry terminal on a foggy morning

The misty woods right next to our house

A beautiful sunrise
The amount of things that I need to do to keep sane is pilling up again and that includes replying to mail. I guess the next chance I get to reduce the workload will be next week. In the meantime I am hunting myself a new car - most probably a 2000 Toyota Vitz - keeping fingers crossed on that one. :-)

Anyway I am kind of fading and need my sleep.

Till later,
Amit

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