Such a luxury to sleep in this morning as neither of us came to until about 8:15. We did make it downstairs to breakfast before Stephen, Sheeba & Roshan left for church and lunch with Stephen's parents.
Montana had the morning pretty well planned-out, her red- & green-highlighted "shot script" detailing what she needed in order to fill in the gaps for the spy movie. As one of the actors conscripted for the project, LuRue was whining a bit about the lack of an actual script...as in--what words to say. Seems that a camera person knows just what she wants as far as angles, fade-ins and outs, and special effects, but is not inclined to think about what the actors are actually supposed to say. That is supposed to just happen. And "happen" it did, as the 'actors' stuttered, misspoke, or broke up laughing in all the wrong places while filming the needed scenes to maintain some sort of continuity to the suspenseful story.
After lunch, Rani left, leaving the house key for us. We walked almost to SEAM in order to stalk some unsuspecting woman, who is unknowingly playing the evil flower vendor. As we were trying to get another scene of Montana walking by a cow lying in a mud puddle, a "helpful" man came over, snapping his fingers at the cow so that the cow would look at the camera. We thanked him & left. We did find another cow, but not sure what will work for the movie. The "editor" is working on that in the "cutting room" as this is being written.
On the way, we met a teacher who warned us about the heat; Stephen and family were back at the house when we returned. He also warned us about the heat. We wonder what it must be like later if this is just the beginning of summer. Apparently it can get up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Internet, it is only 88 degrees F today, with 43% humidity. Our AC'd room is 76 degrees F, so of course LuRue has on her jacket.
Before returning to the guest house, though, we went to the small grocery store around the corner on the busy street. The friendly door man was on duty with a smile & seemed a bit surprised when we went past to go to the ATM a couple of doors down, but was there to open the door for us when we went in for some treats. We got ice cream bars for everyone, hoping they wouldn't melt before we got them back to the house.
Montana continued to work the rest of the day on editing and fine-tuning the India portion of the movie. LuRue took the opportunity to write a review of Shadows of Africa for TripAdvisor, along with a couple of other websites, as requested by the company (she had already planned to write a rave review for TripAdvisor).
At dinner, Montana was able to show the completed India portion of the movie. Stephen and Sheeba finally got their questions answered as to all the strange comings and goings of Montana and LuRue. They seemed to enjoy it (in spite of some pretty corny material!)
Montana had the morning pretty well planned-out, her red- & green-highlighted "shot script" detailing what she needed in order to fill in the gaps for the spy movie. As one of the actors conscripted for the project, LuRue was whining a bit about the lack of an actual script...as in--what words to say. Seems that a camera person knows just what she wants as far as angles, fade-ins and outs, and special effects, but is not inclined to think about what the actors are actually supposed to say. That is supposed to just happen. And "happen" it did, as the 'actors' stuttered, misspoke, or broke up laughing in all the wrong places while filming the needed scenes to maintain some sort of continuity to the suspenseful story.After lunch, Rani left, leaving the house key for us. We walked almost to SEAM in order to stalk some unsuspecting woman, who is unknowingly playing the evil flower vendor. As we were trying to get another scene of Montana walking by a cow lying in a mud puddle, a "helpful" man came over, snapping his fingers at the cow so that the cow would look at the camera. We thanked him & left. We did find another cow, but not sure what will work for the movie. The "editor" is working on that in the "cutting room" as this is being written.On the way, we met a teacher who warned us about the heat; Stephen and family were back at the house when we returned. He also warned us about the heat. We wonder what it must be like later if this is just the beginning of summer. Apparently it can get up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Internet, it is only 88 degrees F today, with 43% humidity. Our AC'd room is 76 degrees F, so of course LuRue has on her jacket.
Before returning to the guest house, though, we went to the small grocery store around the corner on the busy street. The friendly door man was on duty with a smile & seemed a bit surprised when we went past to go to the ATM a couple of doors down, but was there to open the door for us when we went in for some treats. We got ice cream bars for everyone, hoping they wouldn't melt before we got them back to the house.
Montana continued to work the rest of the day on editing and fine-tuning the India portion of the movie. LuRue took the opportunity to write a review of Shadows of Africa for TripAdvisor, along with a couple of other websites, as requested by the company (she had already planned to write a rave review for TripAdvisor).
At dinner, Montana was able to show the completed India portion of the movie. Stephen and Sheeba finally got their questions answered as to all the strange comings and goings of Montana and LuRue. They seemed to enjoy it (in spite of some pretty corny material!)
Looking forward to seeing that movie. After that helpful man came along, how was the cow's acting?
ReplyDeleteIt gave a couple of lurches like it might try to get up, but just couldn't be bothered in the heat of the day. Sheeba mentioned later in the day that the volunteers tend to think that the cows are friendly, but that they aren't. Guess we were lucky that it was so hot...the cow might have been more than a little annoyed at being disturbed and chased us down the street!
DeleteCan't wait to see the final product! Hopefully it will be totally edited by the time Montana gets home?
ReplyDeletehad a good laugh at this comment: "Our AC'd room is 76 degrees F, so of course LuRue has on her jacket.
ReplyDeleteYES----Can't wait to see the movie!!!!