FROZEN STUPID - The Journal, Part Two
Note: This entry is a continuation of my journal I wrote during the filming of indie comedy, FROZEN STUPID. Here we are
on our interior "ice shanty" set. Nicole Davenport checks props, director Rich Brauer frames the shot, and I laugh at something while sitting with my continuity/script supervision notes.
Tuesday, January 24 Ernie’s Birthday
We are on the shanty set all day on the fourth floor of the hotel. It looks great. And I’m glad we aren’t freezing our buns off outside. Today is snowy and cold. Ernie and other lead actor Joey Albright do great. I’m more on my game than yesterday, and so is Nicole, the prop master. (She also wears many other hats including craft services," making-of� video-meister, and over all PA. She’s amazing.) Nicole takes lots of set picks on her digital camera, saving my butt and the butt of the movie in general, making sure everything gets back in place as it should from take to take and from scene to scene. Ernest tells a funny story on how his first head shot photographer made him say the “S-word� because he told him everyone always smiles when they say it. During one scene, Joey drops a perch into the minnow bucket, fishes it out, and almost loses it back down the hole. Of course, this isn’t’ scripted, but it’s the funniest stuff we see all day. We’ll probably use that take in the movie.
Wednesday, January 25
We are running ahead of schedule. Director Rich Brauer says, “I got to make longer films.� We finish a long scene in the morning so early that we shoot another short scene before lunch, all on the Shanty set. In the morning, our local fishing expert, Norm Bissel is hooked good by Ernie pulling on a line. Ernie keeps pulling until Norm hollers so loud, we have to yell “Cut.� Lunch is abbreviated for me because I run out to K-mart to buy 600 Polaroid film. I buy 5 two packs, worth 100 shots. This should last us through the shoot. We are snapping lots off. During a break, Ernie tells me THE VIKINGS director, Richard Fliesher is a real gentleman, a quiet man. He says he’s still alive too, (and Fleisher was born before Ernie!) The Humane Society lady shows up today on set to make sure we are handling the fish properly. The HS lady joins us for lunch and what do we eat? Fish! In the afternoon, we shoot Ernie outside waving to his son. We shoot in front of a local Bank and local extras join us for a very quick scene. Our DNR officer character also joins us. Though the temperature is in the 20s, the wind chill must be below zero. We do one more scene outside and my fingers get so numb, it’s hard to write my notes. We go back to the shanty set and do one more scene with our DNR officer actor. Always remember to take your license when you go fishing.
on our interior "ice shanty" set. Nicole Davenport checks props, director Rich Brauer frames the shot, and I laugh at something while sitting with my continuity/script supervision notes. Tuesday, January 24 Ernie’s Birthday
We are on the shanty set all day on the fourth floor of the hotel. It looks great. And I’m glad we aren’t freezing our buns off outside. Today is snowy and cold. Ernie and other lead actor Joey Albright do great. I’m more on my game than yesterday, and so is Nicole, the prop master. (She also wears many other hats including craft services," making-of� video-meister, and over all PA. She’s amazing.) Nicole takes lots of set picks on her digital camera, saving my butt and the butt of the movie in general, making sure everything gets back in place as it should from take to take and from scene to scene. Ernest tells a funny story on how his first head shot photographer made him say the “S-word� because he told him everyone always smiles when they say it. During one scene, Joey drops a perch into the minnow bucket, fishes it out, and almost loses it back down the hole. Of course, this isn’t’ scripted, but it’s the funniest stuff we see all day. We’ll probably use that take in the movie.
Wednesday, January 25
We are running ahead of schedule. Director Rich Brauer says, “I got to make longer films.� We finish a long scene in the morning so early that we shoot another short scene before lunch, all on the Shanty set. In the morning, our local fishing expert, Norm Bissel is hooked good by Ernie pulling on a line. Ernie keeps pulling until Norm hollers so loud, we have to yell “Cut.� Lunch is abbreviated for me because I run out to K-mart to buy 600 Polaroid film. I buy 5 two packs, worth 100 shots. This should last us through the shoot. We are snapping lots off. During a break, Ernie tells me THE VIKINGS director, Richard Fliesher is a real gentleman, a quiet man. He says he’s still alive too, (and Fleisher was born before Ernie!) The Humane Society lady shows up today on set to make sure we are handling the fish properly. The HS lady joins us for lunch and what do we eat? Fish! In the afternoon, we shoot Ernie outside waving to his son. We shoot in front of a local Bank and local extras join us for a very quick scene. Our DNR officer character also joins us. Though the temperature is in the 20s, the wind chill must be below zero. We do one more scene outside and my fingers get so numb, it’s hard to write my notes. We go back to the shanty set and do one more scene with our DNR officer actor. Always remember to take your license when you go fishing.
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