Growing in Greece: Colors of the Rainbow

Wednesday, January 19^th, 2011

EVERYWHERE!

Today we shot scenes 37, 48, and 39, or the interrogation room scenes plus one of the janitor’s closet scenes. I helped pick the location and set up the scene down in the apartment’s basement for the interrogation scene, as well as contacted our RA Gerry for permission and the key to use the apartment’s janitor’s closet.

As an AP it’s all behind the scenes work so I rarely ever need to be on set. I like this aspect of my role because this way I can run any errands that need to be done. Today’s errand was going to Mourassi to The Mall to look for café and pub fronts that would pass as airport fronts. It seems like a simple task but the yellow rail wasn’t working, as well as some of the green rails, so we ended up using every single color rail the metro system had to get there, taking two and a half hours and a few cab rides. I was especially glad to have Jamie there today because she’s excellent at navigating and using the logistical skills that I sometimes lack to get us from place to place. Plus it was easier to keep our frustration levels down with someone to vent to. Thanks Jamie! Luckily any of the café and pub fronts will work for the scenes we need, so at least it wasn’t a total waste of a day! Not to mention that we got some shopping in- probably the best mall I’ve ever been in!

Group dinner and a movie again, I love traditions! Plus I feel like the more movies we watch the more creative we get when shooting scenes- learn by watching, right? I had another shot-list meeting with the group, where we decided to shoot scenes 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 43. Seems like way too many but three of them are only one angle shots so they should only take 30 minutes apiece. I plan to meet up early with Arnold, Emily, and Jordan to scout out more coke machine options on the Deree campus, hope we find what we need!

Kindergartener in training,

Susie Ellen Dobkins