Dreadful Penny

After a few busy months, I’m feeling the urge to write again.  How convenient that I already have a blog!
Since July, I’ve worked as PA on one short film and an extra on five feature films, a TV series pilot, and a national commercial.  I posed for an artistic picture by a talented photographer (and […]

Over at Northern Cheapskate, Christina wrote about book rentals and pointed out that (hello?) most areas of our fine country have free public library systems.  This reminded me of something my husband mentioned earlier in the week.
On Saturday while our house was being used as a movie set, he spent some time hiding out at […]

Our film for the 48 Hour Film Project is slotted to be shown in the middle of the first batch, at the 7:00 showing on Thursday, July 24.  C’mon by.
The experience made for a manic Saturday.  I had signed onto a team as a PA, then added catering into my duties, and then the whole […]

Woo.  I got a call to be an extra in a horror movie next Wednesday.  Yes, please.  The token payment will cover my gas and it’s a fresh credit, so I can’t wait.
Clint Eastwood is here in Royal Oak today, filming a scene for Gran Torino in a barber shop.  I went to an open […]

I mentioned before that I had heard from two teams, and I’ve now committed to working with one of them.  Woo!  I’ll simply be an assistant, filling in where help is needed during the weekend of the event, but that’s fine by me.  It sounds fun and I’m curious about the process.  All of the […]

I went to the latest Detroit 48 Hour Film Festival meet & greet last night. Seems like a group of creative people that want to create some great little movies. I talked with a few, but after about an hour and a half, I reached my saturation point. I’m a solitary person […]

Kid Dreadful and I hopped on our bikes and went back downtown after lunch. We got to see the “Prayers for Bobby” gay pride parade in motion and even catch a few glimpses of Sigourney Weaver. Nifty. (Earlier posts on this topic are here, here, and here.)

As promised, I snapped a few photos of the parade scene for Sigourney Weaver’s production of “Prayers for Bobby”, which is filming on Washington Street. When I was there, they were setting up and about to begin rehearsals, while the camera crane and track were being assembled. (Update: more photos here.)

Meanwhile, they were […]

Washington Street is closed all day today to enact a gay pride parade for the Sigourney Weaver production of “Prayers for Bobby” (my previous post about the film is here). I’ll head down later and snap some photos; check back! (Update: Yep, the photos are here and here.)
If you’re into filmmaking, there’s also a […]

My husband has become accustomed to this scene as we watch a Red Wings game: the players are skating into faceoff position, nothing of relevance is happening on the ice, but suddenly his wife lets out a groan of disgust. What’s the problem? The arena music.
This is one of those silly side issues […]