Tuesday, September 05, 2006
ribble's update
Bollywood movies are fun to work on! Yesterday there was a huge crowd on location because the star of this movie is some kind of a big deal.*
And it turned out he is a big deal! I've seen exactly one Bollywood movie (with my friend Ms. John) and this guy was the star! So I know he's a big deal because I've heard of him. Basically I'm saying I'm really arrogant.
So I was there trying to hold back this bank holiday crowd and there was this big star and it was good times.
Then today I locked up parking in the rain and my socks got wet, but that was kind of fun, too.
* Side note: the second question members of the public always ask a PA is "Who's in it?" and usually we're supposed to lie, but I found the quickest way to get rid of them was just to tell them the name of the guy.**
** Side note to side note: The first question members of the public always ask PAs is "What are you, making a movie or something?" Yes, we are making a movie. Also, just for the record, PAs do not know the answer to the third question, "When is the movie coming out?" That's a whole different can of worms.
And it turned out he is a big deal! I've seen exactly one Bollywood movie (with my friend Ms. John) and this guy was the star! So I know he's a big deal because I've heard of him. Basically I'm saying I'm really arrogant.
So I was there trying to hold back this bank holiday crowd and there was this big star and it was good times.
Then today I locked up parking in the rain and my socks got wet, but that was kind of fun, too.
* Side note: the second question members of the public always ask a PA is "Who's in it?" and usually we're supposed to lie, but I found the quickest way to get rid of them was just to tell them the name of the guy.**
** Side note to side note: The first question members of the public always ask PAs is "What are you, making a movie or something?" Yes, we are making a movie. Also, just for the record, PAs do not know the answer to the third question, "When is the movie coming out?" That's a whole different can of worms.
Monday, September 04, 2006
ribble's w00t
Google "ribbles", and you get me. Take that, "Delicious black licorice hexagon sticks imported from Holland!"
Awkward
The only consistent thing about the people on a film set, and I mean everyone in every department, is that they are all movie people. It's disorienting, like visiting a country where you are no longer a minority, but it's also addictive. It's getting so I've started to think of New York as my film city.
Did you see that Talk of the Town a few years back about a NY-D.C. shuttler? District residents are always talking about politics, and New Yorkers are always talking about real estate, so when he mentioned politics in New York or real estate in D.C. it was like "Whoa. Wrong city. Wrong conversation."
A few weeks ago I was sitting at the kid's table at a family friend's 60th birthday party in Boston and we were talking about Halloween costumes. One of the guys at my table said he always goes as movie characters, like Action Ford or Venkman (I got very excited because I went as him when I was 10).
This year he's going as Goose, so I suggested to his girlfriend that she go as Meg Ryan. She said she could never go as anything that required her to wear a bomber jacket. So, without thinking, I said "You should go as Porco Rosso."
Whoa. Wrong city, wrong conversation.
Did you see that Talk of the Town a few years back about a NY-D.C. shuttler? District residents are always talking about politics, and New Yorkers are always talking about real estate, so when he mentioned politics in New York or real estate in D.C. it was like "Whoa. Wrong city. Wrong conversation."
A few weeks ago I was sitting at the kid's table at a family friend's 60th birthday party in Boston and we were talking about Halloween costumes. One of the guys at my table said he always goes as movie characters, like Action Ford or Venkman (I got very excited because I went as him when I was 10).
This year he's going as Goose, so I suggested to his girlfriend that she go as Meg Ryan. She said she could never go as anything that required her to wear a bomber jacket. So, without thinking, I said "You should go as Porco Rosso."
Whoa. Wrong city, wrong conversation.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Where I've Been: Sun., Aug. 27-Sat., Sept. 2
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Sunday, August 27 (5)
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Monday, August 28 (6)
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Tuesday, August 29 (0)
Nothing. Nada. Zippo.
Wednesday, August 30 (43)
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Thursday I didn't go online because of that thing with the bear.
Friday, September 1 (115)
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Sunday, August 27 (5)
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Monday, August 28 (6)
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Tuesday, August 29 (0)
Nothing. Nada. Zippo.
Wednesday, August 30 (43)
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Thursday I didn't go online because of that thing with the bear.
Friday, September 1 (115)
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Friday, September 01, 2006
True-Life Adventures of Ribble, Production Assistant
EXT. OPEN FIELD - DAY
A MAN is standing in the middle of a large, empty field in New Jersey wearing a realistic bear costume but holding the costume's head. It is a beautiful day. MUSIC PLAYS, but there is OTHERWISE COMPLETE SILENCE.
After a long moment, RIBBLE, 25, dressed shabbily in dirty pants and a T-shirt and wearing a walky with a hand mike, enters from screen left carrying a folding chair. He places the chair behind the man in the bear suit, who sits. Ribble sits next to him on the ground. They sit for a few minutes as if waiting for something, but not impatiently, and not speaking much.
After a few minutes, Ribble receives instructions over his walky. He and the bear stand, and he helps the bear put on his head. He throws the chair off screen right and stands next to the bear. They wait.
After a moment, more instructions come over the walky. The bear starts doing calisthenics - jumping jacks, knee bends, toe touches. Ribble walks off screen right.
After a moment, THE CAMERA PANS TO RIBBLE, revealing him sitting in the chair, watching the bear, and silently laughing his ass off.
You can't make this stuff up, folks. That was my day yesterday.
A MAN is standing in the middle of a large, empty field in New Jersey wearing a realistic bear costume but holding the costume's head. It is a beautiful day. MUSIC PLAYS, but there is OTHERWISE COMPLETE SILENCE.
After a long moment, RIBBLE, 25, dressed shabbily in dirty pants and a T-shirt and wearing a walky with a hand mike, enters from screen left carrying a folding chair. He places the chair behind the man in the bear suit, who sits. Ribble sits next to him on the ground. They sit for a few minutes as if waiting for something, but not impatiently, and not speaking much.
After a few minutes, Ribble receives instructions over his walky. He and the bear stand, and he helps the bear put on his head. He throws the chair off screen right and stands next to the bear. They wait.
After a moment, more instructions come over the walky. The bear starts doing calisthenics - jumping jacks, knee bends, toe touches. Ribble walks off screen right.
After a moment, THE CAMERA PANS TO RIBBLE, revealing him sitting in the chair, watching the bear, and silently laughing his ass off.
You can't make this stuff up, folks. That was my day yesterday.
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