A very nerdy looking boy of seventeen enters….
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Dear Uncle Sam,
The flight from New York to Cebu went by quickly this time. Time flies, and so did I.
Recently, two students from the International Academy of Film and Television (the school that shares it’s headquarters with Bigfoot Entertainment, here in Cebu) approached me at a cafe, and told me that I was PERFECT for a role in their thesis short subject film, entitled “Offline”. I tried to explain to the enthused Filipinos that I’d never so much as acted in a grade school play, but they insisted that I was so uncannily ideal for the part, that no acting would be necessary. Then they handed me a script and pointed to my character’s entrance.
It read:
“A very nerdy looking boy of seventeen enters….”
It was a bit of a blow to my self esteem, but the student’s earnestness charmed me and I agreed to help out.
In one sequence in the film, which was shot in a nearby nightclub, I had to fall suddenly to the floor. Pictured below: the director talks me through my plummet. After a few takes of this fall, I was in some very un-make-believe pain, and I couldn’t sleep on my left side for days.
I was sure I’d ruin their movie, but I saw the final edit the other day, and they really did a remarkable job, despite my acting. Apparently it was well recived at the school too.
