Now is Good - another film this time with Dakota Fanning. Set in a shopping centre this was a very early call time of 4am. Plenty of coffee and a fried breakfast soon got us all ready to start filming. Very strange being in a shopping centre where you are in a shop but everything is closed so you can't buy anything! Great if you're a shopaholic! This was the beginning of a slow two days in a very hot shopping centre with very few places to sit. However, it was entertaining to see 'the public' enter the little pharmacy that had been set up only to be told all the boxes were either empty or contained something else than what was on the box! Luckily, the people with me were very upbeat and positive so that if one person was getting a bit fed up, there were plenty of people who would boost them back up. It was also interesting when the centre opened to the public and they became involved in the filming. Crowds began to gather and surprise registered when one of us stepped forward to take our place for filming. One of the Supporting Artists was a man that was promoting his massage technique. He went round giving free massages to anyone that wanted it with his special oils. Of course, he always left his business card but he was very much appreciated by everybody and I do hope his business took off for him.
Again, I met some lovely people who I am still in contact with and who I frequently meet on sets all over the place. It's a lovely feeling walking in to a new and different place and seeing a face you recognize. It's a bit like starting a new job over and over again - new faces, new things to do, unfamiliar territory. So if you're reading this & thinking 'that's the life for me' make sure that you are comfortable being in a 'new job' every time as some people don't find it very easy. I enjoy the feeling of not knowing what the day is going to bring and the new faces I'm about to meet. But it's not to everyone's taste.
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