I got a call from Uncle Jimmy one fine day while I was in school for IBP meeting.
He informed me of someone from New York University who's about to give me a ring.
"Make some friends," Uncle Jimmy says.
The NYU guy did call, and his name is Ash, and has a thick British accent. After a bit of questions I found out that Uncle Jimmy referred him to me to be in charge of Ash's shoot in terms of fight choreography, special effects and stunt performance. Uncle Jimmy didnt want to take it up cause he had other things to settle.
Cool.
Over the next few weeks I was doing the usual pre-production meetings with him. It was a simple alley fight scene with a nice twist. He asked me,"Can you do stunts?"
"Yeah.. kinda.."
"Can you take a bump?"
"I think so."
"Perfect! You're one of our main characters!"
I like the way these people from NYU worked. We did a rehearsal shoot on both video AND film (SRII camera! With test film footage wtf!?!?!) one fine day and it went pretty smoothly.
It was a crew of 5 or so... there were Americans, British, Singaporen and a couple of cute Korean chicks. The difference between them and our local girls? The Koreans dont melt under the sun.
They sent the exposed film for processing the next day and in less than 48 hrs i received a call from Ash telling me how great the acting came up and invited me over to Tisch Asia itself to have a look at the film.
I thought No. 3 Kay Siang Rd was some dude's house and that I'll be watching it in some living room with some normal TV and be bored to death.
But no.. i was greeted into a preview theatre that they had all the control possible. I noticed the school was still under construction. When i came in a grp of students were excited over something on the floor.
It was a pipe dolly. The cheapest, most looked-down-upon (well, in my school...) dolly ever imagined but these NYU students taking their MBA in film are all excited over it.
I asked Ash what that was all about and he said they didnt really have all the equipments they should be getting yet. After all, there are only THIRTY THREE of them in the whole school. Could you imagine how non-bullshit the politics are in that kind of environment?
Ash was awesome. He's over the age of 25, balding from the back of the head. A British Indian. He's done plenty of documentaries and news coverage over the years for companies and pitched stuff to people before. I noticed the way he'll critic my acting.. the other's acting.. what was good.. what can be improved... in a manner that isnt what i would expect. No longer was it some guy with a small penis trying to make up for his pride by spewing nonsensical film rules and senseless story criticism. It was now a director, for real.
I had a fun time figuring out how to make spurting blood for the shoot. Lots of stories there. But as long as the people are happy with what they saw (oh, they were elated, at least) I'm fine with that.
"You fall very nicely, Audi." says Ash. "And you may think yourself as just a stuntman, but you can act too."
My balls expanded and I made sure the first person to know was my..... GIRLFRIEND!
whoo!!!
Didnt think she cared less. lol.
Uncle Jimmy received a call from him just now, three days after the end of the shoot. After he put down the phone, Uncle Jimmy remarked,"He sounds very happy. The film has been developed."
Maybe I did a good job. But, hey, so what, I got a big hug from one of the Korean girls.
I've got another big project coming up soon in the end of November, right after the end of my IBP shoot.
Once I get a hold of a camera and some time, I might be updating something huge.
Till then, sorry for the messy post.
He informed me of someone from New York University who's about to give me a ring.
"Make some friends," Uncle Jimmy says.
The NYU guy did call, and his name is Ash, and has a thick British accent. After a bit of questions I found out that Uncle Jimmy referred him to me to be in charge of Ash's shoot in terms of fight choreography, special effects and stunt performance. Uncle Jimmy didnt want to take it up cause he had other things to settle.
Cool.
Over the next few weeks I was doing the usual pre-production meetings with him. It was a simple alley fight scene with a nice twist. He asked me,"Can you do stunts?"
"Yeah.. kinda.."
"Can you take a bump?"
"I think so."
"Perfect! You're one of our main characters!"
I like the way these people from NYU worked. We did a rehearsal shoot on both video AND film (SRII camera! With test film footage wtf!?!?!) one fine day and it went pretty smoothly.
It was a crew of 5 or so... there were Americans, British, Singaporen and a couple of cute Korean chicks. The difference between them and our local girls? The Koreans dont melt under the sun.
They sent the exposed film for processing the next day and in less than 48 hrs i received a call from Ash telling me how great the acting came up and invited me over to Tisch Asia itself to have a look at the film.
I thought No. 3 Kay Siang Rd was some dude's house and that I'll be watching it in some living room with some normal TV and be bored to death.
But no.. i was greeted into a preview theatre that they had all the control possible. I noticed the school was still under construction. When i came in a grp of students were excited over something on the floor.
It was a pipe dolly. The cheapest, most looked-down-upon (well, in my school...) dolly ever imagined but these NYU students taking their MBA in film are all excited over it.
I asked Ash what that was all about and he said they didnt really have all the equipments they should be getting yet. After all, there are only THIRTY THREE of them in the whole school. Could you imagine how non-bullshit the politics are in that kind of environment?
Ash was awesome. He's over the age of 25, balding from the back of the head. A British Indian. He's done plenty of documentaries and news coverage over the years for companies and pitched stuff to people before. I noticed the way he'll critic my acting.. the other's acting.. what was good.. what can be improved... in a manner that isnt what i would expect. No longer was it some guy with a small penis trying to make up for his pride by spewing nonsensical film rules and senseless story criticism. It was now a director, for real.
I had a fun time figuring out how to make spurting blood for the shoot. Lots of stories there. But as long as the people are happy with what they saw (oh, they were elated, at least) I'm fine with that.
"You fall very nicely, Audi." says Ash. "And you may think yourself as just a stuntman, but you can act too."
My balls expanded and I made sure the first person to know was my..... GIRLFRIEND!
whoo!!!
Didnt think she cared less. lol.
Uncle Jimmy received a call from him just now, three days after the end of the shoot. After he put down the phone, Uncle Jimmy remarked,"He sounds very happy. The film has been developed."
Maybe I did a good job. But, hey, so what, I got a big hug from one of the Korean girls.
I've got another big project coming up soon in the end of November, right after the end of my IBP shoot.
Once I get a hold of a camera and some time, I might be updating something huge.
Till then, sorry for the messy post.
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