I am tired, so very tired. Over the weekend I co-produced a four minute film for the 48 Hour Film Competition.
On Friday night at 7pm, Quinine Films team leader Olivia drew from the hat the genre of Sports Film.
And from then it was on.
By 11pm we had a plot. Casting decisions had been made. Prop makers organised and locations hurridly arranged.
We started filming at 9am Saturday and wrapped up about 13 hours later.
Olivia and Karl looked after the filming and sound.
I coached the actors and improvised with them.
We edited through the night and re-shot a scene on Sunday. And then we edited some more.
Karl made a four minue score using a synth and guitar.
We handed in our film at 6.57pm Sunday.
By 7.30 pm we were having a drink at Transport.
By 9.30 I was in a coma.
My flat is a mess. We filmed there.
My body aches. My brain hurts.
I am a vegetarian zombie today.
Gosh it was good fun.
The number of my embarrassing celebrity crushes continues to rise. But this time it is real.
OK. Maybe I am deluded. Or, turning at an old age. But I seriously LOVE SARAH PALIN.
Is it the glasses? Is it her folksy charm? Is it my desire to eat moose burgers for breakfast? Or is it her ability to look into a camera and speak to me, oneplanetmikey, right here in Melbourne.
I don’t understand. But I am touched in a way that I haven’t been touched since I touched myself when I had my crush on Tony Abbott.
Say it ain’t so.
