Judith Freeman on CSI: Miami.....
Ah yes, the Bank Teller gets a name. I am now Judith Freeman on CSI:Miami, no relation to Morgan, LOL.
Ah where to begin this story. We'll start with yesterday. So I called my agent in the afternoon and told him that I had yet to receive my script. At around 5pm someone from production calls me and tells me that the script had been delivered and signed for on Dec. 21. What?!? I don't even have to think long to figure out what happened. I live in a building that is run by complete and utter incompetent morons. I know it sounds harsh and trust me if it weren't true, I wouldn't say it. I didn't even bother to call the office, I went downstairs and asked for my package. Sure enough it was right there. I was sooooo annoyed. I asked the girl why my package had been sitting in their mail room for 3 weeks and I had not been notified once. I told her that when someone gets a piece of express mail that it generally means it's important and I included that since UPS, Fedex and all the others refuse to bring our packages to our door that it is the Offices responsibility to get us our packages in a timely fashion especially when they are signing from them!! I then took a moment just to hear what ridiculous, inane excuse this "person" had for their complete lack of professionalism...she said, "I know, right? That is so strange!" Huh. Ok.
So I went back upstairs called production, told him I had the script and he told me which scene I was in. It was kinda short, only a page, which was kinda good considering I had to memorize it in one night. After I read the scene I flipped to the front of the script to see the list of characters. It said Judith Freeman - Bank Manager. I was like, What?! They have some other girls name in the script!! I was soooo Mad, LOL! I actually asked production about it (I think my mind was still cloudy from the fiasco of finding the script). The guy was like, "Yeah, um, I think that's like...the name of your character." Oops, LOL. Needless to say I was kinda confused, lol. I can really be crazy sometimes.
I got to set today, got the script revisions and saw that most of my scene had been cut. It was originally supposed to be me and David again, but now the cut it into a quick phone conversation. Ahh...those are the breaks! I was kinda disappointed but still really grateful. One, that I was still in it AT ALL, lol...and two that I could focus on the small part and really have the words down pat. I got to set around 245pm and I ended up filming around 600pm. About 15 min before I was about to shoot one of the production guys, Toby, asks me if I have the most current version of the script. I told him yes and I showed him the revisions I had. He was like, "Oh, no...that's old". Huh?? Yeah, I kid you not, lol. It turns out that they'd decided to put the whole scene back in. Ricka Fricka(this is me cursing in cartoon)!! He apologized and said he thought someone else had given it to me and asked me if I would still be ready to do the scene in like 10 min. He was kinda funny b/c I thnk he thought I was gonna totally flip out, which I WAS kinda doing...but ONLY on the inside...after all, I'm a professional dammit, lol! I told him that it would be fine but I would need to go to my actual set and practice, which I did...prayed and practiced actually. Everything moves SO fast on this show, you do NOT want to be the weakest link! I must confess I was starting to feel a bit of pressure.
Ten minutes later a crew of people swarm in and started lighting and changing everything around. My stand in went in for me while I was whisked away to the director (Karen Gaviola)and writer (Ildy Modrovich)so they could hear me rehearse (it was just me since it's a phone scene). I did it once for them, they corrected my pronunciation of one of the characters name and we were done. I went over my lines a few more times with the AD (the adorable Franklin) as he would be the one reading David's lines the a few minutes after that we're shooting. Shot 3 takes and it was a wrap!! TV moves so fast...its CRAZY!!! All in all I'd say I spent no more than 8 minutes actually FILMING my scene. Amazing.
Mine was the last shot of the day so I think everyone was very relieved that it went smoothly. I spoke to Karen, she was very nice and said I did a good job. She told me the episode would air on Feb. 12th during sweeps (which means my first episode will probably air on Feb. 5th)!! I also spoke with Ildy who is one of the sweetest people ever! It was really refreshing to work with such great people. If only for 8 minutes, LOL. Now let's see how much of it actually ends up IN the episode!!!!
All in all, I think I did ok, maybe even pretty good...but performing under intense pressure is Definitley a skill to cultivate in '07!
Bank Teller gets a Name!!!!
I really like this Hair :)
Ah where to begin this story. We'll start with yesterday. So I called my agent in the afternoon and told him that I had yet to receive my script. At around 5pm someone from production calls me and tells me that the script had been delivered and signed for on Dec. 21. What?!? I don't even have to think long to figure out what happened. I live in a building that is run by complete and utter incompetent morons. I know it sounds harsh and trust me if it weren't true, I wouldn't say it. I didn't even bother to call the office, I went downstairs and asked for my package. Sure enough it was right there. I was sooooo annoyed. I asked the girl why my package had been sitting in their mail room for 3 weeks and I had not been notified once. I told her that when someone gets a piece of express mail that it generally means it's important and I included that since UPS, Fedex and all the others refuse to bring our packages to our door that it is the Offices responsibility to get us our packages in a timely fashion especially when they are signing from them!! I then took a moment just to hear what ridiculous, inane excuse this "person" had for their complete lack of professionalism...she said, "I know, right? That is so strange!" Huh. Ok.
So I went back upstairs called production, told him I had the script and he told me which scene I was in. It was kinda short, only a page, which was kinda good considering I had to memorize it in one night. After I read the scene I flipped to the front of the script to see the list of characters. It said Judith Freeman - Bank Manager. I was like, What?! They have some other girls name in the script!! I was soooo Mad, LOL! I actually asked production about it (I think my mind was still cloudy from the fiasco of finding the script). The guy was like, "Yeah, um, I think that's like...the name of your character." Oops, LOL. Needless to say I was kinda confused, lol. I can really be crazy sometimes.
I got to set today, got the script revisions and saw that most of my scene had been cut. It was originally supposed to be me and David again, but now the cut it into a quick phone conversation. Ahh...those are the breaks! I was kinda disappointed but still really grateful. One, that I was still in it AT ALL, lol...and two that I could focus on the small part and really have the words down pat. I got to set around 245pm and I ended up filming around 600pm. About 15 min before I was about to shoot one of the production guys, Toby, asks me if I have the most current version of the script. I told him yes and I showed him the revisions I had. He was like, "Oh, no...that's old". Huh?? Yeah, I kid you not, lol. It turns out that they'd decided to put the whole scene back in. Ricka Fricka(this is me cursing in cartoon)!! He apologized and said he thought someone else had given it to me and asked me if I would still be ready to do the scene in like 10 min. He was kinda funny b/c I thnk he thought I was gonna totally flip out, which I WAS kinda doing...but ONLY on the inside...after all, I'm a professional dammit, lol! I told him that it would be fine but I would need to go to my actual set and practice, which I did...prayed and practiced actually. Everything moves SO fast on this show, you do NOT want to be the weakest link! I must confess I was starting to feel a bit of pressure.
Ten minutes later a crew of people swarm in and started lighting and changing everything around. My stand in went in for me while I was whisked away to the director (Karen Gaviola)and writer (Ildy Modrovich)so they could hear me rehearse (it was just me since it's a phone scene). I did it once for them, they corrected my pronunciation of one of the characters name and we were done. I went over my lines a few more times with the AD (the adorable Franklin) as he would be the one reading David's lines the a few minutes after that we're shooting. Shot 3 takes and it was a wrap!! TV moves so fast...its CRAZY!!! All in all I'd say I spent no more than 8 minutes actually FILMING my scene. Amazing.
Mine was the last shot of the day so I think everyone was very relieved that it went smoothly. I spoke to Karen, she was very nice and said I did a good job. She told me the episode would air on Feb. 12th during sweeps (which means my first episode will probably air on Feb. 5th)!! I also spoke with Ildy who is one of the sweetest people ever! It was really refreshing to work with such great people. If only for 8 minutes, LOL. Now let's see how much of it actually ends up IN the episode!!!!
All in all, I think I did ok, maybe even pretty good...but performing under intense pressure is Definitley a skill to cultivate in '07!
Bank Teller gets a Name!!!!
I really like this Hair :)
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