April 1, 2007

Some new firsts!

Filed under: Acting Journey — Don @ 10:33 am

So this new movie ‘Chatham’ that I was in with David Carradine has resulted in a couple new ‘firsts’ for me. What I mean by a ‘first’ is the first time I experience a certain type of scene or activity on my acting journey. Like the first time I appeared in a movie poster, or the first time I had to drive a vehicle and act at the same time. I always enjoy when a ‘first’ happens because it just seems like something to remember and also it feels like I am checking of a list of things that actors do. Here are the new ‘firsts’.

This was the first time I was filmed on 35mm film. Up to now I have been captured on all kinds of video formats including high end HD video cameras. I have also been filmed on 8mm and 16mm film cameras. 35mm is super expensive and is only typically used by big projects like this one.

Photo Credit by Steve Heaslip

This was my first time acting with a big name actor like David Carradine. I have been a background extra and featured extra in some big movies with big actors, but this was the first time I acted in a speaking role with one.

Here is a list of the prior ‘firsts’ I have talked about so far:

My first death scene happened in July 2005
My first acting while driving scene in March 2006
My first time being painted in movie poster in July 2006
My first time being interviewed as an actor for tv in September 2006
My first time being part of a dvd commentary track in October 2006
My first time one of my characters had his own theme music in October 2006

I am sure there are others that occurred that I did not blog about, but this was a fun list, and funner to have happened.

‘Tis all for now!


1 Comment »

  1. […] Well on this Brotherhood shoot I got my own trailer to hang out in — another ‘first‘ for me. It is a big trailer with 4 or 5 small private rooms for the actors to hang out in when they are not filming, and also a place to get changed into costume. They put your character name on the door which surprised me a little — same with the big stars of the show. I was really kind of excited at first because it was my first time hanging out in my own actors trailer assigned to me. However, I must tell you that after a couple of hours it gets pretty damn small — It is only a 4′ by 6′ space, with a padded bench, a cd player/radio and a bathroom. The big stars have full trailers, I would love to see in side one of those. Sorry for the poor quality pictures, I was using my camera phone. […]

    Pingback by Donald Foley - An actor’s Journey » Another First: Actors Trailer — June 14, 2007 @ 9:13 pm

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