This past weekend I was in an NYU film. This short was written and directed by Marilu, who was the Director of Photography on Kyle's NYU film that was shot in December.
Marilu had an idea of doing the whole movie in front of a green screen. The actors act in front of a blank canvas and the background sets are digitally placed in post-production.
The movie is roughly about a pack of sociopathic high school girls. I play a teacher that takes advantage of one of the students and eventually has his comeuppance.
Marilu rented renovated warehouse space in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn along with all the necessary equipment.
Unfortunately, the weekend for shooting also happened to be the weekend of the winter storm Nemo.
The trek to East Williamsburg wasn't arduous, just crowded and slow as all the trains were packed with people trying to get home before the storm.
I arrived on set as the sleet was changing to hail and eventually snow.
My friend Mark, from the Harold Pinter play that we did this past summer as well as the other NYU film, was already on set.
Apparently the building's heat had not been turned on yet. All of the crew and actors were waiting dressed up as if we were outside. The skylights above echoed the ice falling on the roof. Filming conditions felt as if we were trying to shoot on the ice planet Hoth from Empire Strikes Back.
Despite the weather, the set was light hearted and fun. We moved quickly through the scenes, until one of the girls had to leave to get back to the Bronx.
My next shooting day was on Sunday. The weather wasn't as bad, but the temperature was still cold inside the building. We shot for several hours with a stunt coordinator to help with the climax of the film.
At one point I had to scrub off make-up and fake blood with ice water from the sink, suffering and shivering for art!
Once there's a copy I'll post links.
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