last night
We had a taping last night, finally, after all our rehearsals and cast changes.
Okay, so it was more of a run-through. It was taped, but we only used one camera, we didn't do any costume changes, and some of us were still on book. But still, there were cameras and they were taping us. It counts! *smiles*
Our official, real taping isn't until Friday. Here's hoping everyone knows all their lines by then!
We started at 5:30, despite the fact that we were told a couple of days ago that it was going to be at 7. That's cool. *smiles*
I had so much fun! I still can't believe this is my show. It better get picked up. As it was, I was making faces at people through the windows, which I probably shouldn't have done, but I was enjoying myself. Not that I was always goofing off. I mean, I had stuff to do too, like act, and part of that involved looking sad. I could tell the audience was just breaking up for me, and that means I'm doing my job.
So far we don't have a name, though we've been talking about calling it "Home and Hardware" or "Americana," both after the place my character works, Americana Home and Hardware. Her name, by the way, is Andrea, and she's dedicated to her job. I mean really dedicated. To the point where her apartment is decorated in company colors.
((ooc - this bit lifted straight from here))
Welcome to Boston, despite that they're filming in Southern California. We first see Andrea alone in her office, rehearsing what she'll say to her boss (whose name I think was Chris), who, we learn, she'd just gotten a little too friendly with. Yes, we're talking The Sex. The speech centers around why continuing this is a bad idea, but it's clear that she has a huge crush on him and that her heart's not in ending it. The rehearsal goes badly, as a talk that centers around "salt" is prone to doing, and she ends the "rehearsal" by throwing herself down on the table. Her assistant walks in on this scene, and Andrea confides in her what happened. The Boss comes in in the middle of this, and Andrea barely gets a teensy bit of her speech out before her boss invites himself over to her apartment for dinner and to "work on the new catalog." Switch to her apartment. We meet her 12-year-old neighbor, who sees himself as the man of the house. We also meet her dog, Bean. There's a knock on the door, and when she opens the door... Nope, not her boss. It's her estranged brother, Ben (Michael Landes). With a fiancee! Wow! There is the celebratory reunion, complete with the almost-giving of the Ring of the Grandmother, until we learn that the fiancee is a fake and that Ben was just trying to get the ring for a "business venture." Bad Ben. In the midst of this. Bossman cancels the big date. Bad Bossman. The next day, Ben comes by to visit Andrea at work, and they have a Sweet Sibling Moment on the Seesaw. Yes, a seesaw. It's cute. Anyway, due to a wacky set of circumstances, Bossman offers Ben a job. Bossman is also avoiding Andrea. Not good. Later, in Andrea's apartment, Andrea accuses Ben of being a slacker and a flake, and Ben accuses Andrea of being a phony who forgot who she was (and it sounds like she was a wacky, sweet nerd... sound familiar?). Ben even uses an old magic trick of hers, a Magic Box, as a visual aid. Back at the office, it's presentation time for new products, and the wacky billionaire owner is there to see it, along with his daughter who, we learn, just got engaged to Bossman. Audience gasps, Andrea looks crushed. Ben happens to be there and saves the day by giving her inspiration on a new product - yep, that same old magic box. At the end of the day, Ben's about to leave the apartment, and we find out that he had no business venture, but instead he has a rather large gambling debt. Okay, a huge gambling debt. Andrea asks him to stay and take the job that was offered to him. Sitcom premise established. The End.
It was fun, and I hope we get picked up. If we do, regular filming will start in August, which means I get a few months off between jobs. Yay!
Okay, so it was more of a run-through. It was taped, but we only used one camera, we didn't do any costume changes, and some of us were still on book. But still, there were cameras and they were taping us. It counts! *smiles*
Our official, real taping isn't until Friday. Here's hoping everyone knows all their lines by then!
We started at 5:30, despite the fact that we were told a couple of days ago that it was going to be at 7. That's cool. *smiles*
I had so much fun! I still can't believe this is my show. It better get picked up. As it was, I was making faces at people through the windows, which I probably shouldn't have done, but I was enjoying myself. Not that I was always goofing off. I mean, I had stuff to do too, like act, and part of that involved looking sad. I could tell the audience was just breaking up for me, and that means I'm doing my job.
So far we don't have a name, though we've been talking about calling it "Home and Hardware" or "Americana," both after the place my character works, Americana Home and Hardware. Her name, by the way, is Andrea, and she's dedicated to her job. I mean really dedicated. To the point where her apartment is decorated in company colors.
((ooc - this bit lifted straight from here))
Welcome to Boston, despite that they're filming in Southern California. We first see Andrea alone in her office, rehearsing what she'll say to her boss (whose name I think was Chris), who, we learn, she'd just gotten a little too friendly with. Yes, we're talking The Sex. The speech centers around why continuing this is a bad idea, but it's clear that she has a huge crush on him and that her heart's not in ending it. The rehearsal goes badly, as a talk that centers around "salt" is prone to doing, and she ends the "rehearsal" by throwing herself down on the table. Her assistant walks in on this scene, and Andrea confides in her what happened. The Boss comes in in the middle of this, and Andrea barely gets a teensy bit of her speech out before her boss invites himself over to her apartment for dinner and to "work on the new catalog." Switch to her apartment. We meet her 12-year-old neighbor, who sees himself as the man of the house. We also meet her dog, Bean. There's a knock on the door, and when she opens the door... Nope, not her boss. It's her estranged brother, Ben (Michael Landes). With a fiancee! Wow! There is the celebratory reunion, complete with the almost-giving of the Ring of the Grandmother, until we learn that the fiancee is a fake and that Ben was just trying to get the ring for a "business venture." Bad Ben. In the midst of this. Bossman cancels the big date. Bad Bossman. The next day, Ben comes by to visit Andrea at work, and they have a Sweet Sibling Moment on the Seesaw. Yes, a seesaw. It's cute. Anyway, due to a wacky set of circumstances, Bossman offers Ben a job. Bossman is also avoiding Andrea. Not good. Later, in Andrea's apartment, Andrea accuses Ben of being a slacker and a flake, and Ben accuses Andrea of being a phony who forgot who she was (and it sounds like she was a wacky, sweet nerd... sound familiar?). Ben even uses an old magic trick of hers, a Magic Box, as a visual aid. Back at the office, it's presentation time for new products, and the wacky billionaire owner is there to see it, along with his daughter who, we learn, just got engaged to Bossman. Audience gasps, Andrea looks crushed. Ben happens to be there and saves the day by giving her inspiration on a new product - yep, that same old magic box. At the end of the day, Ben's about to leave the apartment, and we find out that he had no business venture, but instead he has a rather large gambling debt. Okay, a huge gambling debt. Andrea asks him to stay and take the job that was offered to him. Sitcom premise established. The End.
It was fun, and I hope we get picked up. If we do, regular filming will start in August, which means I get a few months off between jobs. Yay!