ManDoula

ManDoula sizzler

This job was great to work on...
I walked on set and this girl was screaming while giving birth and some guy was in between her legs with a fireman and a police woman dancing around in the background while a porn was playing on the TV. The guy next to me put his finger up to his mouth in a "shhhhh" motion indicating they are filming. Oh good this is part of the movie, I thought. Whew.

I had no idea what was going on or what this film was about. Erik Forssell called me up and asked me to help him on this job. He also mentioned it may be the last time I'll get to work with 35MM film, which is true and so I said yes.

Erik is a teacher for OCC and has brought some of his students to the set to teach them hands on what it is like. This is what I enjoy about Erik, he had enough to do on this job, but also taught the kids what to do. I admire him for how he goes out of his way to teach.

The sizzler came out really good and once seeing everything in sequences it made a lot more sense to me. I was laughing out loud at some of the scenes. My favorite was at the strip club with the long moving take we did. After all the set up work to get the shot, totally worth it. They are in the process of taking the sizzler around for financial backing and we are all sure they will get it. The crew is all on stand by as we await for the "Go Ahead" to make the feature.