Acting
22 February 2008
Tomorrow morning I’ll be acting in my brother-in-law’s movie Unseen Abilities. Most of the movie is already filmed but tomorrow’s shoot will fill in some missing scenes, one of which is a hospital scene where the main character is treated after an accident. I’ll be playing “unnamed doctor,” and I expect my screen time not to exceed five seconds. But it’ll still be great to be a part—however small—of this project. I’m very impressed with Dustin’s directing and managing of the project, Joe and Eli’s acting, and Joe and Dustin’s joint efforts to edit the film (on a badass Mac Pro, of course).
Not since college have I been in front of a camera playing a role. Two friends and I “starred” in a parody of 1999’s Blair Witch Project we filmed in and around the University of Washington’s computer labs. It was filmed to introduce incoming student employees of the computer lab to the UWired culture. For those who care, it was called The Balmer Lab Project and centered around a “rival” computer lab on campus. (I’ll see if I can dig up some video of that, but trust me: you’re not missing much).
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention my first big role: a police captain in a classmate’s senior project film: MTHS Vice. Don’t remember much about it except I forgot I was in a scene one afternoon and showed up late, in shorts and a tee-shirt, wearing glasses I’d not been wearing in earlier shoots. Oh well. Lisa graduated and that was that.
