Project Orange

I just worked yesterday and today on a short film for Nixart Films. Bryce Bolick is the producer, and Nick Ritter is the director. I'm doing the same role for two films, this one is Project Orange, the bigger one is "The Notes" which should be filming sometime next month. I play a math professor from the south, so I have a minor role in "the Notes", but Project Orange is all about the professor having a bad day just trying to get to work. He also worries about texting a girl he's interested in, and she hasn't texted back for a whole day. Today I went to a sound-proof closet on BYU campus (at the dean's office of Eyring Science Center) to record the professor's internal monologue. I really love filming just for how much you can try and experiment. Everything in film has to be subtle and internal, but I did my best to think about what I am saying without showing how i really feel. The director is brilliant in how he seeks to provide direction in evocative imagery, as opposed to really telling the actors what to do. I find that it works, mostly for helping bring the emotion into mind and allowing the actor to connect with it in a less obvious, less showy manner. I must say, I am grateful for the wonderful direction he gave, and I only hope my performance evokes sympathy for the poor professor's girl crush and bad luck day. I'll post again, when I can find projects or productions to post about.