Life And Filmmaking
May 4th, 2010 | Posted by in Filmmaking
We’re making a movie this week!
As you can imagine, there is still a lot left to do and time is beginning to run out. Luckily, I’m now confident enough to say that I’ll be ready to go when we fire up the camera. I finished the final, FINAL shooting draft of the script last night and it’s now a matter of shot listing and assorted pondering of what this movie will be.
Everything is ready to go except…
My neighbours upstairs…
“It’s okay, I wasn’t stressed out enough yet”
This image above is the result of a colossal amount of stupidity.
Picture this… It’s Friday and you’re going out of town for the weekend. It’s going to be amazing. It’s just you and your mom and your going on a road trip. (Or wherever they went) So you tell your mom you have to brush your teeth. You’re very proud of yourself for remembering today. While you brush you notice a strange sound coming from the toilet. Is it running?
“Nah, I’m just going to leave it because there is no way this will turn out badly.”
So you put your toothbrush away and head out with mom.
A few hours later…
You’re taking turns singing background vocals to the Glee soundtrack when it hits you.
“I didn’t turn the tap off after I brushed my teeth! I’m sure it’s nothing. Leaving the tap on full blast helps to ensure the pipes don’t rust doesn’t it? I wonder if leaving the tap on will drown out the sound of the running toilet. We better call the landlord just in case because the only thing I’m really sure of in life is my high level of intelligence. F**k me I’m smart.”
And so they continue down the road towards their destination with the knowledge that the landlord will shut off the water. Little do they know that the landlord would enter their apartment and immediately get a soaker because the place is flooded… Want to guess what happened to my apartment?
Flooded…
The water had soaked through the ceiling in my bathroom, into the hallway and finally made it’s way into my office and my bedroom. Luckily nothing was damaged…
Until the entire ceiling collapsed!
So I now have to live with a giant whole in my ceiling for the next week because my apartment happens to be home base for the movie and we can’t have workers coming in and out. It’s nothing I can’t handle but there is one thing that is dominating my imagination…
I’m terrified of spiders!!!
Inside that giant hole there has to be at least 7 mutant spiders waiting for me to go to bed so they can crawl into my room and build up their civilization again. They will then invade and the entire world could be at risk!
All because of the moron upstairs who couldn’t be bothered to shut the damn tap off!
At the end of the day, it’s inconvenient but there isn’t much I can do about it this week.
Luckily, I have a movie to make and that’s a great way to distract yourself from mutant spiders and idiot neighbours.
PS: I don’t consider myself ‘handy’ by any means but do coat hangars add support to ceilings? If they do this one failed because mine collapsed…
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Whoa, so sorry for the extra stress! I guess if you can manage this then you are filmmaker material, nothing fazes you!
It’s definitely added stress! It’s going to be a tough week to get through for sure but fun so i’m not complaining. Hopefully the ceiling gets fixed soon.