"You're wishin' too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughta be.”
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acting's harder than it looks. but only slightly harder, because i think i could manage it haha - only forgot my lines once, at the start. all of a sudden, the camera gets rolling, everyone becomes silence, all eyes are focused on you and the other talent looks to you for your next move, somehow, your mind just turns blank and you feel like the sound of your thumping heart would be recorded on camera. but you'll get used to it. actually, after a while it's pretty much like working, i don't see anything glamorous about it. you sit around, wait, while the crew sets up the equipment. maybe practise with the other talent a little bit. then director tells you to 'act this', you act this. 'retake', you act it again. then you'll sit down, and wait again while the other talent gets her shot taken. furthermore, i did not know anyone there except for joanne, and they were too busy to chat, so i was pretty much by myself. rather monotonous, in my opinion, unless you're on screen, because there is a lot of waiting involved. and frankly i was surprised i was able to act out the role appropriately enough, and in front of people too, i had my doubts when i saw the script, because it was a sad role. i'm usually shy about such things you know, haha!

and it was tiring too. filming only ended near midnight, and we could not switch on the fan the whole time, because the whirling sound would be recorded and the house did not have air-conditioning. we were almost suffocating in there.

hmm would i do it again? maybe if i was really really bored, and if they actually pay me the next time. yes i did not get paid because it's just a small production by film students (not because i didn't act well!) but i would get the dvd, which i'll probably never watch because i'd feel too embarrassed hehs.