it's a wrap

hi,

 

well we shot the last few days of Be Kind and it turned out great. the great thing about working on set is that you meet and become very close with a bunch of people in a short amount of time, and then when the project is over, you barely see them any more and it takes some time to float back down to earth. it's like you live in this world we create for the movie which is very different from the real world and adjusting back is hard for most people i have spoken to about it. the last day of shooting came and it was a sprint to the finish. we were shooting in manhattan and we had two locations, a shop on the corner and an apartment adjacent to the shop.the grips brought in a big truck with an arm and they tried to pull the branches of a tree out of the shot and it was crazy and no one knew what they were doing and it was a hectic last shot. but as soon as mr hausmen said thats a wrap everyone just smilled with the realisation that it had been a successfull month. we all gathered for lunch in the church and wrap gifts were flying everywhere and people were hugging, they announced the card wraffle winners and i came second and won $150. all the walkies were checking in, time cards done for the final time. we eat our last meal together and then started heading up to the gaelic pub on the corner. after an hour or so the bar was full with the stories and laughing of this great crew and joked about things that had happened on set and things people had said, or close calls etc... and discussed what projects were people going to after this. dave fisher gave me $40 to buy a coat (i had been cold all the time as NY is getting really cold at night) so i plan to do that tomorrow. fisher is a legend and along with atilla they abtain the highest honour in the Jake Heinemann book of cool people. after the bar i was sitting in mcdonalds with kerri and i had thousands of things going through my mind. about new york, about the film industry about my family and friends, about my friends in ny etc... things are good.

 

on friday we had the wrap party. free drinks was the answer to a long time of no partying. it is allways good to see peoples different sides. i chated with people who i almost dident recognize off set and under bar lights. i dident stay for too long though, and i went to the tape deck to meet up with steve before we went up to harlem. that was at two am and steve dident want to leave til 4;30am as he was working on the jack carter ad campaign for us senate. yesterday i worked for about 5 hours on the film again as we were doing an incert shot with the helicopter again and we needed to block of streets. so i got up at 4am for that, but got alot of slep after that, in fact i cought up alot so i am happy. rabbia, one of the costume designers on ashes called me yesterday and wants me to be a PA and a set dresser for three days on this television comercial, so that is what i will be doing this thurs, fri and sat. so i am getting work... well not getting paid but getting experience anyway which is good.

 

melbourne victory beat NZ 4-0 goals to archie, allsopp, fred, caceras.

 

jake.