Boomtown

The following is from an email sent shortly after the shoot:

The other day, I was on Boomtown. I guess I wore the right outfit. (thank you very much, Jason, for buying me that shawl thingie in Chinatown) I had on a simple dark green velvet cocktail dress with a velvety reddish/burgundy shawl that they absolutely loved.

In fact, I was seated at a side table and the 2nd AD switched me to one of the hero tables because the DP (Director of Photography {cameraman}) wanted to shoot over my shoulder. So, when you see the reporter girl and there’s a reddish looking shoulder in the corner of the shot, that’s me! I can also be seen directly in front of District Attourney Fisher while he makes his speech and DDA McNorris when he makes his speech as well. I’m at the same table as the reporter girl whose name I can’t remember. She was a hoot. Between takes, she was knitting a scarf for one of her friends. Too funny.

Of course, after all of that, I wasn’t even in the show for a split second! I couldn’t believe it. I was directly between all three principals and DDA McNorris (Neal McDonough) delivered his lines while looking right at me, but nary a frame of me landed anywhere but the cutting room floor. Oh well. I’m not an extra for the camera time. I do it for the stories, the adventures. I never know who I’m gonna meet or what I’m gonna do.

UPDATE: I was in the show afterall! Twice in wide shots: DA Fisher’s point of view and DDA McNorris’s. And, on freeze frame, in the scene immediately following.

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