Carnivale (4)

Super early call time out in the middle of nowhere at a small lake. As I arrive and head to wardrobe, extras are being asked if they don’t mind wearing wetsuits and getting wet. Ummmm…no thanks for me. I get dressed in my rags and grab some breakfast.

When the time comes, we all hop on the bus and go to the set. I weaseled a decent sized purse out of the costumers and managed to fit a bottle of water along with my palm pilot and cell phone into a brown clutch purse. As unfortunately usual for me, despite the fact that I was already holding a purse, I became a prop magnet. First I was given a parasol, but because I only had two hands, I had to pass on two fans and a bible. Ah well. At least I had shade. Thank goodness that prop guy got to me first! [I have no idea why the prop people always love to hand me stuff. I almost always get singled out of crowds to carry props or wear the spectator t-shirts. I don’t know why.]

Anyway, we’re ready for the scene to start. They do the safety meeting and then the people who were willing to get wet walk into the lake. Three or four stunt/safety men went in to the water as well in case someone tripped. During the wide shot, the costumers put one guy in the same smock as the people in the lake and he acted in the scene with the rest of everyone. Cool guy…and looked damn good in a wetsuit. Yeah, lots of eye-candy that morning.

Once the wide shot was done, everyone who wasn’t in the water went back to holding. Hell, I even took a short nap. The sun was hot, but I still had my parasol for shade. I pulled out my palm pilot and goofed around. It sure looked funny…me in 1934 clothing playing with my palm pilot! I even made a few calls on my cell phone! That’s the magic of Hollywood.

After lunch, I waited around another few hours and then finally got to go work again. Men in wetsuits…yum… Then I hear a horse whinney. I turn around and see Mr. HotSexy1934Cowboy and my knees got weak. Yum-yum-yum-yum-Yum! I was so not expecting to see a man that hot, dusted with dirt, on or near a horse. In other words, I looked one way and there were men in wetsuits. I looked the other way and there was a real cowboy. It was definitely a day for eye-candy.

Then there was the dead body which floated up in the lake.

But don’t worry, it was supposed to and it wasn’t real, but darnitall, it sure looked real! I saw it up close when the effects guys were rigging it. Wow. They did a damn good job. And when it came through the surface of the lake, it definitely got the desired effect out of everyone.

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