Awesome

Well it was a success. It was a long day and a half but I survived and enjoyed every minute of it. My body is in pain from all the hauling the 4 locations and the lack of sleep but I'm going to rest up and all will be well.

Anyway where to start. I got up Monday and headed to the first location at this pub that was really close to my house. It was cloudy and cool but I arrived early and got introduced to the producer and production manager Carolyn and Tim. The camera crew and riggers showed up and we got started on setup for the first scene. All of the filming for Monday were for the story of the video. So we had three locations Schuba's Tavern, Navy Pier, and this really cool lady's house. Anywho, I got settled in and started my PA duties. Yeah being a PA I figured would be a lot of just going on errans and stuff but it turned out I got to do a lot more. Yes I did go run errans like going to Walgreens to get shaving cream and a razor and to Kinkos to pick up some pictures for set decorations but still it was fun.Once I got back I had miss most of this locations filming but I did for a short while get to coordinate the talent and tell them when they were needed. It was nice when people would come up to me for answers or feel like I was really had a role. The talent was easy to get along with and listened to me. So it went really well.
Well pretty much they finished up and we had to pack up craft services...I think that's what its call...food and beverage....and helped load up the van to move to the Navy Pier.















It started to really cloud up and get colder by this point. The weather was not being nice at all. But we continued. I met with the extras and had them fill out the release forms. Had to answer questions by one kids mother. She was all about...how long is she have to be here? When does she get paid? blah blah blah I just BS'd her but it was fun being all important...to someone i guess. I didn't take a lot of pictures cause it was just hard cause it rained and all but most of the time I just went around getting things for people or relaying messages. It started to rain at one point and once we finished we loaded up the van and moved to the end of the pier. This I think was the end of the video where I guess the girl and guy switch places or something about that. The story I'm not completely sure of. Something about he is with a girl but longs for the one he lost. Yeah sappy. Anyway I had to do some heavy lifting at this point because they were going to shoot some green screen for a prom scene. It will be interesting once I see the finish product cause I'm sure Nathan (The lead singer) will be at this prom but really he was at the Navy pier inside surrounded by picnic tables and the crew. So by this time we let the extras go and started to pack up for the last location. It was at this lady's house and it was the part of the story where Nathan takes the girl home and like kisses her in front of the house after the prom.This is where I get to be in the video. Well not really but at this scene when you watch the video I'm inside the house right between the door and the window keeping people from getting in the shot. It will be interesting to see when it’s done and you can't see me but I'm there. lol.

Well really that is it for this day. It was midnight and they let me go and Tim took me home so I could get some rest because the next day we had a 5am call and it would take me about an hour to get to that location from my house.

It was a beautiful sight. We were on the roof of this apartment building and the sun was coming up. So freaking cold and windy too which was not fun. I'm surprised I didn't get sick after all this but it was amazing. Well we had to use this freight elevator to get everything up there and up some stairs so that sucked. I have bruises on my arm from all of it. Well we set up and the band showed up and at 7am the band started playing and that's when the complaints started coming in. I'm sure everyone who lived around there didn't like us because it was so loud. But they had the permits and those people just had to deal with it. During all this I didn't have to do much. Just watched everything going on and just chatted with the guy from the label and just generally tried to do some networking.

That first pic is Carolyn the Producer and Liz who was Makeup. Very cool girls. Carolyn lives in LA and Liz in San Diego and have worked with each other for a number of years. Wish I get a lead from them but who knows maybe when they come to Chicago again they will remember me. Anyway really that was all that took place that day. I got to leave at noon and went to work but then left early because I was so tired from lack of sleep. But overall it was well worth it and really energized me about what I want to be doing. So really hope soon I can get another gig. Well that's it for now. Chow!