First day and Gemma Ward on set

Finally the day has come – the first day of the shoot on The Black Balloon. I obviously couldn’t sleep the night before and having breakfast wasn’t even an option for me, my tummy couldn’t cope with anything but water.
When I arrived on set most of the crew was already there and everybody was really busy with setting up. Surprisingly Elissa and Denson (the DOP) were pretty relaxed, they were chatting to the cast, everything was kinda different to what I expected…hard to describe. Anyway, it was so hot that day, unbelievably hot. The one good thing about the weather though was, that we shot pool scenes. So the actors were in the pool a lot and enjoyed it.
The one thing I was really looking forward was meeting the actors, or at least watching them perform, especially because the first day was with Gemma Ward , for everybody who doesn’t read fashion magazines – she’s a Supermodel. So I was very curious to meet her. To make a long story short: she is beautiful on the inside and outside, and she is talented – I think that’s reason enough to officially hate her.

Besides Gemma, the other highlight of the day were a bunch of half naked actors running around in budgie smugglers, including Rhys Wakefield from “Home & Away”. Very entertaining! And there are 2 more days on the pool to come...

OK as promised here again the Tech-Fact.
One of the most important items on set the first day was the Splash Box, that is used for shoots in the water. It’s basically a box you put the Camera inside so it doesn’t get wet. It is waterproof all around, but open on top so it can be operated from there. Because it floats, most of the time the camera guys had to push it a bit under water so you get a half-under-water shots. It doesn’t look fancy at all, but it’s really useful.

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BeeBee