Carla Gypsygirl's Blurty

Going beyond the fringe

On set today at 6:30am with my new fringe!
Hello again from the land of fiction and motion! Now, I know that I swore hatred towards my new fringe, but I actually l like it now. When it hasn't been blow-dried, it sits obediently to the side, and you would hardly notice that it is there. When my fringe is blow-dried, I still feel a little silly, but I guess it's a fresh new look that I didn't have to pay for. I had my second day of filming today, and we did more swimming pool scenes. I now have a very strange hybrid tan, which combines my regular cossie tan with my movie cossie tan- hello, racer back patches!

Today was a good day for acting and creativity. I felt that I gave everything I could in my performance. Also, I feel that by re-opening one creative outlet, other creative outlets are starting to function again, too. I have actually started to do sketches of my fellow actors while I am waiting around on set. In case you are not familiar with my tortured artist thang, here is a brief rundown: I used to do heaps of drawings and paintings, and I worked as an illustrator. But I became burnt out from university and design/illustration work, and I also got an icky case of RSI in my drawing wrist. So for me to start drawing is actually a very big deal. It feels good to document things again. It's also nice to have some form of relief from the boredom of waiting around.

But while I flexed my creative muscles today, I also felt that I was withdrawing into myself. I have been noticing a bit of yucky behaviour from others people who are on set. You know when a joke is taken too far, and all of a sudden, everyone becomes used to making you the butt of every joke? It was a bit frustrating for me today. The character that I've developed for this movie is as bit daft and silly, but some people on set have had a bit of difficulty separating truth from fiction. A lot of people have started to treat me like I actually AM stupid and naive, and it does hurt. I mean, I've known these people for only a few days. I felt a bit down about myself today. But I got home and read for a bit and wrote an email to my sister about art, and I realised that I'm not really unintelligent and ditzy. But it's interesting how people's actions and reactions can cause you to see yourself in a way that isn't who you are at all.

I get to have a rest tomorrow, and then it's back to filming again on Wednesday! I'm looking forward to it. The scene that we are doing on Wednesday is very dramatic, so it'll be a good challenge. Oh, and by the way, the makeup artists noticed that I was sneaking on lip gloss, and they banned me from using it. They made me use Lucas' Paw Paw Ointment instead, which was annoying. I find that Lucas' stuff dries up pretty fast, and it has no shine to it! So I went back to slicking on lip gloss again in secret. Look, every girl's gotta have some vices, right? Especially as the only stuff I get to wear on my face for this film is sunscreen!

I'm sure I'll have more movie updates for you guys later!

Carla Gypsygirl