Since embarking upon my film photography project, my eyes have been “tuned up” as I go about my day, and I’ve been looking for quick photo opportunities with my iPhone. I’m going with black & white because that’s the film I’ve been shooting with, and I’m looking for shapes & shadows the way I do with film. This shows you can take great photos with your phone, as long as you “think in film.”
You get to have a preview of the monologue . I’m just here in my office rehearsing.
The A block will make more sense when you’ve seen this video. You will have special insight into a bit which may or may lot have worked. We shall see!
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
Big’un, Movie Star?
Yes, I was in a major motion picture.
Staring, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young.
“No Way Out”
You may watch the movie and never know I’m in it.
Then again, I’m the only one that knows I’m in it.
I was sent to babysit a film crew taking external shots of The Pentagon.
The Pentagon’s five main entrances on each side are named for their locations.
South Parking, North Parking, The River (faces the Potomac) The Mall (faces the US Mall in DC), and The Heliport (I’m not sure if it’s been renamed after 9/11).
The Mall Entrance is where they were to be filming. Only SES (Senior Executive Service) and other dignitaries could park in the small lot on that side of the building.
They ran around for 3-4 hours, putting in temporary lights in the old decorative exterior lights that no longer worked.
They were waiting for sundown to get the shot.
The shot they wanted was the stairs, entrance, and lights with the western sky at sunset.
The parking lot was completely empty by the time they ...
