Respect mah Authoritah* ~ Corrupt 60 cop HiJaks Opium

On Monday I came across an urgent post in a fairly new FB casting group for cameo roles  (slightly above extra). the shoot was the next day, love that spontaneity. I found out on set, its for a Doco shoot, re-enacting a famous crime case of opium being stolen by pair of corrupt policemen in the 60s. 
learned that opium is like black jelly?

first thing in the morning was to meet at the production house, which I actually have serendipitously stumbled upon before. they specialize in doco productions. it was a low budget shoot but hey i got to do a period production, and look Cop in shorts! 
Learned that singlish didn't exist in the 60s and nor the profanities that come with it, and I had to attempt a more fine English accent.
there was also a police brutality/action scene and I got to beat up an old crook with a wooden baton. wrapped over time at like 8:30pm still, good times.

Yes, I dig hacksaws. on young models

Performance Rating: 5.7/10
could have done more research of the time period even though I found out what was going on during the day on set, was a touch late cos i got a bit lost. accent was not down and since the shoot was so long with sets not needing me I drifted out a lot.  

I got a role in a directing student's scene exercise for the film Hard Candy, I play a photographer that likes to get jiggy with his models - totally my alley. No images yet but here's a teaser. 
Another great thing is during the rehearsal in front of the class on Thursday, the tutor, who we were warned would kick our ass if we didn't deliver actually smiled... after we delivered ;)
Another student of the class who recognised me from another shoot, also wanted to cast me for his assignment. totally there.

yesterday I got a call back for a car Insurance TVC which i auditioned for last week on Tueday. I shall rock it this time on Monday and make their choice easier. 

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0.17 click for link to see video.

since there is so much positivity in this entry I thought I'd balance it and leave with a sour tone. I finally managed to chase down this probono gig i did to promote cancer research awareness last year... I did feel a bit featured in it at the time what with the camera in our general direction, but nope. Not saying AU is racist again, but honestly, the ad had only one non Caucasian face visible, the tattoo artist? I was just sitting there fake playing a guitar, arguably serenading to this girl. Seriously?! all you could show was an elbow to represent the Asian portion of this generation that you believe in? is this a fake representation? or have our perceptions of a multicultural society that we worked so hard to build been an illusion. 
Regardless another small triumph to change.
Performance Rating: 0.1/10 for spacial set presence

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