shmecky

When I first showed up in Buffalo, I honestly didn't know if I could stick it out for the duration. It was really hot and humid. One of the hottest summers Buffalo has ever had. Our house didn't have air conditioning. And a LOT of people were living there. I didn't get to shower every day. Halfway through the first week, I called my uncle. He used to live in Batavia, which is about 45 minutes away from Buffalo. I asked him if any of his kids still lived in the area. And it was just my luck - my cousin still lived there. So, after the first week, I moved in with her. It was nice to go home to a cool house and a shower every night.

Shortly after arriving, I was assigned to the art department and put in charge of food props. I had to go through the script and make a list of what food props were needed for each scene, and how many I thought we would need. At first, I couldn't get them to give me a script. I would have to sign out one daily, and sign it back in at the end of the day. Finally, I went to the fantabulous Gabe Friedman (writer, producer, editor) told me I could keep my copy of the script. Not just because I needed it for the food props, but because he wanted me to keep track of all props that we would need every day. That way, there would be two people checking it over each day (Alyssa, the head of props, was the other one). It was, quite honestly, a very stressful job. Sometimes there would be props that weren't written in the script or that they would tell Alyssa about, that she then wouldn't tell me or Matt (other props person) about... and then we would wind up scrambling to get the items ready before we were shooting. At the end of it all, though, Gabe and Caleb Emerson (our awesome Assistant Director) told me that I did a great job, and that made it all worthwhile.

More to come...