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Film-O-Rama

At the last minute (like, two hours after Wednesday's entry and 12 hours before the final deadline), I pulled my shit together and did a film for the contest at work. I wrote a screenplay, pulled together some props, and sniveled Jeremy into helping me with the editing.

The finished product garnered 3rd place ($50!) and won me a Best Actress nod. Nevermind the fact that only 5 films were entered and no other women were in them.

Click below to check it out; you'll need Quicktime.



The "punchline" at the end is that I drop my aunt's name, who really does work at the company I was just hired at. Everyone at work seemed to think that was pretty funny.

Not bad for my first film, eh? I do have to say that I could not have done this without Jeremy's help - so thanks, honey! (Look out, I'm going to start singing, "Wind Beneath My Wings" in a second.)

And if you're in the mood for other films, check out my little brother's first entry for WeeklyDV.

Posted December 21, 2003 11:20 AM | On This Day: 2002

 

Comments

that rocks!

Posted by: mopsa on Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Reply

LOVED it.

Favorite quote: "Thanks Dad."

Best visual: The monkey coloring!

Posted by: craig on Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Reply

it was charming. it kinda reminded me of my carreer....tehehe. my favorite part was the end....no i jest, my favortie part was the 'thanks dad' section.

Posted by: patrick(your brother) on Sun Dec 21, 2003 | Reply

I loved that :D My favorite part was the whole "Honey! I can't figure out how to get songs on my Ipod!" that was great :D You're a very good actress and you should do more movies! :D

Posted by: Heidi on Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Reply

my favorite part was that you managed to get it done in just a few hours, what a great way to introduce yourself to your new co-workers.

Posted by: bill on Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Reply

I never realized how strong your accent is!

Posted by: tortoise on Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Reply

Someday when you're CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, I can hear your secretary saying, "Mrs. Wilker, I have call holding for you on line 2 of the Hello Kitty phone..."

Truly inspired stuff. Great job.

Posted by: Tony on Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Reply

Great job Meg. If that was 3rd place...I would love to know what 1st and 2nd looked like! Yours was so funny!

Posted by: caryn on Mon Dec 22, 2003 | Reply

Dood! That was excellent! You both did a fantastic job!

So then... Inquiring minds want to know... What IS your Free Cell high score?

Posted by: MJ on Tue Dec 23, 2003 | Reply

You know, I've worked with her. It's not far from the truth...

Posted by: brian on Tue Dec 23, 2003 | Reply

Okay...am I so computer illiterate that I can't make it work? I have Quicktime, but all I get is a picture of a broken film cell. :_-(

Oh well...I am certain it's brilliant. Jack speaks highly of you and all your compadres, and it's been really fun to peek in at your life and the lives of your friends. Thought I should at least poke my head out of my little lurker hole. (wait..that didn't...soooouuuund...right...)

[the other bill promptly ducks out of sight again]

Later! Merry Christmas!

Posted by: the other bill on Sun Dec 28, 2003 | Reply