No Gemini Nomination

Aww... just read the list of nominations for this year's Gemini Awards. I didn't make the shortlist for my supporting role in Plague City: SARS in Toronto. It's OK - I didn't really expect to, but once you hear you've been submitted by your producers, well, it gets you thinking how cool it would be to get on the list. The good news is our Director of Photography, David Herrington, has been nominated for "best photography in a dramatic program or series". Good luck, David!

MAMM tiring, but fun!

We've been at it since Thursday, and it's all coming along. We got our package Thursday night, had a pow wow, and started filming that night. I have had so much fun working with the Banoodles Team. Everyone has had really good input, and we all seem to work really well together. I think the key is that we are all very creative and we all value and respect each other's opinions. We pretty much finished filming all our main stuff by last night (just a couple more small scenes left to get), and then our team leader has to edit like crazy to get it all put together. We have to submit our final product by this Thursday at 5:00pm!

I have had so much fun with this contest and this team, and I can't wait to see how it all comes together. Thanks mucho to Alfie for getting me on board. I can't believe the stuff we've done in the last 72 hours, but I think with everything that's gone on, our theme could be this: "It's so wrong that it's right."

Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon begins

This is cool - I'm going to be taking part in the second annual Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon! It's a seven day contest that has you write, shoot, edit, and complete a 10 minute movie. All with elements that are given to you on the first day. We get the package tonight, and we'll start!

Thanks to Alfie for calling me up. He's organizing our team and has cast me as his lead actress. I'm really looking forward to this whole process. I get to work with Alfie again (I've done some musical theatre shows with him in the past), but this will be the first time working with him as a director/producer. We had a production meet and greet on the weekend and I'm really looking forward to working with everyone involved. Seems like a great bunch of people. And what great food we had! It's always good when the food is good.

I'm so excited about this! Wish us luck! :)

August starts with a Callback

July was pretty good audition-wise. I had 7, which I consider great! I'm sort of at the point where I think, "If I get 3 auditions a month, that's fine by me." So, with 7, I'm quite happy. They've all been for commercials, and that's also OK with me. I'm happy to be getting out there. And what better way to start the month of August than by getting a callback for an audition I did at the end of July. They're considering me for 2 possible spots which is really nice. I had the callback today, and it went really well. I even managed to end it by making the whole room crack up. It felt really good. Now I just have to cross my fingers that I'm what they want!