08/15/06

Allow Me To Introduce . . .

The Crew

OK, so I've been taking tons of pics on set, but it has taken me a while to actually learn who everyone is (actually, our director Sebastian is helping me out with this one, because I suck at names). But now I've got all that worked out, so here goes:

These are the people who are making this film actually happen: the cameramen, the gaffers, grips, production assistants, and so on, who start the day before we actors show up on set and end when we've already gone home. I don't understand most of what they say (it's that whole German language thing, ya know...), but they are all very nice to us anyway. I am SURE I am missing some people, but here are most of them, in no particular order.


You've already met Ian, our DoP, so I just wanted to show him in action. Today was the first time I saw him smile on set. He should do it more often.


Uli, kep grip. You see his hat? He told me it is from his army days. He was in construction for the military (but I've forgotten what his platoon(?) was called).


You remember Nina, don't you? She goes all Samurai on us with the makeup brushes after every take, keeping us looking pretty.


I have never been able to get a good picture of these two! This is Olaf and his assistant Sabina, the wardrobe staff. And thank the Goddess they were nice enough to consider what we liked as well as what worked for our characters.


Andreas: car captain. Picks people up, takes them home. Pretty self-explanatory, really.


Manuel, our AD. I'm pretty sure that headset is surgically grafted to his skull. I don't think I've ever seen him without it. (:


Alex (blue shirt) and his assistant Peter, our sound engineers. Peter is very quiet, and Alex, well, he always cracks me up. (You'd have to meet him to really get an idea. He's cool.)


Stephan, our caterer. I always feel like his personal pain in the butt, being the only vegetarian on set, but he has been incredibly nice to me about it.


Johannes, Production Assistant. Always a smile on this one's face...


Fabian, our Production Manager. I'm not sure what all that entails, but it's very, very important. (Hi Fabian!)


Boris, our prop man and all-around nice guy.


I call these ladies our "Power of Three". These women pretty much run the show, practically speaking. From left: Julia - Production Assistant who seems to be everywhere at once and knows everything; Natalia - Production Coordinator, who has been with the film since pre-production (and runs a daily movie quote contest of which I am currently in the lead (hee!)); and Ines - Set Manager, it's her voice we listen to on set...usually telling us to be quiet.


Sven, our Assistant Cameraman. It's the only pic I have of him with a smile...

Whew! That's it for now, until I get more, and hopefully better, pics. With 21 days of filming to go (and living with each other most of that time), I'm sure we'll all be getting to know each other alot better. So stay tuned.

Bye for now!