Well here I am sitting here listening to jazz on radio 2, reading through scripts for episodes 7 and 8 and writing this blog. It’s been a mad few weeks. We spent all of the first week filming scenes from episode 7, my episode and I enjoyed every minute of it. By the end, I had absolutely no energy left whatsoever and all the adrenaline I had been running on had run out. But what a week, I had to annihilate a waste paper bin (which incidentally got its revenge by slicing open my hand when I threw it across the room) and shout at the top of my voice at Jack. The whole week was a challenge for which I was well and truly up.
The second week was spent filming Kaya’s episode in the woods. It was cold. We spent a great deal of time filming outside and the weather was freezing.
Thankfully, we had Roz there to dispense the giant puffy coats we get when on location. We were also given these little heat packs which, after you expose them to air, stay hot for about 7 hours.
Needless to say, I spent a stupid amount of time trying to figure out how they worked and finally concluded that the answer must in fact be some sort of strange voodoo magic. Spirits were kept high, at least for a short time, by the mix CD which the director Charles burned especially for the occasion. Unfortunately, we were all pretty rubbish at taking photos, so I have made a representation of what it may have looked like.
The hotel is a relatively new experience for me as I usually just come from home every day, but because I was on set every day, I stayed in the hotel. The drawback of this was that I had to stop myself from eating and drinking everything in the mini bar every night. I failed miserably.
This block has been amazing; I have learned so much and have grown closer to everybody on set. If they weren’t the people they were, I doubt I’d have enjoyed it half as much. There were some quality moments, such as getting Jack Clough to do his Russian dancing, Ben Massey falling over about 18 times in the same place and Kaya smashing Jack’s face with a log to mention a few.
Anyway, I had probably better be off. John Coltraine is on the radio, I’m absolutely shattered and the idea of sleep is becoming irresistible.
Ollie
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