Recently I have been working on the film set of the new thriller ONE MISSED CALL being filmmed here in Atlanta. In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Friday August 18th: I was a stand-in for the actress Margaret Cho. Margaret plays a detective who is investigating these mysterious murders. Other actors on set that night included Shannyn Sossamon and Azura Skye.
It was a long overnight shoot, but as usual, I met a lot of new people and had a great time! Had fun with Kristen Lee, Raney Branch, and Sloane Warren, other stand-ins. We got to see some stunt work from Leigh Anne's stunt double who falls off of a bridge. Also, there was another shot where the special effects team had to make it look like her arm was severed but they used someone else under a pile of rubble with only their arm sticking out to indicate that it was the torn limb! It was pretty gross, but fun to watch!
Tuesday, August 22nd: I was a stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon. We shot interior shots of "Marie's house". The apartment we used was in Midtown off of 9th street. It was pretty cool to get to meet Shannyn and Ed Burns, who was also there on set that day. It was also the first day I met JK Delapp, my new buddy on the set, who is the stand-in for Ed Burns.
Thursday, August 24th: I was a stand-in again for Shannyn. We shot some exterior shots outside of St. Charles Deli on Georgia Tech's campus. This was the scene when the character Brian (Johnny) dies. The special effects team created an explosion off of a construction site they built, and it was cool to be part of that experience! They also created the effect of a piece of rebar going through the stomach of the character Brian (Johnny). Kudos to them and the make-up department for making it look so real!
CLICK HERE FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE mini-movie
Friday, August 25th: Today, I was a photo double for the character Beth (Shannyn Sossamon). I was dressed in the exact same clothing and even had to go to hair and make-up to replicate the look. It was the first time I had to wear a wig for a production! I called it my sumo-wrestler wig since that it was it looked like on me, ha ha. Since my hair is long, and Beth's is shoulder-length, I am grateful, though, that they gave me that wig instead of having to cut off my hair :)
Base camp was on the corner of Peachtree Center and JW Dobbs, but the shot that they were filmming was a car scene, so they had a car positioned on a car trailer circling the block. It was another overnight shoot, and they ended up not using me in the shot anyways. But I was excited that my husband James and our friend Josh came out to set to visit me. I was able to show them my new "look" and also to see my trailer! :) So, either way, I had a good time.
Tuesday, August 29th: Today, I worked again as a Stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon. We worked at a beautiful victorian home in Inman Park off Euclid Ave. We shot a few outdoor shots with Shannyn and Ed. But then they had me stay to be a stand-in for the woman who played Beth's mom, Laura Harring. We shot some interior shots with a "younger" version of Beth and her mother.
CLICK HERE For EUCLID HOME SET mini-movie
Wednesday, August 30th: I was a Stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon. Same home, but this was the scene where Beth and Jack visit Mrs. Ford, the foster home where Laurel Layton was living. Me and the other Stand-ins, JK and Angelica, tried to keep ourselves occupied on the back stairs. We actually got done early that day, around 4pm.
Thursday, August 31st: I was a Stand-in today for Karen Beyer, who plays the foster mother of Laurel, Mrs. Ford. This is the scene where Jack and Mrs. Ford discover the nanny cam video in the bear and view the disturbing video. The scene takes place during a stormy night, so it was interesting to see the special fx guys create the rain! And met Joey, who was standing in for Ed Burns since JK went out of town for the weekend.
Friday, September 1st: I was a Stand-in today for Margaret Cho. Kristen, who had been standing-in for Beth, was on set, along with Luther, who was standing in for Ed Burns. We shot the police station scene after Brian dies from the construction site accident. I ran into an old friend, Aaron Simmons, on set. I was supposed to work on his film project last fall.
I thought I was going to leave early that night too, but got drafted to play Jewel's friend. Jewel "video-tapes" a drug deal with her camera phone to show Jack, and I am supposed to be walking with her. They had me dress up in punk clothes, and Linda and Ransom did a great job with my hair and make-up, but I am not sure if you can really even see me in the shot. Let's hope!
Tuesday, September 4th: Once again, I was a stand-in for Margaret Cho today. She only had one scence so I was there for only TWO hours and was allowed to go. It was a quick day!
Thursday, September 7th: Since neither Shannon nor Margaret were on set today, I was asked to come in as an extra at about 5pm for an overnight shoot. I was a burn victim from St. Luke's fire for the opening scene. I had to wear a frumpy hospital gown, they tied my hair up in a messy pony tail, and Sarah and Ransom worked on my "bun" on my forehead. Everyone loved it since it really looked realistic! They did a great job. In our first shot, another extra, Faye, played a nurse, and she and I crossed in front of the bruning building. The special effects were awesome! They blew out the windows in the building, which was really cool to see and I took a video clip of it with my camera. But we'll see if we are even visible in the shot. I saw another friend of mine Jerry who was on Marshall with me, as well as Luther and Sloan from other OMC shoot days as well. We were so into watching all the scenes and the special effects that we were shocked when we were told we were wrapped. Now THAT is unusual!
CLICK HERE FOR ST.LUKE'S FIRE mini-movie
Friday, September 8th: I returned for another overnight shoot as a burn victim. I arrived about 7pm. In the first scene we worked on, another extra, Dave, and I had to cross in front of the little girl "Laurel" on a stretcher. Everyone was saying that you may be able to hear my wailing in the shot. I mean, my goodness, I had a "burn" on my head, I would be freaking out naturally! But we only worked on the fire scene before we broke for lunch, and then they asked everyone to change into regular clothes to be by-standers.
They pulled me after lunch, though, to be a stand-in for Margaret Cho. I was grateful, because then you always feel like you have a purpose and something to do instead of just waiting around. Well, we waited around a lot anyways, but I had some good conversations with Todd in props about the industry, T.A. the hairdresser, and another extra Vince and I were cracking up the whole time, particuarly about a joke with Margaret about her "homeless person" stand-up routine (that ironically she did not remember anything about). It was her last night so I made sure to get my picture taken with her. I think she thought Vince and I were crazy!
Thursday, September 14: Technically, the last day of filmming is Friday, but this was my last day on the set as a stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon (who plays Beth). We were back at the English Avenue School where we had the hospital fire, and we shot the scene where Beth finds Marie's corpse in the air shaft. We filmmed using a crawl space that the art department created just for this shoot. It was hard to breathe in the building because of all of the smoke and dust, but we pulled through. Ed Burns shot a few shots crawling through the "vent", and then he was finished. Today was his last day on set, which also meant it was JK's last day as well. I met Melanie on this shoot, who was the stand-in for Marie's corpse. It was a sad day for me, since I new it was the end of the shoot.
But, keep a look out for the film coming out next year! And check out the other photos on the Gallery Page.
Friday August 18th: I was a stand-in for the actress Margaret Cho. Margaret plays a detective who is investigating these mysterious murders. Other actors on set that night included Shannyn Sossamon and Azura Skye.
It was a long overnight shoot, but as usual, I met a lot of new people and had a great time! Had fun with Kristen Lee, Raney Branch, and Sloane Warren, other stand-ins. We got to see some stunt work from Leigh Anne's stunt double who falls off of a bridge. Also, there was another shot where the special effects team had to make it look like her arm was severed but they used someone else under a pile of rubble with only their arm sticking out to indicate that it was the torn limb! It was pretty gross, but fun to watch!
Tuesday, August 22nd: I was a stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon. We shot interior shots of "Marie's house". The apartment we used was in Midtown off of 9th street. It was pretty cool to get to meet Shannyn and Ed Burns, who was also there on set that day. It was also the first day I met JK Delapp, my new buddy on the set, who is the stand-in for Ed Burns.
Thursday, August 24th: I was a stand-in again for Shannyn. We shot some exterior shots outside of St. Charles Deli on Georgia Tech's campus. This was the scene when the character Brian (Johnny) dies. The special effects team created an explosion off of a construction site they built, and it was cool to be part of that experience! They also created the effect of a piece of rebar going through the stomach of the character Brian (Johnny). Kudos to them and the make-up department for making it look so real!
CLICK HERE FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE mini-movie
Friday, August 25th: Today, I was a photo double for the character Beth (Shannyn Sossamon). I was dressed in the exact same clothing and even had to go to hair and make-up to replicate the look. It was the first time I had to wear a wig for a production! I called it my sumo-wrestler wig since that it was it looked like on me, ha ha. Since my hair is long, and Beth's is shoulder-length, I am grateful, though, that they gave me that wig instead of having to cut off my hair :)
Base camp was on the corner of Peachtree Center and JW Dobbs, but the shot that they were filmming was a car scene, so they had a car positioned on a car trailer circling the block. It was another overnight shoot, and they ended up not using me in the shot anyways. But I was excited that my husband James and our friend Josh came out to set to visit me. I was able to show them my new "look" and also to see my trailer! :) So, either way, I had a good time.
Tuesday, August 29th: Today, I worked again as a Stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon. We worked at a beautiful victorian home in Inman Park off Euclid Ave. We shot a few outdoor shots with Shannyn and Ed. But then they had me stay to be a stand-in for the woman who played Beth's mom, Laura Harring. We shot some interior shots with a "younger" version of Beth and her mother.
CLICK HERE For EUCLID HOME SET mini-movie
Wednesday, August 30th: I was a Stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon. Same home, but this was the scene where Beth and Jack visit Mrs. Ford, the foster home where Laurel Layton was living. Me and the other Stand-ins, JK and Angelica, tried to keep ourselves occupied on the back stairs. We actually got done early that day, around 4pm.
Thursday, August 31st: I was a Stand-in today for Karen Beyer, who plays the foster mother of Laurel, Mrs. Ford. This is the scene where Jack and Mrs. Ford discover the nanny cam video in the bear and view the disturbing video. The scene takes place during a stormy night, so it was interesting to see the special fx guys create the rain! And met Joey, who was standing in for Ed Burns since JK went out of town for the weekend.
Friday, September 1st: I was a Stand-in today for Margaret Cho. Kristen, who had been standing-in for Beth, was on set, along with Luther, who was standing in for Ed Burns. We shot the police station scene after Brian dies from the construction site accident. I ran into an old friend, Aaron Simmons, on set. I was supposed to work on his film project last fall.
I thought I was going to leave early that night too, but got drafted to play Jewel's friend. Jewel "video-tapes" a drug deal with her camera phone to show Jack, and I am supposed to be walking with her. They had me dress up in punk clothes, and Linda and Ransom did a great job with my hair and make-up, but I am not sure if you can really even see me in the shot. Let's hope!
Tuesday, September 4th: Once again, I was a stand-in for Margaret Cho today. She only had one scence so I was there for only TWO hours and was allowed to go. It was a quick day!
Thursday, September 7th: Since neither Shannon nor Margaret were on set today, I was asked to come in as an extra at about 5pm for an overnight shoot. I was a burn victim from St. Luke's fire for the opening scene. I had to wear a frumpy hospital gown, they tied my hair up in a messy pony tail, and Sarah and Ransom worked on my "bun" on my forehead. Everyone loved it since it really looked realistic! They did a great job. In our first shot, another extra, Faye, played a nurse, and she and I crossed in front of the bruning building. The special effects were awesome! They blew out the windows in the building, which was really cool to see and I took a video clip of it with my camera. But we'll see if we are even visible in the shot. I saw another friend of mine Jerry who was on Marshall with me, as well as Luther and Sloan from other OMC shoot days as well. We were so into watching all the scenes and the special effects that we were shocked when we were told we were wrapped. Now THAT is unusual!
CLICK HERE FOR ST.LUKE'S FIRE mini-movie
Friday, September 8th: I returned for another overnight shoot as a burn victim. I arrived about 7pm. In the first scene we worked on, another extra, Dave, and I had to cross in front of the little girl "Laurel" on a stretcher. Everyone was saying that you may be able to hear my wailing in the shot. I mean, my goodness, I had a "burn" on my head, I would be freaking out naturally! But we only worked on the fire scene before we broke for lunch, and then they asked everyone to change into regular clothes to be by-standers.
They pulled me after lunch, though, to be a stand-in for Margaret Cho. I was grateful, because then you always feel like you have a purpose and something to do instead of just waiting around. Well, we waited around a lot anyways, but I had some good conversations with Todd in props about the industry, T.A. the hairdresser, and another extra Vince and I were cracking up the whole time, particuarly about a joke with Margaret about her "homeless person" stand-up routine (that ironically she did not remember anything about). It was her last night so I made sure to get my picture taken with her. I think she thought Vince and I were crazy!
Thursday, September 14: Technically, the last day of filmming is Friday, but this was my last day on the set as a stand-in for Shannyn Sossamon (who plays Beth). We were back at the English Avenue School where we had the hospital fire, and we shot the scene where Beth finds Marie's corpse in the air shaft. We filmmed using a crawl space that the art department created just for this shoot. It was hard to breathe in the building because of all of the smoke and dust, but we pulled through. Ed Burns shot a few shots crawling through the "vent", and then he was finished. Today was his last day on set, which also meant it was JK's last day as well. I met Melanie on this shoot, who was the stand-in for Marie's corpse. It was a sad day for me, since I new it was the end of the shoot.
But, keep a look out for the film coming out next year! And check out the other photos on the Gallery Page.