My Teammates Rule

A while ago (a couple weeks?)Yung Yung Yuasked me if I wanted to take part in the 48 Hour Film Project. I thought she wanted me to help with the music, and maybe be an extra or a one-line character.

Thomas Lo directed, and Stephanie Fodorproduced and played a small role, as did Y3 and May Lee Koora. Simon Young was DP and Lara Ding helped out with costumes and general atmosphere maintenance. I ended up being one of the two main characters along with Andrew Lang, who is a real, serious actor, and I think I even ended up with the preponderance of lines.

Now, I'll be the first to say that I can't act.

Well, I canact d ecent and civilized, because I get tired of jail. But I digress.

I spent the whole time filming nearly catatonic with fear that I would ruin the film.

I've seen enough EEG films (and that one William Hung film) to know that bad acting is pitiful, butnot acting is execrable.

So when I found out that our film got Best Acting at the 48 Hour Film Project Awards, I nearly wet myself.

Now, I was lucky. I played a smart-@ss bartender who tries to help an acquaintance while still insulting him at odd intervals.

That's an easy role for me to play; it's my personality.

If I had to play the other role, things would be different.

But they weren't, so there I was.

Any and all credit for my winning an award goes to my team in general and Thomas Lo in particular, for managing to make me look like a 'real' actor. I felt very under-qualified to be there, as I was the least experienced person in the room (in terms of acting).

I am glad I could help my team, and I want to again say that this award is proof of how good theyall are, because they carried me.And I weigh a lot, literally and figuratively.