Keeping Up with the Jones': Movie work

I was recently invited to participate in a movie film as an extra. I have always wanted to do this, not to see myself on camera but just to be a part of the process and see how it is done. When I was a kid, I thought about being a cameraperson and think I would have enjoyed that. Today, I finally got my opportunity. It was thrilling...and boring....and thrilling again. It's one of those hurry up and wait type things. I had to leave the house at 6:15 am to be at the Carrollton courthouse by 7:30. I got there right on time, and expected to be in a big crowd of extras. But there weren't very many of us, which was kinda nice because we got to meet each of the actors and interact with them all day long. There were only 8 of us extras - 4 men and 4 women.

The movie is a thriller called "Sinking Sand". I didn't know any of the stars in it but they all have an established movie/film career. They each came up to us and introduced themselves and shook our hands or high fived us. They were all very friendly and most of them were very funny as well. I enjoyed my time with them. The time off set was boring but I enjoyed having some down time and getting some stuff done. I even finished a book I was reading. Once the extras started talking to each other, everyone opened up and had a better time. The guy behind me who lives in Carrollton turned out to be a classmate of mine from high school. We were in the same class and graduated together from high school. Neither one of us remembered the other one though. :) Two of the ladies were from Pebblebrook and she got excited when I mentioned that my daughter went there as she looks up to her since she is an upperclassman. One of the actors thought she recognized me. I thought she looked familiar too, but I guess I could have easily seen her on TV or movies before....don't know where she would recognize me from. :)

I can't wait to see the finished product!! Here is the info from IMDB:

Directed by

Brian Yarbrough

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)

Glynis Becker
Brian Yarbrough

Cast


Jenn Gotzon	...	Brooke McHenry
Zoe Myers	...	Miss Foster
Kevin Sizemore	...	Josh
Sandra Elise Williams	...	Mrs. Connors
Kwajalyn Brown	...	Assistant DA
Nicole Kovacs	...	Amber
Tom Clark	...	Daniel McHenry
Jim E Chandler	...	Tyler Griffin
Dominick Racano	...	Judge
Susie Hohenstein	...	Mrs. Mills
Holly Morris	...	Evie Page
Rod Landivar	...	Bailiff
Therese Lambert	...	Secretary