This has been the best weekend I've had for a looong time. If yesterday was good, this was even better...
We did some more of the same with the whole filming/vision mixing for talks in addition to wondering around with gleeful expressions whilst holding a camera and rubbing shoulders with international actors.
i was honoured to be asked to film an interview with Caroline Munro - ex Bond girl - and the director, producer and actors of an upcoming sci-fi show (I have unforgivably forgotten the show's name at this moment in time). it went well. we got to talk with the guys after the interview and the director was generous enough to spend 10 minutes with me talking about the industry and feeding me well with advice. i will find out the name of the show soon and the director's name because i really owe him a hell of a lot of gratitude. afterwards, Caroline remarked of me and Reece, "I love these guys" so I will forever claim truthfully that a Bond girl has said that she loves me. hey...some things are worth milking..
after the final event of the weekend finished (a sci-fi version of Family Fortunes), we wrapped and finished with "the dead dog's dinner". here, the technical crew were treated to a tasty roast dinner with the stars. i sat opposite Peter Jurasik and we chatted. again, the man was a diamond and he happily gave advice, a picture and personal autographed message to a young, enthusiastic student hoping to work within the film/television industries. i won't forget that soon. Mary McDonnell graciously apologised to me, Reece and Liz for not having enough time to give an interview to us earlier and the night ended with karaoke. We made our departure as Robert Picardo took to the stage...
On reflection, this weekend was quite simply, brilliant. i was given the chance to work with professional actors, a suitable amount of real-life pressure (filming knowing that hundreds of people might be watching) as opposed to having the comfort of filming say on a studio day where we'd just be making programs for us to see and all of this within a ridiculously friendly environment. there was a real sense of community and everyone seemed to see one another as family whether they were from Bournemouth, Manchester, Denmark or even Australia. i have no doubts that when various visitors said to us that the weekend was "the highlight of my year", they were telling the truth. i must confess that i feel a bit bad that i had access to their heroes for free when they literally had to fork our hundreds to be here. I also have no doubt that next year, I would like to come back even if I had to work 126 hours.
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