CAMERA LEFT - HOT SET

Man, there is a lot to learn about making movies. They use a whole different language. I don't want to let on that I do not know what they are talking about half the time. Thank God for Lola. She has been around the business long enough to have learned the lingo...BLOCKING - CAMERA RIGHT - CAMERA LEFT - HOT SET - OUT TIME - DOLLY - CHECKING THE GATE...on and on.

So the first day the director yells at me "Camera Left" ...so I move left, He scream "You idiot, I said Camera Left". Turns out that actors and extras facing the camera need interpret the directions as opposite. So if you are facing the camera and are asked to move a few steps camera right you will actually move to your left. You are expected to know all this stuff. They have no patience for teaching a newbie. If you are not lucky enough to have someone take pity on you, you could easily be kicked off the set. Time is money! Lucky for me I have Lola. 

On the first day she invited me to her place for a quick lesson and a quickie. Both were immensely gratifying. I convinced her that I might need a few more lessons before I was comfortable on the set and she agreed to accommodate my needs... you know what I mean.

ADJUSTMENT is a term I learned today...an adjustment is when your pay is increased above your base pay rate. That is what happen to me and Lola today. That is one term I could learn to love.