My 2 seconds part 4

first scene adventure part 2

The first part that was shot was Ben Affleck's character running into the Hard Rock with baby carrier in tow. Now I had been placed at the back of the Cafe, and thought there is no way I'll ever be seen on camera. With his entrance the camera panned right across where I was standing (thus the 2 seconds of camera time that I have in this movie). They shot several takes, and several angles. They were using a plastic baby for this part.

Another advantage we had for being in the back, was we were close to the camera action. The Producer Scott Mosier, Director Kevin Smith and DP Vilmos Zsigmond were busy scurrying around behind where we were.

At one point we broke for lunch. The lunch was very nice. We were in our tented holding area for lunch. Afterwards, the group I was hanging out with went outside the tent to chill. Laura took off to go to the bathroom and when she did, we noticed Ben Affleck talking on his cell phone not 5 feet from where we were. She noticed him and did a back step to let us know.

While standing there we saw Kevin Smith's daughter playing catch with someone. Then Kevin and his wife arrived and she ran over giving them hugs and kisses. It was very sweet. The building around us had gathered some onlookers in the windows.

After lunch we went back for more of the scene. There were infant twins that were playing the part of the daughter in this scene. At one point we were informed that we were limited on time because the children could only be on camera for so long.

The next stuff that was shot was Ben's character trying to keep us reporters calm and busy until Will Smith was to arrive (he wasn't actually coming, just for the scene). The child was to be crying and Ben's character had to bring her out on stage.

When they would cut, I expected him to hand off the baby to someone, but instead he stood there making faces and talking to the infant. It was really sweet and I think he is going to make a good Dad (side note. He and Jennifer Garner are expecting at the writing of this story).

One thing that really struck me about Affleck was his ability to hit his lines. He had to say the same thing over and over, and he hit his mark every time.

We had some other breaks in between them setting up different shots. During one of our breaks we met Tina who worked for SNL. She was an artist for the show.

At one point someone's cell phone did ring during a scene and as soon as they cut it was "please turn all cell phones off".

There was some stuff that was shot this day that did not make it into the final cut of the film. Some of which I personally thought was funny and hope that if there is a special edition on DVD, that they will include as deleted scenes.

We shot way into the night. Which was kind of surreal. I went outside at one point and it was really dark. From inside it looked like it was still noon, because of the HMI lighting.

At the end of the night, we all got in line to leave. They were giving out parking voucher. So the $21 all day parking was taken care of by the Movie. When I was in line I started a conversation with the woman in front of me. She asked me where I was from and I said Ohio. To which she asked "Are you Shawn?" It was Tina who introduced me and Ron. I called Ron over and introduced them in real life.

To be continued.....