Hans has been on
set for 3 days now. The first day, he did some "background" work. The
second day, he was in front of the camera delivering dialogue for the first
time. He was a little nervous. The third day, he got to go back in front of
the camera. After some filming, the kids were on a break. Hans announced to
everyone that he can no longer do background as it is boring, and he will only
be a "principle actor" from then on!
I was mortified.
3 days and such an ego already?!
I started that post on Friday, May 1st. Today is May
19th. Between then and now, Hans and I have been talking a lot about respect,
work ethic and appropriate behaviour on the set. There are days I feel like he
is only 6 years old and this is a bit much for his age?! But then there are
days I have to tell myself that if this is what Hans wants to do for a very
long time, he needs to understand and follow rules.
On a lighter note, several kids have been caught on
camera with their fingers up their noses; some have even picked and consumed their
boogers!! Ewww, but true!! It is never too early to have the talk about being
on one's best behaviour when one is in front of a camera or anywhere else for
that matter!!
And so it begins...
