Roulette

"About Roulette:
ROULETTE is a feature film shooting in the Baltimore and Howard County areas throughout the fall. It marks the first commercial collaboration between Four-Fingered Films and J65 Productions, whose last pairing led to a decisive win at the 2006 Towson Media Arts Festival. Shooting began on August 11th, 2008.
Visit ROULETTE at The Internet Movie Database. Image Hosted by ImageShack."
SO, during the typically cold and bitter month of September, our best friend Alex, Ande and I managed to find some fun when we headed out to Kings Contrivance restaurant in Columbia, Md to take part as extras in the independent film "Roulette."
Alex had always been a supporter of our acting enthusiasm, while also occasionally saying that he wished he could take part in our endeavors but was not sure he was quite 'brave enough' to try it out. We knew that he would love it though, and so one Friday night over a couple of beers, we convinced him to come along for the ride as an extra in "Roulette" with us. Well, despite his initial nervousness, Alex did end up having a great time, and said he knew even more why my sis and I were so animate about our acting. We also thought he was definately a natural as we'd suspected! ;)
During one scene, we were seated at a table behind two main actors. There we engaged in trying to simultaneously read each other's minds and mouths, from which myriad crazy stories were forthcoming-stream of consciousness in style. All the while, we were sipping on rum and coke(aka coke),and white wine,(aka),grape juice, while wishing it were something else...;)
The most entertaining scene to take part in was the bar scene. Alex and us were pretending to be partying it up until showing expressions of disgust and bewilderment once the heated bar scene commenced. During this scene, the character Richard Kesler played by our fellow friend and actor Will Haza, attempts to make a play on his best friend, the character John Tokaz,(Troy), and is sorely disappointed when his friend blatantly disapproves of his efforts. Being bar patrons gets particularly amusing while watching Kesler consume shots of real Jack Daniels during each and every take! The scene ends with the rather aggravated bartender, played by Frank Lama, announcing last call to Kesler, who adamantly displays his anger at his friend by cursing while storming out of the bar.
The entire cast and crew were all talented professionals who also clearly liked to have a good time whilst engaging in their art. Laura was the executive producer and Erik Myers was the director, both of whom are amicable and thought-provoking individuals.
To find out more about this film, and ALL of the masterminds behind it in greater detail, check out...http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=385441631
Oh, and I speak some in the part titled:
VIDEO DIARY: "Wrap Party Uno" (view more)
We also have some shots of us in the wrap party and King's Contrivance photos that can be 'scene' on this site. All in all being involved with this production was an intriguing and eye-opening experience. Ande Alex and I all hope to also take part in the crew's next upcoming film, "Garage Band."