ver the years my sister has told me, in no uncertain terms, that I have no control over my facial expressions and that eventually, if they hadn't already, they would get me in trouble. That there were so many of them that she, after all these years, still had a hard time interpreting each eye-brow raise, twist of lips and rapid eye movement.Yesterday, I finally saw with my own eyes what she meant.
In the morning, Judson Matthews and I shot my portion of the forthcoming Kickstarter video proposal. The last time I had to do anything akin to acting was Shakespeare & Company in fourth grade. Fortunately, Jud's an old hand and after a few rounds of takes we closed it out. He now needs about a week to edit those takes with footage he took the previous two days of B roll (time with little kids and their families, shots of an illustrator sketching out dry-erase board images) before I can then submit the project to Kickstarter for their approval.
After the shoot, I caught some of our session's playback. Jud did a great job making the scene look crisp and professional. But man, I had no idea that the face had so many moving parts. I also noticed the big difference I felt as a viewer when watching the presenter smile as opposed to being serious. Needless to say, you are all right: I should smile more.
The other good news from yesterday is that I now have an illustrator, Claudia Santillan, who put together this sketch of my pseudonym, Hooey Savvy. I look forward to working with Claudia as Hooey starts to hover off the ground.
