I failed to tell you dear reader(s) that the self-taped audition I submitted last year was successful and before Christmas I found out that I had landed the role of Geoff in my first student film. Filming was delayed by Christmas and the eternal problem of balancing diaries but we finally completed filming last Sunday.
Entitled ‘How Many Spoons of Sugar?” is a gritty thriller and I was working alongside actors Charlotte Fox and Alin Balascan. It was a long day of filming but very enjoyable – despite being hit across the head with a picture frame (don’t ask)!!
I felt particularly sorry for the students whose house we descended on. To see them slowly emerging on a Sunday morning to be faced with three actors and a crew of five I can imagine was rather disconcerting.
With shooting complete I look forward to seeing the finished article in due course. And, looking ahead into 2016 I plan to take things up a notch and have already prepared an email which will shortly be sent to all relevant agents and casting director in order to introduce myself and seek representation.
Whether anything comes of it I don’t know – but, hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained!
William Baylis 