October 18, 2006
Almost family
The television crew are starting to almost feel like family. They film from 7.30am until 7.30pm and start arriving and leaving maybe an hour before and an hour after that. I see more of them than I do my husband! These first three days they have been filming almost continously in the house next to ours. While I'm working I'm facing a window which in turn faces a window of a room in which most of the action occurs. So my day is punctuated with 'Action' and 'Cut' and people scurrying down the path between the two houses to adjust lights.
Everytime I leave the house I have to walk past the make-up station (on the next door neighbour's lawn), an impromptu 'cafe', (also on their lawn), the wardrobe van, the ironing board (on the pavement outside no. 16), the location manager and various cables, and bits and pieces which vary depending on filming that day. There is also the poshest looking port-a-loo I've ever seen!
Each morning the contents of the neighbour's house are piled in the adjacent laneway and then returned each evening after which the neighbour's return for the night. This morning they were very excited to discover a tiny piece of their backyard in a photo in one of the local papers which had a small article about the upcoming series.
The location manager and his assistant even made sure that all our wheelie bins were returned to our houses after the weekly rubbish collection. What will we do without them when they leave?
Posted by Faith