May 6-9, 2024 I had my first sleep away acting gig. We were shooting a vertical format movie of mini-episodes. This is a remake of a series that has been very successful in China. Apparently, this particular one was the most popular vertical drama in China.
Here's a promotional video for the series, my part starts shortly after 19 minutes. It's a long promotional video. These vertical series are typically viewed in an app on cell phone. This one is apparently called Short TV, tho I've also heard the app called "Shortmax." I haven't actually gotten the app myself.
Thanks to my sister-in-law for finding this clip. She immediately remarked that the real "Raft of the Medusa" is 16'x24', much larger than the one shown in this clip.
Director: Ying Xiao
Production Studio: Paradox Films https://www.paradoxfilmsny.com/
Here are some set pix
The director gave me a nice compliment. She said I was the prettiest grandma in NYC. Swelled head.
I bought myself a little souvenir on my own. Part of the plot includes references to fake antiques. This is such a one.
The team that made this series is very impressive. Since the film uses vertical [aka portrait] format, they can have multiple cameras at once, each one focused on one actor. They only had to do one or two takes of each scene. Normally you get a separate take for each view, but this way they don't have to take separate takes for different views.
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Concerns:
The characters in this show are mostly very poorly behaved. My cast mates compared this show to a series called "Succession," which I haven't seen.
Some of the characters are depicted committing crimes such as commercial bribery and conspiracy to monopolize interstate commerce. A concern I have, as an attorney, is that viewers may not realize that these acts are white collar crimes.
If you see a murder depicted on a a show, I think you know right away that that's a crime. You immediately know that you're not supposed to do that yourself.
I'm not sure if the viewer of white collar crimes -- as shown here -- knows that they are just as much crimes as physical crimes like murder and assault.
I wish there were some kind of warning about the criminal nature of the activity depicted.
#DivorcedBillionaireHeiress #VerticalDrama #ShortTV
Here's an Instagram post that I made about this film.
Here's a trailer of the French dub version
@Short Max Héritière Milliardaire Divorcée
♬ Promoted Music - Short Max
Apparently the English Language version is doing well
This is the instagram account of the production company, in case you're curious https://www.instagram.com/journey.entertainment.official/
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