Four locations , 2 days .

With two days , comes four locations ? Wow .

That actually sounds worse than it is . Today was just one location, at the ballpark , and yesterday was 3 different locations. Today was short , because we had a time limit , but we barely got a break ! To add to the torture, it was 50 bajillion degrees outside.

But, We still had fun doing the scenes. I had to yell a lot , and ended up almost losing my voice. I drank some stuff , so it should be better .

Yesterday .
So, yesterday, ended up being longer then we all expected. We had to film at a movie theatre, (The Bookshelf), and that ended up taking alot more time than anticipated. And, after that , once we had got back to the studio , we still hadn't really eaten lunch , and it was almost dinner time. So, we all went out for dinner. I got pizza :) . After dinner , we decided to head to our street, to replace a scene we had already done . Right after that was finished, we went to a school , a re-shot the hell scene, for the second time. We call it the hell scene, because the first time we did it , it took forever , and no one knew there lines. Then , we replaced Alyssa, so we had to re-do that scene again . The rain was on-off though, so that ended up taking up 2-3 hours as well .  Then , all the footage somehow got lost , so we had to re-shoot it AGAIN .
Luckily , we finished it quickly. But we figured out we had to do at least 70 takes in total .

Later that day , Darius (Turtle) slept over at my house again . We were up late , making a cool video . Then my mom shut us down , so we couldn't finish it until a couple hours ago .


Here it is;

There it is ! Hope you like !

I'll be bloggin'!

-Nik

Night with Darius ,

So , today , I had a long morning , waking up at 6:45 . But , after that , I decided to go check out the Dolgrath's lair set. There were tons of extras , so it was quite crowded . Soon enough Turtle was there with me , and it was an instant party . :)
Not actually , but it got a lot more fun . We met a lot of the extras , and watched them do the scenes . Of course eventually we got bored, so we explored the building , then left.

At my house , we just fooled around , playing video games for a bit . The Turtle, (Being the clumsy fellow he is), missed my hand , when practicing boxing . He slipped , and fell right on his stomache . It was hilarious . 

We somehow got it on camera ? Ya , okay . We'll go with that ..

So yea , that was a funny highlight of our night :)

Then for whatever reason , I got in character , and started drawing .


This is what I came up with :

Its a mix between Dare-bear, and turtle :) Drawn my moi .

So  , We're exited for the long day tomorrow ,

I'll be bloggin' !

Me and Turtskees :)

Half price Apps :) (Off set) Dun nuh nuh nuh !

Hey peoples of the universe . Im with my bud turtskees , and Brownie, GoffyTown . (Tom and Tom) .

We're just hangin at the studio , being bimbos . Later on we're goin to eat some haps . (Hallf prices apps) Not applications , appitizers .
The dolgraths lair is lookin AWESOMEE ! The guy that did all the props and such , is a miracle worker . Im very impressed . So it turtle . And tom . and Tom . And Nick . he got scared . ahahha . sucker .

Me , Tom and Nate .

We're just chillen duuude :)

Half Day

So today , Tom saw at 6 AM that it was raining. He e-mailed everyone saying today was canceled, and then went to bed.

I woke up at ten, and I assumed today was canceled, even though it was nice outside. My mom on the other hand, kept saying it was such a beautiful day, and we should film. So, when Thomas finally woke up , he asked if we would shoot in the forest today. By now it was already 2 o'clock, we did get some of the day off .

Anyways, Today we filmed two more serious scenes. We managed to get them done relatively quickly, which is nice. It was fun, to do two serious scenes in a row. Its a lot different then any other time. I did a scene with Mark (Andrew), and a different one with Darius (Turtle/Nathan). Somehow me and Turtle managed to stare at each other for around a minute, 15 times, and not burst out laughing. I'm proud :)

Well , half a day , so half a post ;)

I'll be Bloggin !
Cheers :)

-Nik

Wilderness Day

So , It seems like the days are just getting more fun as they go . And for whatever reason, times goes by when your having fun ! We're basically half way done shooting, and it feels like its been a couple days! Its incredible how much I've learned already, and I hope to learn even more as the shoot continues. Im having so many different experiences already. I never thought about it like this, but I would probably not go to a forest for the nest 5 years, or act with a man painted fully red, ever . And even more exciting stuff is still coming.

But anyways, today was an awesome day. Shorter than most so far, but still just as fun as the others. Even with the mosquitoes eating us constantly, the stupid bugs being loud, and the annoying people and dogs annoying us, we had a great time. We only ended up shooting like, two and a half scenes, but the were really fun . Although I did get a huge blister on my thumb from stick fighting for around two hours, the stick/sword fighting scene was still awesome. Basically every boy my age, or younger loves to 'sword fight'. Or at least with sticks. Today , we got to do that, and it was freakin' amazing.
I also had to get knocked out. I had to fall on my back at least 15 times. Once I feel right one a big stick too . It hurt a lot.

So, in between takes, I walked over to my mom sitting. They then called me over to do another take. I somehow got a stick caught in my shoelace. I tried to kick it out of my shoe, and it shot right up in my face. It hurt alot, but it was so funny, I couldn't even feel the pain .

So right now, me and Nathan (Turtle, Little Foot, Darius) are having a sleepover, waiting to see if it'll rain tomorrow or not. It it does, we get a day off. We're hoping for the best .

I'll be bloggin'!

Cheers

Bye .

Crazy day, then day off :)

Yesterday was crazy, but awesome. First day the Dolgrath (Baddie) got all painted up, and acted with all of us. It was so fun ! Luckily we didn't have to do any scenes in that stupid boiling hot bedroom. Yesterday was an awesome, and different acting experience compared to all the others. Im really glad I got to be there yesterday :) Even if it was till 1:30 am .

And today, we were supposed to be filming a really awesome day, but instead, I got the day off ! Thats cool too, and we moved what was supposed to be today to next week sometime. Really excited for that :) Today, I saw the sorcerers apprentice . The whole film, I was comparing it to Minds eye. Watching movies is a whole different experience to me now, knowing how its made and all ,

Thanks for reading! I'll be bloggin' !

Nik :)
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Fun Day !

  For whatever reason, today was probably the most fun day in Wellsley so far ! We did a lot of awesome, interesting scenes. We got to tinker with tools and medals, and completely random objects you wouldn't think of in every day life. It was indeed a workshop. It worked beautifully!
  Later on, we did a "math scene", where Dreamworld Nadia suddenly interrupts me doing my math homework. That was fun to do, with a green screen behind Nadia the whole time.
  And we finally got to maybe the most awkward scene we've had to shoot so far. (besides Me and Chloe of course,) where Mark and Elysaa had a little something happening :) All I'm gonna say,. Don't want to spoil anything,

  But overall, today was a great day! It was really nice, having another good actor on screen to play off of. Today felt almost like a different experience, just because of one person. Good work Lily!
This is an example of fun times on the set,. In my previous posts, I talked about how long the days were, and how tiring it got, but not all days are like that. and of course everyday is still fun, just some more fun than others.

Thanks for reading! I'll be bloggin' soon !
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- Nik., [Illi]

Another long, Tiring, Day..

Trust me when I tell you, working for 10 hours, can really wear you out. being on set for 10 hours, not so bad. But when you, not anyone else, just you, have to be in every scene, you can probably literally die somehow, from the workload.

Anyways , today was really fun. Went by surprisingly fast, to my liking .. Lots of jokes today :) Pretty sure most of the young cast cant wait for tomorrow. For the same reason of course, - the recast of Elysaa will be there, and acting with us for the first time. It'll be weird to go straight from meeting her to acting as if she's a best friend.. but oh well . Should be fun and challenging :) 

Reminder to all cast: WASH OFF YOUR MAKEUP. I made the mistake of forgetting a couples days back. Now I have pimples all over my nose, with toothpaste on top to get rid of theme. Trust me, It stings.

Update you after set. :)

- Nik

First 7 days

Ah yes, a week has gone by already !
Over the past week I've learned what being on set, and working is all about. This may not be a multi-million dollar production, but it sure is tough!

If you are assuming that filming is all glamorous, and fun.. you are completly and totally wrong.
Being on set, filming is fun, but it can be amazingly boring also. Dying in the heat, waiting 3 hours for a 30 second long scene, then doing that again, and again, is more tiring than anything I've had to ever endure in my lifetime.

Yesterday, I got to the studio at 9am. I left the set at 12:30am . For all those not so good with numbers, that adds up to 15 and a half hours. I was in basically every scene as well. For 2 hours straight, twice, I had to be under bed covers, sweating more than I would have if I ran a 20 km race! It felt so nice, one I finally got out of that bed.

But, that is just some of the not so good stuff. The people there, all of them, are amazing. All great friends of mine already ! I look up to all of them, and look forward to acting with them further. Mind's Eye is building great realationships for me, and the rest of the cast & crew.
Also just acting itself is a joy. I myself, have always wondered what it would be like to be a different person, acting is a way to let me live a life of someone different than myself. The feeling is just extraordinary.

Be updating Later :)

-Nik.

Welcome!

Hey ! My name's Nik. I'm currently the lead the new tv/web show mindseye!
I'll be blogging (hopefully everyday) about the filming, and what its like to be a newcomer to the world of television!
Some posts will be long, others will be short and rough. Please leave comments on your thoughts and ideas :)

Feel free to check out the site and facebook page !

I'll be updating shortly!

-Nik ;)