Watch Out Hollywood...Here Comes The Next Audrey Hepburn

“Yeah, sure, sounds like fun,” I manage to spill out as I survey my reflection in the dusty window pane. I had forgotten that I was standing in the dorm hallway looking disheveled, to say the least. I had on slippers, shorts, a tank top, and to set off the look, big round hot rollers in my hair, sticking up at all angles, creating an illusion that they were actually part of my head. I press the back of my cell phone to the front, closing the worn metal device, and run for my closet.
A friend just called me up to see if I wanted to act in one of his sketches, and thinking this was my chance to get my acting debut, or at least be on LATES’ website, I accepted the offer. I had just 15 minutes to disguise myself as pretty, in fancy clothes and heals, and then run up to the field to shoot the sketch.
When I got there I didn’t really know what I was getting into, you never do know with film majors, and with LATE…..
Before I go any further let me first explain what LATE is. LATE is Biola’s late night comedy show. The show started this year, and it stands for Los Angeles television experience. On the show students create skits and discussion that is suppose to enrapture Biola with intense laughter, and then they have a live taping Thursday night at 8. If you miss the taping, you can catch LATE on its website. The show is a great way for students to get comedy, production, and film experience, and is highly recommended if you just want to laugh.
The shoot for the sketch didn’t take long, and I just followed around my friend like a ventriloquist to a dummy, as he told me where to sit, what to say, and how to say it.
The sun was bright, and I tried to forget the camera was practically stalking me with its lingering stare, I tried to forget a roomful of people were going to stare intently at me when they watched this, I tried to forget how ridiculous I felt, and once I did that it became really fun.
The premise of the skit was for Valentine’s Day. We just meet each other, and we were communicating through candy hearts, in a, anything but romantic conversation. For a clearer outline of the story go to LATES’ website and you can see it for yourself! http://www.mcom.biola.edu/ev/late/
When the shoot was over, I was genuinely surprised at how cute the whole thing turned out. I was excited it was going to be on LATE, excited to be apart of this comedy experience, and excited that the jumbo hot rollers that were in my hair about an hour ago never meet the face of the camera.