With me being a fan of movies and enjoy how they are made I decided to go down and find out a little about it. I saw these guys dressed in very realistic alien costumes and one of them was yelling at a man with a megaphone, I figured was the director.
I asked a nearby person what was going on, and she said "We're shooting an alien invasion flick and this is supposed to be the scene where those aliens over there get out of the ship, and that loud mouth there as a problem with how he's supposed to walk" and I replied "Stuck up actors" she laughed and said "HEY! You're about the same size as him, there isn't any dialogue and if something happens with that guy maybe you'd be able to take his place". I looked at her with a bit of a surprised look on my face and asked if she was serious and she replied "Yeah why not. This guy is a hot head and I wouldn't expect that he's going to be around much longer. Stick around and see what happens."
So I hung around and checked out the behind the scenes of a movie stuff. I walked by where the alien dude and the director were arguing and saw that they’re still going at it. Then the director snapped. He ripped the alien head of the guy, and told him he was fired. I ran to the girl I was talking to earlier and asked her if she still thought there was a chance to take his place. She looked around and said "Yeah common I'll introduce you to the boss man."
We walked over and the director looked at me then looked at her and asked who I was. She told him that she thought I'd make a good replacement for the guy that was fired. He looked at me again and agreed to give me a shot.
They then sent me to a trailer, where they suited me up. When they were done I looked in a mirror and the realism blew me away. The mask was comfortable and felt like my real face and when I spoke it sounded as though the mask wasn't even there, and the rest of the suit felt like it was my real skin.
I walk out and went to the set. The director told me what he wanted to see and I'll admit what he wanted was kind of weird. He wanted me to walk in a marching fashion but I had to take 3 fairly large steps with my right foot and follow it up with a giant step with the left. Walking like that is uncomfortable and it's hard to maintain balance, so I can understand why the other guy didn't like it. All in all though it wasn't so bad.
After the shoot I offered to help pack things up. I got to know some of the guys there and they invited me to a little get together at on of their places. We sat around talking about the movie and how big they think it'll be. I talked to some of the editors on the picture and they told me what kind of equipment and software they use which I found fascinating and they said when they get into the post part of the movie that they would let me watch how it's done.
When the little party ended I set out on my way back to my place. I stopped into the store like I had originally intended and the guy at the counter screamed when he saw me, and was threatening to call the cops on me. I pleaded with him to calm down and I looked at my hands and saw that I was still in the alien costume. I explained to the guy what was going on and he felt so bad about freaking out that he gave me a free bag of chips.
I left the store and continued down the road. A little further down I saw 2 figures, they were walking a little funny and I was skeptical about whether they were friendly or not. As I drew closer I noticed that they were in the same alien costume as I figured that they were the 2 from the movie. When I reached them I said "Hey guys. Man these costumes are comfortable eh? I had completely forgotten I was wearing it and freaked out the shop clerk in the store back there." They looked at me with a blank expression and there was a long pause. After a minute I said "Ok well... I'll see you guys around, taker easy" and when I went to walk past them they grabbed me and I saw this flash of light.
The next thing I knew I was in this room and in there I saw hundreds of people in alien suits. I walked over to a window, I looked out, and saw the earth and it was getting smaller. Now as you can imagine I was freaking out. Which I look back now and see how that might have been a bad Idea because it attracted the attention of all the other guys in the room. They put me in a locked room and a few hours later a guy came in and sat down. "What's going on here? Who are you people?” I asked, "We are the ginsma" he replied and asked, "Who are you and how did you get on our ship?" I told him what happened and how I ended up there. He then got up and left the room. About an hour or so later he came back and said "We have decided to bring you back to your planet, we do not wish to harm you or your people and we apologize for the trouble". I thanked them and they sent me back.
When I came back to my room I saw a basket of fruit on my desk, and there was a card that read "Sorry again for the abduction." I ate a pear took off the alien costume and went to bed. The next day I went to where the movie was being shot but there was nothing there, not even tire tracks, the place looked as if there hadn't been anything there in months. I walked around and saw a guy working on a lawn mower, I walked up to him and said "Hey there, you wouldn't happen to know how I could get a hold of the guys who were shooting that movie here last night would you?" and the man looked at me like I was crazy and said "There was no movie being made anywhere around here". I thanked him and decided to check out the guys apartment that the after party was at, but when I got to the room there was an old couple living there and said that they have been there for years and that they knew nothing about any party. I then figured I'd just let it go and get on with life. I popped into the store for a drink and when I was paying for it I said "Sorry about last night I didn't mean to scare you" and the clerk said he didn't know what I was talking about. I told him that I was in the alien costume, but he still claimed to have no idea what I was talking about.
I then figured it was all just a dream I had and went home. I went to my room to take a little nap and I looked on my desk, and I saw the fruit basket with the card that had the apology on it.
Pretty weird eh?
Ok that's enough for me. Have a good one!
- Richard
veddam
12 Comments
lol
great story - *winks*
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)