Good! Now let's do it again.

Perhaps that’s most directors’ favorite phrase. In fact, the Simpsons TV show makes light of it in the “Radioactive Man” episode:

Director: We've got to do the "jiminy jillikers" scene again, Milhouse.

Milhouse: [quietly angry] But we already did it. It took seven hours,

but we did it. It's done!

Director: Yes...but we've got to do it from different angles! Again and

again, and again and again and again!

Milhouse: Aah! [gets dragged out screaming]

We haven’t yet had to drag out any of our ChristianScience on YouTube actors screaming against their own will, although I’m not surprised if we’re due for one soon. You see, our actors are all volunteers and we put them through so very much!

In our “Not just positive thinking” video, our actors had to pretend as if they were unsure whether gravity would work for them. With that premise, you can imagine they went through some pretty crazy wobbles and contortions:



Did you hear that last line? I can assure you that it wasn’t just “one more time,” and we have about 7 other takes on tape to prove it!

I have a theory about why directors request so many takes from their actors. I think it’s because the director really has no clue what he’s looking for. He figures that the more he sees the scene play out in from of him, the more he’ll find out if that’s what he’s looking for. I can say from personal experience, that’s how I sometimes operate! If we keep trying different things, we’re bound to end up with something that both fits the vision and plays out well in real life.

For the gravity video, we filmed outside around Boston, and our actors have to be fearless about performing in front of others....



Even through the blurred blue, you should be able to sense some intrigued and confused looks. God bless our actors!

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