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CANADIAN VS US DOLLAR TODAY I got a nice surprise at the bank today. I cashed my royalty cheque from an American film production company....the Canadian dollar is now .76th of a US dollar.....for those of you who keep telling me to stay out of US politics because I don't have a stake in the game........My take-home pay-out was a lot bigger than the cheque amount..... |
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What a pleasant thing for you..... but now you have piqued curiosity. It sounds like a royalty check is something you would receive for being in a movie or commercial. Care to elaborate? Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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What a pleasant thing for you..... but now you have piqued curiosity. It sounds like a royalty check is something you would receive for being in a movie or commercial. Care to elaborate?
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Sorry, but I don't give out that information on line due to privacy concerns.This blog is about the effect that the US dollar has on my royalty cheques....I should have known that the focus would switch to the movie itself......
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I actually went on a casting call for extras just to keep my teenage daughter company. So they took photos and I filled in a form and just forgot about it.....a month later I got a call....not for an extra, but for a major role in the movie. I went to the production office for the interview. The process was fascinating.....they put me in costume and did a photo shoot with period staging and I got the job......There was a lot of waiting around. The director took note of my curiosity and told me to go ahead and visit the different departments.....I had the time of my life......There was even a department whose job it was to make props and costumes look old......for instance, a hand-made leather jerkin. There were 5 identical ones made. The character wore it in a lot of scenes including a dunking and a sword fight. Thing is, movie scenes are not filmed in consecutive order, so the fight scene would be filmed before the scenes where the jerkin is new, etc. It was a lot of fun.....
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I actually went on a casting call for extras just to keep my teenage daughter company. So they took photos and I filled in a form and just forgot about it.....a month later I got a call....not for an extra, but for a major role in the movie. I went to the production office for the interview. The process was fascinating.....they put me in costume and did a photo shoot with period staging and I got the job......There was a lot of waiting around. The director took note of my curiosity and told me to go ahead and visit the different departments.....I had the time of my life......There was even a department whose job it was to make props and costumes look old......for instance, a hand-made leather jerkin. There were 5 identical ones made. The character wore it in a lot of scenes including a dunking and a sword fight. Thing is, movie scenes are not filmed in consecutive order, so the fight scene would be filmed before the scenes where the jerkin is new, etc. It was a lot of fun..... As for the exchange rate of money, I never understood much of that anyway, because I've never been anywhere to need to do it. But I did find an old 1 and a 5 Canadian bill in some of Joe's stuff we were sorting yesterday. His first wife was from northern Maine and some of her family was from Canada. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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See? That's the interesting part..... a glimpse into another person's life experiences. I think it sounds fascinating, but I would be like Bijou, too shy and insecure to do such a thing. As for the exchange rate of money, I never understood much of that anyway, because I've never been anywhere to need to do it. But I did find an old 1 and a 5 Canadian bill in some of Joe's stuff we were sorting yesterday. His first wife was from northern Maine and some of her family was from Canada. Anyways, when the DVD of the movie came out, they phoned me and asked me to come to a dinner party. They served up a wonderful dinner replete with white linen and polished silver napkin rings and cutlery.. Then I was led into the living room and the chair of honour in front of the TV. Then I was handed the remote and told that we were going to watch the movie and I was to pause it and tell them stories about the production........ I loved that they left it up to me instead of asking questions......They have all passed away now.
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What a wonderful experience! Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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What a wonderful experience!
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That is funny Sparkle you post a blog comparing the Canadian $$ to the US $$. Your royalty cheque piqued interest as it was for the American film production. You certainly have done some interesting things in your life.
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