Vomit Shot

We drove through LA traffic together, brother and sister, not knowing what we'd actually see. Following driving directions don't come naturally for us but we ended up finding the parking lot we were to wait in while a van weaved it's way to us- The Writer and his sister. A few extras arrived and we all made small talk about the weather and the traffic and call times until the air conditioned van finally arrived.

The set was in someones home. an earlier scene took place inside the home while the scene we were to see would happen in the garage. there was a constant flurry of people talking on headsets, walking to and from black tents and smiling. i noticed that everyone really did seem to be enjoying what they were doing. after a few minutes of chit chat and poking around The Writer knew which scene they were starting and looked into my eyes with a warning, "This is a killing scene- you ready?" The show is Dexter- I would be let down if I came to see a touching family moment, I came to see some BLOOD.
We walked around the house to the garage noticing people exiting with looks of disgust on their faces saying things like, "You sure you wanna bring her in?", "Oh man- it looks too real", "You ready?"
We turned the corner and saw what a fan of the show would expect- a room completely covered in plastic. One light hanging from the ceiling with a table in the middle of the room. Standing next to the table was Dexter and on the table- well, on the table was a body and blood. Lots of blood. I have a picture of the body but it's NSFW...or for most people, but if you really want to see it send me a comment and I'll shoot it your way.
The guy who made the body was carefully examining each section making sure there was enough blood and insides hanging out. Each piece- the foot, the calf, the thigh, the mid-section, the chest, parts of the arms, the head were expertly positioned to look as though they were mangled during a sawing from the rest of the body.
People milled around looking at it from this angle and that. "Well, we have Scott to thank for this scene!" Scott beamed and pulled me towards the monitors so we'd be out of the way during filming. The body looked cool in person but on camera it was eerily real, almost as if the eyes would open at any minute.
Later on we were driven to another location where they filmed a scene in an alley. The area was full of extras trying to stay busy while they waited to be pushed or pulled into the right position.
It was during this scene that the actors called Scott- The Writer- my brother over for a consult. They encircled him and asked him and asked him questions, needing clarification for the scene. It was a great moment.

We left the filming while it was still in full swing. We even found our way back to the parking lot and to a delicious In and Out for a late night dinner. Nothing like a good burger after blood and guts!