My Night At The Breaking Dawn Movie Premiere
November 17th, 2011 at 3:23 am by --KALEB NATION--
Stephenie Meyer and Me
Earlier this week, I was invited to be on the red carpet of the Breaking Dawn movie premiere in Los Angeles. It’s impossible to put into words how thrilling (and caffeine-filled) my night was while spending time in one of the biggest film franchises in the world.
For those few who don’t know, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is one of the most anticipated films of the year. As the first of the two-part final installment in the $2.5-ish billion franchise, the fans know they’re up to their final chance to be a part of the phenomenon. Over 600 people camped out for 5 days, braving the cold and rain in the hopes that they’d be placed near the red carpet when the event finally started, to see their favorite film stars as they would arrive.
A film premiere is a little different on the other side of the barricades. When you’re there as press, you are there for the stars too, but you have a job. Your purpose is to CAPTURE them, to find ways to take the stars from the carpet and send them to their fans all over the world with photos and videos and as many tweets as you can possibly type while simultaneously holding microphones, cameras, lenses and your notes. As press, your job is to be the eyes and ears of the millions of fans who could not be on the red carpet with you. They need your interviews like food.
I remember the moment the limos and sedans started to pull up, and you could hear the shouts of the crowds that lined the streets, people held back by walls and bodyguards. You can really tell who is getting out of the car based on the decibel level of the crowd noise.
The Source Of The Screams
The door will crack open, people will shout, quickly silence — it’s just a Kardashian. The doors of another will part, people will scream for twenty seconds – it’s Peter Facinelli. Like the Pope, the star will sometimes spread his arms open to the crowd, and the shouts will continue dutifully until his hands are finally lowered.
It’s easy to think that’s the loudest it gets when star after star arrives to similar receiving sounds. Jennifer Love Hewitt. Cody Simpson. Some guy who was famous in the 80′s that you can’t remember the name of.
But then Taylor Lautner appears. Oh the screaming. The screaming. The SCREAMING. Imagine a wall of screams and running straight in to that wall. It is like the roar of a high-pitched tsunami sweeping over a city of eagles.
The Target Of The Screams
Then the crowd is really going, the shutters on the cameras are snapping, the press people are calling for attention. Then the premiere has really started. Then you really feel like you’re in the middle of one of the biggest Hollywood events of the year.
Because honestly, there are few things more exhilarating than film premieres where actual honest-to-goodness famous people show up. Red-carpet-goers are constantly surrounded by hoards of publicists who (for reasons that fly entirely over my head) do everything in their power to block their entrusted stars from any and all possible publicity generators (AKA, me). It’s almost a game to get stars’ attention, to convince them to step over and answer YOUR question. You lean over the metal fencing and shout in hopes you’ll get an answer. Sometimes the loudest wins. It’s worth the work: thirty seconds with Kristen Stewart is about 2 million views.
I had a wonderful night with the people of the Twilight franchise. The producers of KALEB’S NATION were also there and we got to spend time together at the afterparty. I sat in the theater a few rows from the lead star of the film, five seats from a Kardashian, one row back from the producer. I saw many of the friends I only see once a year at these events. And I slept very well that night when the caffeine crash finally hit.
See you next year, Twilight fans. – KALEB
Posted in About Me, Kaleb's Nation TV Show, Photos, Twilight
November 16th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
. @DeepestBlueXD I noticed that too. The way she smiled as soon as he said it was NaNoWriMo made me smile. I’m also not a Twilight fan, but I still appreciate her as an author. She seems like she really just loves to write… even if she was one of the lucky ones who got famous and made millions.
November 16th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
@DeepestBlueXD I noticed that too. The way she smiled as soon as he said it was NaNoWriMo made me smile. I’m also not a Twilight fan, but I still appreciate her as an author. She seems like she really just loves to write… even if she was one of the lucky ones who got famous and made millions.
November 17th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
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November 17th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
. I’m not a fan of her writing, but she gave some pretty good advice and as someone who is on my sixth year participating in NaNoWriMo, I love that you asked that question. Thanks, Kaleb!
November 17th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
I’m not a fan of her writing, but she gave some pretty good advice and as someone who is on my sixth year participating in NaNoWriMo, I love that you asked that question. Thanks, Kaleb!
November 17th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
This is incredibly interesting to read, and I think even non-Twilight fans would find this particular blog entry worth reading. It's a side of things I never really think about, and it's like getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse into a world I would never otherwise see. Not to mention this was incredibly well written. “It is like the roar of a high-pitched tsunami sweeping over a city of eagles.” Not only a beautiful sentence, but placed so that it fits into the blog perfectly, without seeming cheesy or out of place. Kudos.
November 17th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
This was very well written , Kaleb. As a fellow member of the press, it was nice to hear from this viewpoint. So glad you had fun. Take care.
November 17th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
I wish you'd blog more. You're a beautiful writer and even as a non-twilight fan, I found this interesting to read. I subscribed to your blog years ago but too be honest, I thought you'd forgotten about this. Please, blog more!
November 19th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
. Love her!!
November 19th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Love her!!
November 20th, 2011 at 10:39 am
. STEPHENIE. ENIE ENIE ENIE. NOT ANIE. GRRR.
November 20th, 2011 at 10:39 am
STEPHENIE. ENIE ENIE ENIE. NOT ANIE. GRRR.
November 21st, 2011 at 12:09 am
. This really did change my view on a lot of things. I love what she says about writing, it is true if you are writing just for fame it will come across in your writing, but if you are writing because you love to then you are a true writer. I am doing Nano and am almost at 70 k
November 21st, 2011 at 12:09 am
This really did change my view on a lot of things. I love what she says about writing, it is true if you are writing just for fame it will come across in your writing, but if you are writing because you love to then you are a true writer. I am doing Nano and am almost at 70 k
November 25th, 2011 at 9:04 am
. I do like Stephanie Meyer (a bit) BUT NO ONE BEATS J. K. “QUEEN” ROWLING
November 25th, 2011 at 9:04 am
I do like Stephanie Meyer (a bit) BUT NO ONE BEATS J. K. “QUEEN” ROWLING
November 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
. @kool001ify I don’t like potter at all, so she is not my queen
November 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
@kool001ify I don’t like potter at all, so she is not my queen
November 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I don’t like potter at all, so she is not my queen
November 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I don’t like potter at all, so she is not my queen
November 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I don’t like potter at all, so she is not my queen
November 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I don’t like potter at all, so she is not my queen
November 26th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
. @dinaa593 well good for you !
that u love A writer who cant write books
November 26th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
@dinaa593 well good for you !
that u love A writer who cant write books
November 26th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
well good for you !
that u love A writer who cant write books
November 26th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
well good for you !
that u love A writer who cant write books
November 27th, 2011 at 10:33 am
. @kool001ify LOL bitch, you don’t know who I love I just said to you I don’t find Pottter crap that much intersting
November 27th, 2011 at 10:33 am
@kool001ify LOL bitch, you don’t know who I love I just said to you I don’t find Pottter crap that much intersting
November 27th, 2011 at 10:33 am
LOL bitch, you don’t know who I love I just said to you I don’t find Pottter crap that much intersting
November 27th, 2011 at 10:33 am
LOL bitch, you don’t know who I love I just said to you I don’t find Pottter crap that much intersting
November 27th, 2011 at 10:51 am
. @dinaa593 man ur a twisted fuck! at least potter teaches us something what does twi-shit teach us NOTING
November 27th, 2011 at 10:51 am
@dinaa593 man ur a twisted fuck! at least potter teaches us something what does twi-shit teach us NOTING
November 27th, 2011 at 10:51 am
man ur a twisted fuck! at least potter teaches us something what does twi-shit teach us NOTING
November 27th, 2011 at 10:51 am
man ur a twisted fuck! at least potter teaches us something what does twi-shit teach us NOTING
November 27th, 2011 at 10:52 am
. Smeyer had a funny Voice when she started speaking thumbs up if you agree
November 27th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Smeyer had a funny Voice when she started speaking thumbs up if you agree
November 27th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Smeyer had a funny Voice when she started speaking thumbs up if you agree
November 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
. @kool001ify for you ironic bitch Twilight is nothing..but for fans it is something. I don’t find her the best in what she does but she did something what every writer dreams about. I don’t find Potter half intersting as some people do. LOTR rules
November 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
@kool001ify for you ironic bitch Twilight is nothing..but for fans it is something. I don’t find her the best in what she does but she did something what every writer dreams about. I don’t find Potter half intersting as some people do. LOTR rules
November 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
for you ironic bitch Twilight is nothing..but for fans it is something. I don’t find her the best in what she does but she did something what every writer dreams about. I don’t find Potter half intersting as some people do. LOTR rules
November 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
for you ironic bitch Twilight is nothing..but for fans it is something. I don’t find her the best in what she does but she did something what every writer dreams about. I don’t find Potter half intersting as some people do. LOTR rules
November 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
for you ironic bitch Twilight is nothing..but for fans it is something. I don’t find her the best in what she does but she did something what every writer dreams about. I don’t find Potter half intersting as some people do. LOTR rules
November 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
for you ironic bitch Twilight is nothing..but for fans it is something. I don’t find her the best in what she does but she did something what every writer dreams about. I don’t find Potter half intersting as some people do. LOTR rules
November 28th, 2011 at 3:19 am
. @dinaa593 well i guess it’s according to a persons taste if ur a retard u like twi-shit if ur cool u like potter
November 28th, 2011 at 3:19 am
@dinaa593 well i guess it’s according to a persons taste if ur a retard u like twi-shit if ur cool u like potter
November 28th, 2011 at 3:19 am
well i guess it’s according to a persons taste if ur a retard u like twi-shit if ur cool u like potter
November 28th, 2011 at 3:19 am
well i guess it’s according to a persons taste if ur a retard u like twi-shit if ur cool u like potter
November 28th, 2011 at 3:47 am
. @kool001ify Your comment is an embarrassment to all Harry Potter fans like me. Learn to write properly before saying you’re one of us.
November 28th, 2011 at 3:47 am
@kool001ify Your comment is an embarrassment to all Harry Potter fans like me. Learn to write properly before saying you’re one of us.
November 28th, 2011 at 3:47 am
Your comment is an embarrassment to all Harry Potter fans like me. Learn to write properly before saying you’re one of us.
November 28th, 2011 at 7:18 am
. @kalebnation its an embarrassment to no one specially not my fellow potter heads. thank you. you should know that i am a big harry potter fan my self
BTW i cant believe i’m talking to you
November 28th, 2011 at 7:18 am
@kalebnation its an embarrassment to no one specially not my fellow potter heads. thank you. you should know that i am a big harry potter fan my self
BTW i cant believe i’m talking to you
November 28th, 2011 at 7:18 am
its an embarrassment to no one specially not my fellow potter heads. thank you. you should know that i am a big harry potter fan my self
BTW i cant believe i’m talking to you
November 28th, 2011 at 7:18 am
its an embarrassment to no one specially not my fellow potter heads. thank you. you should know that i am a big harry potter fan my self
BTW i cant believe i’m talking to you
November 28th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
. @kool001ify Siriusly, I have to agree with Kaleb who by the way rocks!
November 28th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
@kool001ify Siriusly, I have to agree with Kaleb who by the way rocks!
November 28th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
. @kool001ify Well JK Rowling knows how to use punctuation and proper spelling. My friends write like that ‘u’ instead of ‘you’. Its because they never come out form behind their phones. Some people like both. If you ever read the Twilight series and understood it? Then your opinion would be a bit more valid.
November 28th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
@kool001ify Well JK Rowling knows how to use punctuation and proper spelling. My friends write like that ‘u’ instead of ‘you’. Its because they never come out form behind their phones. Some people like both. If you ever read the Twilight series and understood it? Then your opinion would be a bit more valid.
November 28th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Well JK Rowling knows how to use punctuation and proper spelling. My friends write like that ‘u’ instead of ‘you’. Its because they never come out form behind their phones. Some people like both. If you ever read the Twilight series and understood it? Then your opinion would be a bit more valid.
November 28th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
. @kool001ify haha. Well, next time just present your argument with better grammar. It makes people listen to you more
November 28th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
@kool001ify haha. Well, next time just present your argument with better grammar. It makes people listen to you more
November 28th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
haha. Well, next time just present your argument with better grammar. It makes people listen to you more
November 29th, 2011 at 9:57 am
. @kalebnation next time don’t poke your abnormally large nose in to other peoples businesses
November 29th, 2011 at 9:57 am
@kalebnation next time don’t poke your abnormally large nose in to other peoples businesses
November 29th, 2011 at 9:57 am
next time don’t poke your abnormally large nose in to other peoples businesses
November 29th, 2011 at 9:57 am
next time don’t poke your abnormally large nose in to other peoples businesses
November 29th, 2011 at 9:58 am
. @cloudsofloveliness yeah like i give a shit about kaleb ;p
November 29th, 2011 at 9:58 am
@cloudsofloveliness yeah like i give a shit about kaleb ;p
November 29th, 2011 at 9:58 am
yeah like i give a shit about kaleb ;p
November 29th, 2011 at 9:58 am
yeah like i give a shit about kaleb ;p
November 29th, 2011 at 9:59 am
. @dinaa593 yeah its this way
1.Lord of the Rings
2. Harry Potter
3. Twilight
November 29th, 2011 at 9:59 am
@dinaa593 yeah its this way
1.Lord of the Rings
2. Harry Potter
3. Twilight
November 29th, 2011 at 9:59 am
yeah its this way
1.Lord of the Rings
2. Harry Potter
3. Twilight
November 29th, 2011 at 9:59 am
yeah its this way
1.Lord of the Rings
2. Harry Potter
3. Twilight
December 7th, 2011 at 8:09 am
. @kool001ify I was only saying i agreed to Kaleb to you, so when I said that he rocked I was talking to him. Sorry if I didn’t make myself clear enough.
December 7th, 2011 at 8:09 am
@kool001ify I was only saying i agreed to Kaleb to you, so when I said that he rocked I was talking to him. Sorry if I didn’t make myself clear enough.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:53 am
. @kool001ify Yeah I Agree.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:53 am
@kool001ify Yeah I Agree.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:53 am
Yeah I Agree.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:53 am
Yeah I Agree.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:54 am
. @cloudsofloveliness It’s Okay.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:54 am
@cloudsofloveliness It’s Okay.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:54 am
It’s Okay.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:54 am
It’s Okay.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:55 am
. @xxKenziesayholaxx yeah and like i care.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:55 am
@xxKenziesayholaxx yeah and like i care.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:55 am
yeah and like i care.
December 10th, 2011 at 8:55 am
yeah and like i care.
January 3rd, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Wow! You're so lucky! Congrats! Wonderful blog! I enjoyed reading it. You a really lucky guy with an amazing talent. Carry on blogging!
February 19th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
@TheFlameingBurito Well said, my friend, well said
<3 Your homie Bliss
June 2nd, 2012 at 4:30 am
She reminds me a lot of my reading class teacher who has favoritism on students. Nevertheless, great advice!
July 18th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Completely untrue, there are such things as a bad author and bad books. I don’t agree with this advice at all. If you ever want to get good at what you do you have to show it to other people and get there opinions on your story
October 27th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
i worry if others say that my novel has lots of boring spots
December 25th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Why do people get into fights over twilight vs Harry potter? Writers and readers should get along, even when it isn’t ones cup of tea. I, for one, think this advice is pretty good. I like stephenie Meyer
December 31st, 2012 at 8:31 pm
“Don’t do it for the glamour. There’s no glamour” says the bitch on the red carpet