At one point in my tour of Camille's body with the camera I realized what she was doing. She was following my old direction, she was acting out the moment she was going to perform in a few days. She was dying slowly.

At one moment she let her head drop back, her eyes open, fixed in nothing, beyond the walls, beyond the ceiling. That was my clue.

I got near Camille and grabbed her head, pushing it forward.

She let her head fall forward, as if her muscles were no longer working, her eyes were still open fixed beyond anything, just like I taught her for the role.

She was done, she was 'dead', the session was over. I was glad.

I walked back to set the camera on the tripod again, to get a longer shot of her limp, hanging body before ending the session.