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Extras work – you might be edited out
Long hours spent waiting around for the film crew to prepare the scene before the real cast appear and show us their years of acting training – that‘s an extra’s day’s work. To survive as an extra, the main rule you need to clearly remember is – don’t look at the camera. If an extra [...]
Continue reading...What does a gofer do on set?
19. April 2012
Essentially, the gofer goes for this and goes for that. Anything required arranging on set can be the gofer’s responsibility. The real name for the position is production assistant, also known as a PA. If you are good at fetching coffee, copying screenplays and moving both crew and equipment to specific locations which might be [...]
Continue reading...Without the boom, the movie fails
17. April 2012
Without the technically proficient boom operator, the movie will struggle to pass the real deal. When people’s voices drift in and out of the scene as they move across the stage, you know the boom operator wasn’t trained properly and the production team have failed to over-ride the problem in Foley. Boom operators work with [...]
Continue reading...Academy Awards® 2010 nominations
3. February 2010
The nominees (from movies in 2009) are… Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourous Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air Best Actor In A Leading Role Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up In The Air Colin Firth – Single Man Morgan [...]
Continue reading...London Olympics 2012.
19. September 2008
Beijing was wonderful. I’ve already talked about how the opening and closing ceremonies were so well planned and produced, with movie scale budgets. I thought I’d write a piece about the closing ceremony, which was excellent. I thought I’d write a post about the wonderful British section, where they accepted the flag and then introduced [...]
Continue reading...Olympics Beijing 2008
8. August 2008
Opening ceremony – outstanding! How many times did you say ‘wow!’? Firstly, apologies guys, this one beats all previous openings. How will the Brits beat that in 2012? What would you have produced with the sort of financial plan used in that wonderful opening ceremony? The budget just for the fireworks alone would be sufficient [...]
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