29th January 2005, 1:26 PM
Thanks everybody, it's been a wild ride so far.
I'm back in Florida right now and i'm going back up to New Orleans Monday. Basically, i've been put in extra's casting and fitting which is where we process the extras as they come in and have them fitted in the 1940's era wardrobe, and then receive a haircut if they need one. Those extras are then given a date and time for the shooting and we're all set for picture on the shoot date.
For the two days I was there we probably went through about 300 people, but production got delayed so those 300 people wont be casted. I was helping the casting people in this weird country area where the fair scene will be, this is where Willie Stark will give a speech in the film. It was really weird seeing the scenics (the guys who take care of alot of the stuff you see on the set as well as painting) build an entire fair (which could have been used as a real town's fair) and then have to take it all down to move to a different location because of the delay in production. Otherwise everything seems to be moving well and I heard they're back on schedule.
I'm concentrating on getting my caddy fixed up so I can take her back up to New Orleans. My next call time, from what i've gathered, seems to be this coming Wednesday so i'm good on time.
I've never seen anything like it before, a giant barn filled with 1940's era clothes, hats and shoes that are probably hand made... every single one of them. And when the extras are fitted in their garb, it's like you just stepped back in time. The extras, most of whom have no acting experience, immediately take on their roles.
The men dressed in suits walk with a classy gate and keep their chins high, nearly aristocratic. The men dressed down in clothes look like they had just survived the depression; they actually take on a look of humble melancholy. The women, regardless of their financial state are almost aggressively proper and polite, holding their hand bags with crossed gloved hands, even the way they talk takes on a feel of the 40's. No acting experience, but with the wardrobe they fell right in to character. Really really cool stuff.
And no, I didn't show anyone the Darunia movie. If I did, I would be arrested and shot. :D
I'm back in Florida right now and i'm going back up to New Orleans Monday. Basically, i've been put in extra's casting and fitting which is where we process the extras as they come in and have them fitted in the 1940's era wardrobe, and then receive a haircut if they need one. Those extras are then given a date and time for the shooting and we're all set for picture on the shoot date.
For the two days I was there we probably went through about 300 people, but production got delayed so those 300 people wont be casted. I was helping the casting people in this weird country area where the fair scene will be, this is where Willie Stark will give a speech in the film. It was really weird seeing the scenics (the guys who take care of alot of the stuff you see on the set as well as painting) build an entire fair (which could have been used as a real town's fair) and then have to take it all down to move to a different location because of the delay in production. Otherwise everything seems to be moving well and I heard they're back on schedule.
I'm concentrating on getting my caddy fixed up so I can take her back up to New Orleans. My next call time, from what i've gathered, seems to be this coming Wednesday so i'm good on time.
I've never seen anything like it before, a giant barn filled with 1940's era clothes, hats and shoes that are probably hand made... every single one of them. And when the extras are fitted in their garb, it's like you just stepped back in time. The extras, most of whom have no acting experience, immediately take on their roles.
The men dressed in suits walk with a classy gate and keep their chins high, nearly aristocratic. The men dressed down in clothes look like they had just survived the depression; they actually take on a look of humble melancholy. The women, regardless of their financial state are almost aggressively proper and polite, holding their hand bags with crossed gloved hands, even the way they talk takes on a feel of the 40's. No acting experience, but with the wardrobe they fell right in to character. Really really cool stuff.
And no, I didn't show anyone the Darunia movie. If I did, I would be arrested and shot. :D