Acting is a job
If you have a background (extra) or principle performers are, you have to remember that acting is a job. Unlike the media, the location of cell office every day in this profession you can be surrounded by cameras, lights, boom mics, cables, crew and famous actors like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, but if you're in the boiling fact is that there is still a job.
Regardless of whether he threw himself on the set for a day or more to be, it is importantto remain a professional attitude. From day one make a good impression and keep at that level or higher.
You are about tomorrow?
Your agent calls you, if you are willing to work on the day requested. Give them a simple yes or no. Real estate agents must respond to many agreements - must listen to at any time, "I will ask my boss", "I have an appointment with your doctor on that day" or "Gee, has died, a friend of mine and I wanted the ad, but isokay, I'll be available. (All the real answers that were received by the casting agents real!) The agent will probably tell you more information for you, if they are booked. You can check your e-mail address.
Do not call your agent back and ask them if they were full or not. If you do not want to be heard as soon as he said he would call, chances are you have arranged for that job. Do not take this personal. You may not have had the right look forthis scene, that's all. But it is important not to bow to your agent about this. Either you got the job or did not. Let him go and go to the next audition. (Actually, I prefer to call this "job interviews" - and treat each hearing, as would be exactly the -. interview)
You must set
Now the agent calls you and tells you that there has been for the shot. Take pen and paper near the phone at any time for notes, not only for the case of AgentE-mail the relevant information. (In this day and age, most agents simply send all relevant information via e-mail.) If they do, but you will need the following: Project name, type of work (background Day-Player, etc.) wardrobe? Props (briefcases, umbrellas, etc.), location, time of call and directions. Note: If the fields are offered, they take. Yes, you can check online, but often these directions assume incorrectly online or construction or otherQuestions to consider.
Three to Get Ready
Cabinet. Wardrobes, a complicated problem. Depending on whether you are a Non-Union or the European Union, may have different needs. I will try to simplify this as I go forward.
First, go through your wardrobe for two or three possible changes in clothing, including shirts, jackets, hats, pants, shorts, skirts, dresses, shoes, handbags and other accessories. Make a short stop on the local resale shop when youneed something, but do not do - track mileage and keep your sales, because this is a deductible business expense. Make sure everything is clean and pressed (unless the dressing room description calls for something different.) You should have a compact truck to have with you as an airplane carry-on size. Do not fold the clothes - roll up and place it in your hand luggage (rolling Flatline decreases wrinkles). Put on your shoes clean and polished in it also, in plastic bags to prevent dirt from entering lost onYour clothes.
Listen to what your agent of color, pattern, etc. Pay attention to the limitations of color when it is said that the mission of your wardrobe. Very often we do not want black, white, what with logos or designs. If someone tells you not to wear green, for example, could be a scene that uses a green screen, and suddenly you're not a body in front of the camera.
Essentially said what you wear your agent, that what you wear on set. This isCostume Change as the first. The reason for this is that the set of the European Union, the actors are paid extra set of costume changes and props will do for you - but only if its support, and only if it is explicitly said it should be used. I have to set where actors were dressed in something totally wrong, he argued that his agent has said that this is what should carry them, and then in what had been said to lead to change in the first place. They do this because they try to bea little more money from today's shoot - players get $ 25 + for every time they said, change costumes are paid. Who acts on the set are nickel and diming-production, but even worse, they do make a very bad name, the agency that sent them, and the place where the film will be shot.
You can also asked to walk in closet. Here, customers can increase sales, you know what to wear with anything from their collection of clothing - a scarf, perhaps,or another blouse. They are used for these items returned at the end of the workday wardrobe sign for you to do your gift certificate, which, as you put in the account and at the end you will get paid for each working day.
Hair and make-up. Before the day of the shoot, make sure you are shaved, clean, and designed and waiting for your headshot. That said, the big day has arrived! Set your hair and make-up artist,We have to improve your appearance, not to give you a full head of hair and face job. So, always on the set comes with at least the basic make your-up (foundation and powder) and a light eye shadow, mascara, blush and lip color. They can be photos in a large scene with 200 actors, makeup base makes the hair and make-up crew for your move faster and more convenient hair in the usual way, unless otherwise told by your agent .. The Hair &Make-up crew and style that you call on that port already. Also bring your own makeup and hair spray with you.
Prepare yourself. Bored Many actions are basically waiting to act, too. They spend a lot of time between calls to set. The director will be in every possible way so that they are in a variety of scenes, without someone saying, "Oh look, there's the new man" Provided good actor also wears a small book,Magazine, book of crossword puzzles, playing cards, crocheting or knitting project - something that collect and make a fast, but that will employ them to be set between calls.
Do not bring video games to be too involved, which also tend grunting noises or shout when you are disappointed that your character has been destroyed - we have a low noise level at any time. The phone is not a factor to keep youThere. If you're on the phone all the time to speak with your regular job, he would have reprimanded or worse, fired - so do not do it on the movie set. (From a television project, I for the background with a woman, a real estate agent is coupled. Crying as we went, they customers via their mobile phones. At one point the director called "Cut" has, and this woman his finger and said, "Wait a minute - can you believe that the director ended up on that part of the shooting, which he used as a background?and sent them home. After all, she was fired.)
Further evidence that points in miniature format: breath mints (not gum), anti-static spray, Lint, an emergency medical kit, toothbrush and toothpaste, sewing kit with safety pins, clear nail polish, a water bottle, paracetamol and tights spare a tear in the case of hand.
Give yourself enough time.
in advance for your time while on call plan. For this purpose, the calculation of the effective time of hours late, like this: Your callTime - time to get on the set - for example, 5 clock. You know, it will be an hour to get the position, but may be traffic or other unexpected delay, count backwards from expected time and remember, you need to leave home at 3.30. Everything is packed and ready for the night before the car have already gassed, so not having to make special stops, you need to get something to eat and make sure you look good, so planget up 45 minutes before leaving the house, which means that actually stand up clock 02.45.
It leaves open, you need to get a good sleep, then count back another 8 hours and that means you need to go to bed between 6.45 clock, get the night before the shooting. The idea? I also have two alarm clocks - the one on my nightstand and my phone. I wake up - the other makes me get out of bed to turn it off - and besides, you never know when it might be a black-outor other event that disables your power costs!
Let them know where you are.
You are on the set! It will most likely sign that heads toward the parking lot. Can you say "Holding." Under "Tools" and "background" or check on the production and the waiting area (I have looked in libraries, teachers, conference rooms, kitchens, restaurants and even a prison cell to participate! The best one was the first time I trailer my opinion!) For the wardrobe, hair and make-up wait. IfI am a additional'll sent to keep pace with the rest of the extras. If you use the structures, for example, need or use, safe return to your car, that the AD (Assistant Director - or who is responsible for the extras) - know where you are. Recording a TV program or movie is unpredictable, and nothing is more frustrating for a director for a program, not as an actor capable of monitoring.
Enjoy the star at a distance.
Okay, this is apet peeve of mine, and I will complain for a moment. How can an actor really wants to be in business, an actor hired to play background, and then have the unmitigated gall to ask the real star of the film to take a picture with them or sign an autograph? This behavior is not only very unprofessional, but it is also bad for the actors, the casting director, agency and location. Why do you think so many projects are subject to Los Angeles and New Yorkareas instead of position? E 'because the degree of professionalism. If you need to talk more roles to be cast in your area, then behave in a professional manner that your colleagues do the same!
Rant over, here's the scoop: The most important rule with regard to the principle actors on the set is never to talk to them if they do not speak first. Here's another: Never approach a player on a lot and ask for their autograph or a picture with them. They areon the set to do a job. Maybe I'm the method of acting, and your request, you pull out their best. Fans and paparazzi follow the actors throughout the day in the "outside world". The sentence should be a safe haven where you can relax and concentrate on the scene. Imagine if someone kept under the photo and asked for an autograph while they were in the middle of entering a report for your boss.
Want to know more? Never a camera on set. Never take pictures or. Video with something, and that includes the phone is an example of bad behavior seriously: Several years ago I was hired for additional work on the set of Hack with David Morse. They wanted my first minivan on the car in line behind the cab in half, the film uses a number of passenger cars adolescents. I went with three other extras and the AD in my car. E 'was interesting to be as close as the film was a truck with a winch that actually the back halfa taxi. The front was open, and the cameraman was in a belt hanging over the edge of the truck, and registering the players in the "back seat" to the cabin.
Here, where the behavior was shocking: the woman who was reached in the passenger seat of my truck in her purse, took a camera, opened the passenger door and went out the window, so you really sit in the window as I drove . He began to picture the scene that was happening beforeus. As the star struck that is ridiculous - not to mention for sure! Needless to say, this woman was being fired.
Go where they tell you to go.
There is a reason one can understand the background or deep background. You may have your costume is your appearance, or it could be a cause of the Union. to activate a movie shortly after I earned my card of the Union, I was placed near a very famous star. While the painting was, I had my attention, he did a great job, and do not getdrawn to the "Star Watcher" game. This has served me well - during breaks, this star began to chat with me and it made for a fun and memorable day on the set.
The third take, there was an accident - a non-union extra, to "see the stars" had found its way through the crowd scene. This was evident in the background, it really ruined the scene twice. This was a very expensive problem. The women were fired from the crowd, and the scenes were shot again. L 'What was worse, she and I had one voice at the beginning of the day was, and when he saw how close I was to the actual shooting, he pointed and said: "I am with you." Excuse me? I have no anger. I simply told the truth, as it accompanies the crowd started shouting that I was a liar How unprofessional is to know that she was jealous, union status and if I had not won? Or maybe he had seen the Star in an interview with me - she was angry about this?Who knows. It 'was learned a clear lesson - some people try anything.
Later I learned that there were 250 extras hired non-union Deep Background, and 50 union extras who were hired for background Close. The placement of an actor's experience and background was European Union requirements.
Respect the director.
Who is Number One in a lot of personality? The Director. Whatever they do is done. Listen and follow the instructions. includes extra for thatAssistant Director (AD), which shows where it is needed. Confidence that these people are paid to know what they are doing. Ask why or suggestions will be made only worse.
Tag, you need to know.
AD - Assistant Director - this could be a couple, and are "numbered," according to their position - after Christ, the second display, etc.
Continuity - Ensure that each time you do something, is exactly the same, so there was no error inthe final product (for example - drinking from a glass - the glass should be filled in the same line begin to take each time starts again, you have the right or left hand, etc.?)
Sound - the sound is now coming to the ball
Rolling - The camera is ready for the first ball next
Background Action - Goodies start with what they are doing, the action is called
Action - TheMajor players are starting to do what they are action
Cut - Stop what you did
On Your Mark - Here you will be told to stay - things you see around you - trees, tables, whatever - are sure to spot are the same for the next take
One of the first year - Back to back you place the scene was said to be
room service or Tone Sound - This is the background noise onthe film set. All the dialogue without a gap to be filled with sound, or tone of the room. The person sound called "Quiet Tone for." Everyone - Full cast and crew - is quiet and has a total calm, as the sound person Tone Records.
All of the above information is important, especially because the scene is repeated several times very likely, but by a variety of angles. The Director is that fifty-two "takes" from every angleincluding front, rear and side scenes reflected in the car window, shop or mirror. Then you will walk under the same steps from 20 to 30 times. Make it the same every time. This is important for continuity.
A couple of do's and don'ts.
These are some ways you can get a competitive advantage. A professional appearance and ease of working with some of the best things you can guarantee to re-set to ask for a different project.
Do not ask for a SAGVoucher. The Screen Actors Guild Union is a serious, such as truck drivers, ADI and IATS. Unions are a number of hours worked together with training needs, skills tests and recommendations from members of high rank of the union, for non-members to join. Entry requires three SAG extra vouchers Union, according to SAG takes the extra work of a number of non-union shows the days you are familiar with the operation of a movie set, and then updated. In doing a good job and to demonstrate what is required if someone asks for a SAG voucher, it sends a red flag on the casting director and / or agents who are not only the person does not have the necessary experience may also act in unprofessional on the set .
This is a speaking role: If a casting director called to check your availability for work rather than the background, asking "This is a part of speech?" No actor will ever be in a castspeaking part without auditioning for it in front of a casting director and a camera. An actor can never be thrown into a space of just your role headshot. Yes, there are stories circulating about "updates" - when an actor speaks a few lines of background is necessary - but that is extremely rare, so do not count on it.
Try not to be seen as an extra -. background actors are only rented this background of a scene. It 's a major role in a movie -walking up and down the street, looking in a shop window, eating in a restaurant. Your task is to set the mood, do not go to the movies and then say, "Hey I am!" In fact, your job as an extra is not to notice. On top of that, the less you notice, most will be used in the film. Watch some movies to watch out how many times actors actually look like from the camera. See that woman looks in the window? She's a professional. Behold, the man who looks onso that his face is recognizable? Maybe not so much.
Six Non-Union or Union? When prompted, type your state of union. If you are outside the European Union, then say so. If you are SAG eligible, which means that does not sag and you are non-union. The reasoning is actually to your advantage - that is SAG eligible, if the casting director hires you as non-union, and you will be updated, there is a possibility that you will join or to be paid to the SAG, which means that canhave to pay upwards of $ 2,000 in fees to join the Screen Actors Guild. If you are not willing to pay this fee, the actual production to recruit someone who has to pay. So SAG eligible on a resume should be punished in reality places on the back of the list, when a casting director looking specifically for non-union talent.
Do not Gossip on the set. Do not speak the local community, casting, casting directors in particular and / or questionsyou may feel that they have with each other. Do not argue because the casting agency work, but not by another agency. Do not discuss how much money you make. Would you like to discuss these matters in another job? You should not be on set with.
Do you work? Finally, do not say you want to use when new jobs are not willing to do so.
Use common sense
While most of this is really preparation and common sense, the reality is that a lot of peopleStars in their eyes, and little respect for what is right. You are not to be a respected professional in this business, if not as a fool. The key word is "business". Treat as a business, and you're in a much better position than those who treat it like a game.
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