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Sunday, November 10, 2024

Extra: Interesting


Had the opportunity to be an extra in a TV commercial. I will be somewhere in the back of a group of people, so don't go and watch TV all day. Filling the background essentially. The most interesting aspect of this might be what a "Studio" looks like. Spoiler alert: boring. 

A "Studio", as I have also seen it in Hong Kong interviewing the owners of a fabled one that was chosen for a Batman movie, is essentially a big empty space. One of the characteristics I found them to have in common is that they seem to be deliberately in remote-ish areas. Must have to do with the idea that one needs "quiet on set". 

When you have sat through a movie, reading the credits of a film, one can't help to wonder how many people it takes to produce one. Indeed, even for a TV commercial, there were about 50 people (incl us extras) on set. 

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