You're a moviestar babySetting up a 'greenscreen' at work got me thinking about the films and tv that I've accidentally been in.
Helena Bonham-Carter vehicle "The Heart of Me" was filmed in our old office, and features several of us peering through the curtains whilst they filmed in the square outside. Similarly, my girlfriend was in an episode of the Professionals that was filmed outside her house.
What have you been in the background of?
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chthonic, Thu 11 Nov 2004, 11:34)
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Mid-Summer murdersMy Dad,
Now retired, got a call to "dep" (deputy, stand in for another drummer) on a gig. He's retired now, so spends much of his awake life, drumming.
He's told this is a film job so will be required for 2 days. MU rates, and all the food he can stuff away.
Day 1: Sit around allll day, setup drums, eat, go home.
Day 2: The filming begins...
The first take, the band situated in a the Mid-summer Fate, they're the fate band. So they knock out a number, full volume, the crew (not to interested in the camera, just the audio). They then stop and ask the band to do the same number, but miming, no sound whatsoever.
This is when John "Bergerac" Nettles steps in, and delivers his line. LINE, one line, this takes his 8 attempts no less. He must have been drunk. Anywhoooo they get it right in the end and wrap up....
The best bit, the reason why band always look pants on TV dramas is they are miming, so they have no idea where the beat is, the speed, where they breath of anything...
Apparently its called "Mid-summer Orchid" or something with Orchid in it.. and it takes them about 12 months to edit it all up... so next year sometime....
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 17:29, Reply)
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