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Originally Posted by Patti  Yea they kept us behind barricades but we were really close. It's amazing how long it takes to film 10 seconds of a scene. |
Haha - you just said what I was going to post -
back in the days I worked for an actor (Charlie Haid) who was Henry Wrinklers best friend and between them I had a 'pass' to Universal Studio's building where they hosted the 'sets' for many tv shows and man was it BORING to watch a 10 second shoot (LOTS of standing around time and re-do's)...Interesting but still - boring
It pretty much turned me off tv for a long time because all I did was remember all the work for simple scenes to make the final cut.
I remember one show (that Charlie was working on) and another actor was susposed to be chewing out his 'cops' but his hair kept moving - they'd stop -hair people would rush in ....do a comb over then they'd retake. I thought the hair flying only added to the scene.
That went on for over an hour before I gave up for something more interesting
Actors also have readers who whisper lines to them when doing tv - film work is very very precise and it involves so many retakes to get it right - so what WE see never really is what actually went on in the original filming.
oh and I also saw Ego issues and tempers when stopping into different 'sets' -I was in shock that once the camers were off how a few acted. (temper tantrums)
One in particular was someone who I always remembered as hot
and a great actor and at first I was in awe to be watching him film but - once the cameras were off WOW -he was a jerk ! and like I said I didn't watch tv for a long time because I saw firsthand all it takes to get a scene into a final.
Film Editors have probably a more important job than the actual actors -
The cool thing was the 'fake' sets DO look like real locations