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I was an extra in "The Earnest Green Story" in Little Rock. I rode in the back of a jeep in a scene where they were sending the National Guard to Central High. Got minimum wage for the three days it took to shoot it.
Ever been an extra in a TV series, commercial or movie?
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I was in the audience on bowling for Dollars my uncle was bowling got to introduce us as the camera panned at us. I heard the local news channel was coming to the school I work at so I made a bet with my boss I'll get on TV. Put on my safety vest 
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I could have should have. My dad was an extra in Major League II in the stadium. He wanted me to go with him but I didn't.
My Dad was an extra in a movie about a candidate for president whistlestop campaigning from the back of a train. He was there for two days of filming.
As my Dad said he "ended up on the cutting room floor". He was not in the actual movie.
As my Dad said he "ended up on the cutting room floor". He was not in the actual movie.
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I was an extra (among hundreds) in the movie Hoosiers; crowd shots at Hinkle fieldhouse at Butler in Indy.
I drove to a hotel to sign up to be an extra.
I swear I have forgotten the name of the show. Under hypnosis, I might be able to recall the hotel.
I saw hordes of unattractive people clogging the streets and sidewalks around the hotel and continued driving.
Nothing snotty or superior.....you just wouldn't've parked your car there. Forget melding into that crowd of slobs.
To be clear....A pal gave me a tour of his new hometown, 1,000 miles from where we grew up. I saw many creepy looking, unkempt slobs milling about. I ever commented, "You have a lot of dreggy looking puss-wads in this neck-of-the-woods."
My friend laughed.
He had driven me past the courthouse, and it was "Misdemeanor Night". The streets were littered with shoplifters, public urinators, animal beaters and severely bad drivers. All were dirty and needed a haircut and shave. All were dressed in cheap vinyl.
The extras at that hotel looked the same.
I swear I have forgotten the name of the show. Under hypnosis, I might be able to recall the hotel.
I saw hordes of unattractive people clogging the streets and sidewalks around the hotel and continued driving.
Nothing snotty or superior.....you just wouldn't've parked your car there. Forget melding into that crowd of slobs.
To be clear....A pal gave me a tour of his new hometown, 1,000 miles from where we grew up. I saw many creepy looking, unkempt slobs milling about. I ever commented, "You have a lot of dreggy looking puss-wads in this neck-of-the-woods."
My friend laughed.
He had driven me past the courthouse, and it was "Misdemeanor Night". The streets were littered with shoplifters, public urinators, animal beaters and severely bad drivers. All were dirty and needed a haircut and shave. All were dressed in cheap vinyl.
The extras at that hotel looked the same.
At the 2017 Denver Auto Show The Mitsubishi booth asked if I wanted a chance to be filmed for some free swag. One of the questions was "What does the three diamonds on the emblem symbolize ". Of course being a car nerd knew it was from what I remember it was the three families or people that got together and started Mitsubishi. Apparently nobody knew that. Not an extra in tv but I do have several articles published.
I was pretty young, but I remember hearing about a "casting call" about a movie on a newscast. They wanted as many people as possible to come to the Cow Palace in Daly City, California for the shooting of a movie. I don't think it was paid, but they offered catered food. I think they also wanted people to dress a certain way to match the period.
It was actually for The Right Stuff, and they were using it as a fill-in for the Houston Astrodome. The scene was where the Mercury Seven astronauts were at a public event in Houston.
It was actually for The Right Stuff, and they were using it as a fill-in for the Houston Astrodome. The scene was where the Mercury Seven astronauts were at a public event in Houston.
I haven't but a coworker was an extra in "Running Scared". She was a bit disappointed because, while they did use the scene in the final cut, it was a scene where there was a car driving down the "L" tracks in Chicago and the camera zipped by the extras on the platform so fast that if she didn't know she was in the scene, she never would have seen herself.
I tried to get on as an extra for the "Batman vs. Superman" movie when they were filming in Yorkville, IL, but never got a callback from my application.
I tried to get on as an extra for the "Batman vs. Superman" movie when they were filming in Yorkville, IL, but never got a callback from my application.
Interesting scene - as I recall, the Original Seven are being feted at an over-the-top BBQ in Houston, even while Chuck Yeager, overlooked for astronaut duty, is trying to set an altitude record in an F-104 Starfighter.
The producers took liberties with the timing; the actual events were over a year apart.
The took a lot of liberties. The first was the plane they had available wasn't an NF-104 with the supplemental peroxide booster. The other was that it wasn't a joyride by Yeager but a a carefully planned and scheduled attempt to break an altitude record.
The other thing about the "Houston" scene was a feather dance by Sally Rand.
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My dad's 1940 Ford was in the 1984 made-for-TV movie "Concealed Enemies", produced by WGBH for PBS, starring Edward Hermann. He taped it off the air on BetaMax and WGBH buried the movie. I eventually bought part one on DVD from a sketchy website.
By friend's early 1970s Ford LTD, poop brown, was briefly seen driven by Marisa Tomei
in In the Bedroom, directed by Maine's own Todd Field.
By friend's early 1970s Ford LTD, poop brown, was briefly seen driven by Marisa Tomei
in In the Bedroom, directed by Maine's own Todd Field.
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A lot of background extras in crowds and stadiums are being replaced by digital copies, some don't even look very good but not everyone is paying attention to them anyway. AI will most likely take care of this in the future.
If you want a yardstick with which to chart artificial backgrounds, start with the Color Purple.
There's a scene where the two little girls are playing in a field of flowers. The image makers had a film swathe of flowers which would've measured ~15' X 4'.
The flowers were swaying in the breeze.
The background was formed by stacking + staggering that one bit of footage as you would 4"x6" kitchen tiles on a backsplash.
HOWEVER, the swaying was entirely out of synch where no two adjoining swathes were swaying the same way.
The repetition is clearly visible.
Ancient 1960's commercial, kid brother and I, with mom putting clothes in washing machine. No chance this sucker was archived.
I played the 'annoyed husband' in a commercial for a local yarn store about 20 years ago. No dialogue but I was awesome. 
I was also a lot younger and thinner and my hair hadn't gone gray yet.
I was also a lot younger and thinner and my hair hadn't gone gray yet.
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