Sometimes extras have to be kids, so filming can stretch out a few days.
Knowing there’s kids on set can actually be nice, because you know there’s only so long they can shoot for, instead of stretching a Friday night out indefinitely. Especially if it’s a director like Fincher who is known for doing a lot of takes.
Acted as a kid, mainly in locals and some true crime shows for New Dominion Pictures, back before the true crime mania.
This one lady who was on a lot of the same projects I was on called me “her little guarantee” meaning she got to get home to her kids at reasonable hours because I was on set. Lol
In my experience, when possible they just shoot the stuff with the kids first then pivot to scenes without them to finish out the day. Not always the case though!
Sometimes extras have to be kids, so filming can stretch out a few days.
Knowing there’s kids on set can actually be nice, because you know there’s only so long they can shoot for, instead of stretching a Friday night out indefinitely. Especially if it’s a director like Fincher who is known for doing a lot of takes.
Acted as a kid, mainly in locals and some true crime shows for New Dominion Pictures, back before the true crime mania.
This one lady who was on a lot of the same projects I was on called me “her little guarantee” meaning she got to get home to her kids at reasonable hours because I was on set. Lol
In my experience, when possible they just shoot the stuff with the kids first then pivot to scenes without them to finish out the day. Not always the case though!
Yeah, they’ll front load the kid stuff if they can for sure. Or just stagger call times.
Usually when they were creating a hard out time you were already in the weeds as it was. Getting home late, but not as late as it would be.
There’s often an “after-hours” shoot for scenes without kids or even specific camera angles from a scene where the child actors aren’t necessary.