Soaps aren't SAG productions, they work under AFTRA--there really is no reason for not having more extras besides the fact that they do not want to pay extras. They probably also don't want to deal w/the hassle of transporting them, but I know when I've done remote shoots I'm just bussed to the locations w/the principals so it doesn't actually cost more. I just think the show doesn't want to spend the few extra hundreds of dollars and would rather have the occassional random person in the background that they don't have to pay--as long as they put up a sign stating that they are filming and by walking by you are giving them permission to use your image, then they are legally covered to get a free extra or 2!...Trip
Posted by: Spaulding Butler
Date posted: Wed May 14 17:44:55 2008
Message:
L.A., you have just identified what I feel is one of the most patent shortcomings of the new format. GL used to feature extras quite regularly, with the resulting “public” scenes (Company, Main Street, Towers, etc.) actually feeling “real,” even if the sets were glaringly phony. Now all public places are devoid of people. How pathetically unrealistic.
Ellen Wheeler claims that the new format has made GL more realistic, but I think that the exact opposite effect has been “achieved.” In my opinion, the show now appears more stilted and staged than it ever did previously.
I’m starting to feel nostalgic for the days when the Beacon Hotel and Main Street comprised virtually the only sets used on GL. (I wish the preceding sentence was sarcasm, but the new format has sullied the show to such a degree that I’m only half-kidding!)
Posted by: MidwestGal
Date posted: Wed May 14 16:33:48 2008
Message:
I didn't think about other people being in the park or the restaurant, but I really noticed it during the Little League game. One lone dad or relative in the stands? Wouldn't be much fun for the kids! ;)
Posted by: muffin
Date posted: Wed May 14 15:56:02 2008
Message:
ya'll are forgetting...if they USE dayplayers, they have to PAY dayplayers, lol. but if i lived near there i would do it for free...but that's just me. ha ha ha
Replies: (list all replies)
Really though.. you bring up a good point... why not ask for volunteers... I'm sure there are lots of people who would do it for free! :)
Spaulding Butler} I agree, muffin. Surely TPTB have relatives/friends/neighbors who would be willing to appear on the show 'gratis.' Springfield doesn't even feel like a real place anymore.
I'm guessing that using
I live in So. Fla. and there is a permenant ad in all the job places for backround players, they pay about $40 a day, NY is a spit away, the same must be true there..
There are strict guidelines about using extras. AFTRA (and actors in the TriState area) would never allow the use of free extras or 'volunteers' to happen. The only time I have seen that happen is when Zarf/Zoe was on Erica Kane's talk show last yr. and they had ads for fans to come watch a taping of the talk show/soap opera. Somehow by making it a contest or fan event or w/e, AMC was able to get the extras for free...Trip
I know different area Unions have different guidelines, but I think if you don't
I know different area Unions have different guidelines, but I think if you don't
I know different area Unions have different guidelines, but I think if you don't
I know different area Unions have different guidelines but I think if there is no 'speaking
it's the same $40 or $50 a day to stand in the backroung.
Anybody paying that little is really getting one over on people. The rate is much, much higher than that. You can maybe get away w/$100 for a day in a non-union job, but anything union is going to be higher, and definitely higher than $40-$50...Trip
Posted by: Leprechaun
Date posted: Wed May 14 15:50:59 2008
Message:
For a minute there I thought you were talking about this board and most GL message boards on the internet. Talk about ghost towns! They are really scary!
Posted by: Pittman
Date posted: Wed May 14 14:43:37 2008
Message:
I too found it odd to watch Frank as the lone "dad" on the bleachers while kids were heard playing. Why weren't there other fathers / father-figures in the stands? That's just plain lazy & so NOT realistic.
