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Star Wars Extras Needed
lyonsden writes "Ever want to be in a Star Wars movie? Live in Australia? Check out this page at the Maura Fay Group Casting web site. Especially the Star Wars part towards the bottom. Any takers?"
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Well, it's all shot out of sequence obviously. So the little that the extras do see, will be very little sence to them. I'd also be willing to wager that any scenes critical to the plot of the movie aren't going to take place in front of large ammounts of by-standers, and if they do, chances are the by-standers are just going to be in a matte shot then cloned in anyhow. Chances are they wouldn't pick anything juicy up at all, save MABEY the third directors assistant's gophers first name. :D
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Have a go. You might just pull a role that will set you up long term.
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I was an extra in a locally made movie (in NZ, not in Ozzie ;) and...eh...being an extra seemed to mostly consist of ....WAITING. waiting waiting waiting....
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It goes like this:
- Meeting the director - cool
- Meeting the lead character (and assorted females) - neato
- Having to sign a non-disclosure agreement - worrying
- Wearing a nifty custome - very cool
- Having make up applied by people from LOTR - very cool
- Waiting for 5->6 hours in the middle of the freezing cold night (in some poky shed) - not so ehhh....cool.
- Finally filming some scenes (outside) - which takes half an hour (if that) and by God it's gotten colder outside - most excellent.
(Although it was so cold that my big red nose was probably clearly shining through the layers of zombie make-up
Would you willing to go through all that to be an extra in a star wars movie?
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Ok, then follow the above procedure, but imagine yourself wearing (for example) a wookie-outfit or a storm-trooper outfit...and consider what the average day-time temperatures in Ozzie are like...
Good luck matey
Since we're doing casting calls... living in Ireland? There are open auditions next week for extras for the film King Arthur being shot here over the summer. Audition details here. They want men with long hair and beards particularly, so I may get in, as long as I can get some contact lenses...
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Having worked as an extra (and an actor), it's not a lot of fun being an extra. You're not allowed to eat lunch before the crew & the actors. You'll get paid minimum wage and spend 14 hours a day on set standing around, waiting and being quiet.
Yes, that's right, they pay you to stand around and wait while they adjust the cameras & lighting. Maybe 10-20% of your time is when the cameras are actually rolling.
There are a lot of people who want to be extras thinking that it will be their big break, that the director/producer will see them and invite them to be in their next big movie. It doesn't happen more than 0.001% of the time.
If you just want to be an extra for fun, make a small amount of cash and learn a little about the movie business, go for it, but have realistic expectations.
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