The lights!
The camera!
The action!
And yes the director used words like ‘rehearse it twice, then go!’ and ‘quiet for take 2, scene 43!’.
A DCWW member posted a call-for-extras notice to the list serve; she’s a friend of the producer for Last Winter, a current production being filmed in DC.
A few of us were asked to drink champagne in a New Years Eve scene and silently mouth conversation (…director suggested whispering the word ‘watermelon’ as it makes the mouth look like it’s rhythmically speaking).
I salivated over their portable studio — a huge tripod set-up with a few boom mics, a sound unit crammed in the apartment’s kitchen (a temporary set for this particular scene), and round, white lighting sheaths on fish pole like fixtures.
It was a thrill observing the set, the actors made or missed their lines, & the producer in the background trying to feed us extras.
Living with Geeks 