Being a Background Actor in Movies
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Being a Background Actor in Movies
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Very interesting subject! I had never heard of the "featured extra". My wife was an extra on several episodes of the TV show Hunter in the late 80s.
Very cool! I'm sure she enjoyed it.
Santee is an amazing actor. He can play any role ! Sheriff, Saloon girl, donkey ! 🤠
You saw me play a donkey? Awesome. I thought nobody recognized me.
...and we saw whatchu were doin' 🤨
I thought we all agreed not to mention Santee being a saloon girl. Especially as some of us are still in therapy.😬
@@anthonycarlisle6184 There's a thought we'll never forget
@@bigblue6917 now there's an idea for an episode: portraying a psychotherapist in the old west.
Interesting work. Was in James Michener's Texas and Gambler 5: Playing For Keeps.
There ya go!
This video was over too soon. Very interesting video of all the hard work that all the people do behind the scenes very much appreciated. Looking forward to more of these in the future. 🤠
Appreciated!
Another fine episode. Always wondered about the background people and their interactions on set. I and others forget the actors are just the noticeable top part of the hidden iceberg mob of the film crew. Nice to get a glimpse of the folk that create the movie magic. More inside peaks, please Santee.
The bad side of being the 'Extra'? You go to see the film, and laugh in the wrong place. You know what when wrong in the take. 🤣
Yes!
That’s just movie trivia!
@@MistbornPrincess I've done film and TV work with horses. There have ben situations with major stars, that have turned hilarious. Horse don't care, they will make a fool of anyone!
Excellent episode Santee… learned lots from this as I was also curious on how background actors worked in a movie… thanks
You're welcome
2:17 No one mentioning the friggin T-Rex dino walking down the street?! I thought I was seeing things for a second, had to double take haha
He got paid a lot.
The more you watch his channel the more you’ll realize how prevalent they are were the west.
I was an extra in North and South Book 2 and Glory. I can be seen in both films. It is fun to see how the movie turned out especially ground explosions that give off little noise or to see sound effects that have been added later but where not there when filming. The thing is you stand around and wait, A lot.
You do, and do the same take over and over.
And Broderick couldn't ride a horse to save his life, if you recall.
Sounds like the military. Hurry up and wait.
Very interesting. I’ve always been intrigued by the logistics of productions. Lots of work behind the scenes.
You're welcome.
Great episode 👏🏽. Love to see the follow up.
Thank You!
Thanks for the insight, Santee.
Also, hmm.... NYC without people in it.... Paradise.
(Give you one guess where I live, Santee. For more decades than I care to admit.)
Thanks for sharing! I'm fromt there, too.
@@ArizonaGhostriders
Yeah, but you managed to escape!
I'm still waiting for my cake with a hacksaw baked into it. 😉
Very interesting view of the actors who populate a film and nobody really knows who they are. Thanks Santee
You mean you don't recognize "Waiter at Counter?" 🤠
@@ArizonaGhostriders I recognize you and others from Arizona Ghostriders but there are many who people won’t know because they aren’t in many movies where they play any parts that are beyond walk ons or extras. Their role is invaluable in movies and worth making us aware of them.
@@richardrosenthal9552 They are all absolutely invaluable.
My Dad was an extra in Apocalypse Now. He flew one of the Huey helicopters in that scene involving Robert Duvall. He and his fellow pilots got no individual credits, but they did receive the collective thanks of everyone. That was a film that had a lot of production problems.
Still, pretty cool!
I got to work security for a Cuba Gooding Jr. movie decades ago. It was very interesting watching how scenes were set up, rehearsed and then shot.
Neat!! Yeah, it's a real learning process.
This is so cool, Santee. I will have to look carefully at the *extras, in any future Western I view. I'll find you. You'll be the one with the 🦕 . another, great one
🤠🌞👏🏻👏🏻
HAAH! Yes.
That was cool!! Then add Rex galloping down main street and Brazelton’s epic dance performance… Yeehaw!!!
Thank You!
Great episode! Being an extra is an awesome experience. So far I have had nothing but positive experiences on all the movies I have been in and highly encourage others to try it at least once! There are definitely plenty of material that can be covered on this topic for future episodes. Did you find a genie in that bottle?
I never got in the darned bottle. Thanks for bringing THAT up!
Very cool! Answered several questions!
Awesome!
Santee, Absolutely awesome stuff. Thank you very much. You and Mrs. Pew Pew have a beautiful and blessed weekend.
Thank you kindly
After retiring from my second career as a State Corrections Officer and previous 1st career as an Army Soldier, I always wanted to be an extra in westerns.
Do it.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Where would I start?
Thanks for the behind the scenes. I was an extra for the movie Rookie of the Year when i was in high school. Spent all day sitting in the stands at Wrigely Field pretending to watch a baseball game. Also it was late October in Chicago (really cold too) and we had to pretend like we were in the dog days of summer. OK Everybody jackets off and look warm while filming crowd reaction shots. Hey at least I got a free lunch out of it. Thanks for the insider info as always Santee.
You're welcome!
Shantee is living legend..
A true cowboy indeed!!
Edit :- love from India 🇮🇳❤
And i am a cop.. to be more specific ~ A lawman!!
Thanks, lawman!
I've always thought I could be an actor. I'm already a world-class BSer!
-Desert Rat Rick
LOL!
! Scott Joplins' rag - time music ; from early 1900's. GOOD choice, Sir, !. Theme music, from 1972 movie, THE STING (Paul Newman and gang ). WoW who'da thunk .....eh ?....wow. Wish other U tubers, were as ' tuned in '.../ TO G00D MUSIC.
Thank You!
Keep the videos coming... I envy your ability and job... I always wanted to be a cowboy.
Thank You!
I was fortunate enough to be chosen as an extra for "The World According To Garp"; was filmed in part at my School. Was an experience I'll always remember...hopefully. :)
What a great experience!
I was an extra in the Burt Reynolds TV movie, The Man From Left Field.
I got the day off from Middle School (7th or 8th grade.)
Interesting.
Extra don’t sound bad to me. More like something luxurious.
Actor use to be synonymous with untrustworthy vagrant.
Guess it’s all about where you put your mind!
HAH!
Very interesting, Santee. And I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on being an extra. That must be exciting everyday when you come to work.
Absolutely!
I envy you!! Great stuff....my dream for sure ! I can only do that! Keep up amigo!
Thank You!
Well Santee, that's a heck of a cork screw to open that bottle. :)
Long time ago, there was a TV Christmas Movie filmed in the small town I was living in. Lot of the extra's were town folk. Travis Tritt, Melissa Gilbet and Gordon Pinochet were in the movie.
I only got to talk to Travis who was so easy and nice to talk to. Really interesting to watch how things got done.
Pretty neat!
Thanks again Santee & Co. When i was a US Navy MP in Japan some of my shipmates were hired as extras to portray drunken Sailors and Marines in a film titled A Sign Days . They received a few Yen and got to drink some free beer .
Woohoo!
Sounds like a lot of fun doing Westerns. We did some filming for the 125th anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness for a docuseries. That was a lot of fun and very loud with several hundred muskets all being fired at one time, and then having to keep up firing for about an hour. It was one continuous roar. I would love to try my hand at Westerns.
Fun stuff!!
If i ever had the chance I'd like to try it
You should.
That's just plain cool Santee!
Thank You!
"Back to ONE!" On set until 3am. Once you've been on both sides of the camera and movie screen, you see things differently.
You do! It's great learning about all this, right?
@@ArizonaGhostriders Absolutely! I need to grow my wardrobe and hat collection so I can do more.
YeeHawwww.....Thanks Santee!
You're welcome.
It's good to see 👀 dirty dog 🐕 👌 again ❤
😃
I’ve really enjoyed the films I’ve worked on. The magic of movie making is really interesting.
It sure is!
Another, Hollywood job you never heard of. I know guy who specializes In period clothing 1500 to 1800 century. Ya know, like Pirates for the Caribbean. He supplements his income, with another job. But he considers himself as an artist.
Yep!
The first film I directed was a western (we shot it in school and I persuaded the teacher to "borrow" the school's only camera)
By the way, in Germany we use the term Komparsen instead of extras.
Interesting! Thank You!
That so cool! I'd love to do this
It's an experience to cherish
" 🎶So long ya big lummox, I'm glad ya backed out!🎵"
Sometimes you get paid to be an extra, maybe enough to cover transportation (gas money).
Usually you have to provide your own wardrobe, unless it's a bigger production.
Yes. The union gigs are more than gas money.
Great episode Santee! Thanks for the look into the background actors. In 1985 I spent a week and a half filming the battle scenes for North and South Book 2. Pretty enlightening. Have a great weekend! Cheers!
Thank You!
It sounds quite interesting. It sounds exciting to do for a while
Oh yeah
I m glad you have had the chance
My wife's uncle just died. He was in hundreds of films/TV shows. He was mostly used as a body double. And often he got no screen credits. He was very good looking, athletic, trim. But didn't do big stunts. Because of his job, which he could always put on hold, he was available nearly anytime to the studio. And it helped he lived nearby. He said a lot of his shots were performed after the regular filming was already done. And the stars had gone. I was also a neighbor to a studio musician and his work.never got screen credit. But he said it was better then being always on tour. Hollywood has a lot of jobs you never heard of.
Sorry for your family loss. Cool that he had such a career!
i often or usualy coment on post here. i/we had several conections to the movies. college course native Lakota studies, went to site of filming of . Return of man called horse.; (i botthered sir richard harris ) but director let me use native( mexican extra ) to react sceen of him pray on hillside, hands raised, as also seen in our conection kin to see in book; ' the Sioux of the Rosebud' those kin in Buff bills shows. Yunger bro Curtis Hunsinger built sets for , Good ol Boys, ? Lonmeum duv , other in area decades ago. Older brother extra'd but cut in parts of ' there will be blood.' His artwork jewlery seen in . No Country for us old men.' the bad guy shot wore his buckles. Last watched movie set in front of friends place in Marfa for Kevin Bacon to ride horse by to the store. The crew played my guitar on break...
Fascinating film experience!
I know a guy who was an extra in The Fugitive, and as I was walking the theater, he was walking out, and he shouted “Look for me over the Sheriff’s shoulder in the train wreck scene!” Sure enough, I spotted my buddy in the film!
Fun!
Thanks for the behind the scenes view. Any production usually requires a crew if not an army of invisible people to make it happen, expecially the chuckwagon.
Yes!
I'm always amused when reading the credits for the movie "The Blues Brothers", there's an actress extra credited as 'Girl on the Cutting Room Floor'. Didn't make the movie, but she got a credit!
HA!
Great video Santee . Appreciate the knowledge for future reference!
You're welcome.
Hi Santee, interesting video on how everything is done making a movie. Never thought about if no xtras no movie. 🤔 Looks like a lot of fun,but I can imagine a lot of hard work too. Thanks for al your hard work and time Sir.🤠🇺🇲
Much appreciated.
What do you call a movie extra from Prague?
A background Czech.
HA!
My wife was in the movie "The Doors" with Val Kilmer. She was in the audience when Val was on stage, and she was on the sidewalk when Val walked by. They paid her with food. In both shots, you see her maybe for 3 or 4 seconds. But she's in there never the less. She was in another movie, and I can't recall what movie. I can't ask her now she passed away last May. Both times, they paid her with food. She said it was fun.
That's so cool! Sorry for her passing.
Most of us would never guess what work goes into making a film. Thanks so much for sharing. Makes me embarrassed to watch my back of the bus videos that we make. Ha ha ha ha ha 😂 😄 😆
Awww, it's all fun stuff and we learn, right?
@@ArizonaGhostriders yes Sir my friend
I've always been interested in acting. Even being a background character or an extra would be nice. Thank you for this episode!
You're welcome.
I talked with a background/extra wrangler.
At one point, I asked why we were whispering. Appears she did a lot of yelling to be heard the previous day. 😂
Oh!
Absolutely loved this! Please do more on this exciting facet of your life.
Thank You!
Very good episode. In a way being a background actor parallels Old West life because they were the capable hard working people that made things happen but never got the credit or recognition.
Looking forward to seeing you in the next movie.
Back in the day, even stuntmen didn't get credit.
My daughter has been an extra on many TV programs in the Chicago area and a production assistant on many as well. I don't think people have any idea how grueling that work can be. The long hours on set sometimes upwards of 12 to 14 hours. My hat is off to all of you that take on the jobs you do.
PS she loves her work and wouldn't have it any other way ..
Nice!
Well, Santee, I think the next movie set you’re involved in, you should walk right up to the producer and demand to have the leading role, you know, the one who rides off into the sunset with the beautiful leading lady.
Hmmm....that just might work!
I was an extra for 10 nights in a movie made here in KC; Article 54. Good experience.
CooL!
I sure wish somebody would be brave enough to bring back weekly westerns to television or even you tube.. we sure could use some like Gunsmoke or bonanza or lonesome dove...without all the extra drama added in...but we all know what...sells...but if those series ran many years without it. We should be able to recreate the feeling...and knowing that there is a clear line between good and bad people.. just a thought and wish. ...anybody else feel the same way?
I'm sure most of us do!
Unfortunately, "Featured" background doesn't pay any more than regular background. You may get a few more seconds of screentime but its more of an ego booster than a paycheck booster. But you do learn a lot if you keep your eyes open and mouth closed.
All true.
Loved this video! Glad to see stuff about background actors!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the feeling of being in front of a camera, I've had one main character speaking role and several roles as extras, one movie my speaking extra role as a sport spectator was cut but I didn't mind. The funny thing is they were all sporting movies, one was cricket, then horse racing and then Aussie rules football. Several other roles I have had have not made the screen and one zombie movie I acted in was never completed due to production dispute and all was deleted.
Glad you had the experience.
Hey Santee,
Did you have two spots in Far Haven?If not, there is a stunt triple racing around.
Yes, I had a couple of nice moments. Rest of the time I'm crossing the street.
Been there, done that. As a reenactor I was privileged to take part in Gettysburg and God's And Generals. Great job there Santee.
Thank You! Congrats.
I get it was the old WEST, but can you do a video on some of the different regions and areas of the time for frontiersmen? Mountains? deserts? Plains?
We talk about that in every episode where region and environment pertain to what I'm narrating.
Got to be on set for an episode of Succession. It didn’t go well as the sky was dark grey cloudy and I definitely bumbled a couple takes.😂. I was told they only used about two seconds of footage from the entire day anyhow.
Awww, well. That happens.
Fascinating! You could make a whole movie, about how to make a movie! 🤠 🎥
Yes!
Sounds fun, I might even seen you in a movie without knowing it?
Probably have. I've done about 15!
@@ArizonaGhostriders I need to look it up.
Can you do one on western settings? Like deserts, badlands, swamps, snow, forests etc
Yes
This was an Extra special episode today. Thanks, Santee.
LOL!
Interesting Santee, didn't know you where in the movies. Thanks
You're welcome
Ive felt like a background character my whole life and let me tell ya its not bad , dont have to worry bout someone involving me in they're own ridiculous plot lines and points haha
True
New York with no people in it? Do you threaten me with a good time, can we also get California with nobody in it?
HA!
done been in a couple of movies as background,was even balast for a stage so it wouldn't tip over as it raced around the corner.was lots of fun.
Cool!! It is
A friend's dad was in like, 20 movies as an extra. Somehow he knew where to be, and was just put into the TV/Movie scene because they needed background people. I'm not sure if he was paid, but he was fed, lol...
That does happen...just food for work.
This would be great fun! I would love to be an “extra”!
Sure is fun
I do some extra work and voice over from time to time. I like getting paid. It seems if I have a speaking part, it gets cut, I have only had two and they were something like I got the keys right here or something simple.
Cool!
I knew doing all these videos would cause you to hit the bottle lol / poor Dirty Dan he has such a large lap dog lol / if there is a night scene do they provide dinner too? / ah yes Sweet Betsy from Pike
I think the SAG rules are like every 5 hours for being fed.
Hm. “Corkscrews in the Old West. Let’s check it out.” ;)
I found out they knew I was coming. The cork is GLUED in!!!!
another great episode, Santee. Awesome to see you in front of the camera, even if its a smaller role. You are a great actor.
Thank You!
I believe i can play the part of a rock. I've actually been practicing.
🤠
Another awesome job, thank you, y'all are great
Thanks again!
Good thing no one gets to play a cactus. Basically the equivalent of a school play where someone gets to be a background tree😅
HA!
That sounds like fun, I'd love to be an extra in movies.
It is.
Fun. Im going to be a background actor later this month
Cool!
Nondisclosure. I sign them at distilleries all the time.
You do? Didn't know that!
Interesting and informative as always
Thanks again!
Funny thing I was an extra in a movie as this released ironic
Congrats!
Mighty interesting! Thanks for sharing 👍
You bet
This is one of those things I've never thought about very much, and it was fascinating!
Glad you learned.
Another great one santee!
Thanks for listening
Great video! And Bill did a great job dancing in NY.
He always wanted to dance with Gene Kelly.
You maybe don't want to drink what's in that bottle.
Yeah, I wouldn't.
Thanks for giving us an inside look, it must be alot of fun at times!
It really is!
Thanks, Santee. It's good to get to know what happens on set.
Thank You!
That's my dream job right there Santee.
CooL!