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Ok, so here is my report on my working as an extra in the Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies which is filming locally.
Fri the 11th, I was to be in a scene at an airport playing a crop duster. Spent from 3PM-midnight waiting for our scene to be shot, finally we go over to where our scene is, spend another 2 hrs waiting for our scene while they shoot a different angle and then at 2AM we here the director say: "THATS A WRAP" !! So the other 10 people in my scene are like WTF? But we take it like a trouper and go back, change into our clothes and go home.
Today the 14th we shot a bank robbery scene. I understand in the movie it will be the 1st bank robbery Dillinger does. My call was at 5:30 in the morning in Oshkosh, meaning I had to get up at 4am! So I drag my butt out of bed, get down there and spend 3 hours waiting. You see, you spend an aweful amount of time waiting on the set. That and doing the same thing 25 times
and then waiting again for them to reset and make their decisions! I spent from 8:30AM-8PM running for my life along with about 50 other extras running when the bad guys open up with the machine guns. (WAY COOL having so many guns going off!) All this work for a scene I think will last 2 minuets on screen. Like I thought, MAYBE you will be able to see me, IF you know where to look and when. LOL
How much did I get paid? About $350 for the two days. Did I see JD? Yep. Today, I actually walked right by him. I was walking down the street kinda zoning out and all of a sudden, there he was right in front of me. It was one of those things where you look up and there he is. Funny thing is, I did not see him til he was right there and it was one of those, is that who I think it is moments. Did not say hi to him or anything. Probably good cause the best way to get fired on a set is to ask for an autograph.
I saw on the news tonight that he was VERY cool walking up to people that were watching the filming and shook hands for about a half hour and even took the time to talk to them too!
So anyhow, I think that is it for my movie carrer. I am not free any of the other dates they needed me, and they are done here on the 20th. Hope you might have gained something from reading about my experience...Watch for the back of my head sometime in 2009!
Fri the 11th, I was to be in a scene at an airport playing a crop duster. Spent from 3PM-midnight waiting for our scene to be shot, finally we go over to where our scene is, spend another 2 hrs waiting for our scene while they shoot a different angle and then at 2AM we here the director say: "THATS A WRAP" !! So the other 10 people in my scene are like WTF? But we take it like a trouper and go back, change into our clothes and go home.
Today the 14th we shot a bank robbery scene. I understand in the movie it will be the 1st bank robbery Dillinger does. My call was at 5:30 in the morning in Oshkosh, meaning I had to get up at 4am! So I drag my butt out of bed, get down there and spend 3 hours waiting. You see, you spend an aweful amount of time waiting on the set. That and doing the same thing 25 times
and then waiting again for them to reset and make their decisions! I spent from 8:30AM-8PM running for my life along with about 50 other extras running when the bad guys open up with the machine guns. (WAY COOL having so many guns going off!) All this work for a scene I think will last 2 minuets on screen. Like I thought, MAYBE you will be able to see me, IF you know where to look and when. LOL
How much did I get paid? About $350 for the two days. Did I see JD? Yep. Today, I actually walked right by him. I was walking down the street kinda zoning out and all of a sudden, there he was right in front of me. It was one of those things where you look up and there he is. Funny thing is, I did not see him til he was right there and it was one of those, is that who I think it is moments. Did not say hi to him or anything. Probably good cause the best way to get fired on a set is to ask for an autograph.
I saw on the news tonight that he was VERY cool walking up to people that were watching the filming and shook hands for about a half hour and even took the time to talk to them too!
So anyhow, I think that is it for my movie carrer. I am not free any of the other dates they needed me, and they are done here on the 20th. Hope you might have gained something from reading about my experience...Watch for the back of my head sometime in 2009!
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