December 5, 2010
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It’s Hard Work
Do you ever watch the special features of movies? Do you watch how the movie is made?
I do. I love watching how movies are made. I would love to work on movies.
I think people are too critical of actors. If you watch the special features, it’s obviously really hard work making a movie. And it’s not just actors delivering lines. They have to do take after take of the same scene and consistently have all the right emotions. They often work 16+ hours a day while shooting and working into the early morning hours only to go to sleep and wake up a short time later to start shooting again.
I just watched the special features of Eclipse, and it’s crazy what the actors did to make this movie. There’s a lot of physical action and fighting, plus they did A LOT of running. Have you ever seen how they made the Lord of the Rings trilogy? They spent 2 years creating a place that’s in the movie for 45 minutes. I think it would be awesome to be a part of making something so epic. I would love to be in that industry, having a hand in creating movies. There’s so much more that goes into a movie than just actors acting, and it would be wonderful to be a part of that.
Comments (6)
I watch it every now and then if it’s a movie I really love, like the Twilight series. I watched all the special features on the New Moon dvd.
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Every time I watch something with my brother he always makes us watch them. And it is interesting! I agree, that would be such a cool job to have. I always thought doing the makeup for movies, especially zombie movies would be fun, too.
DFGFBFR I need to get Eclipse! SOOOOON!
NO! NO amount of ‘actor’ labor will EVER bring me to appreciate Eclipse. The crew works TREMENDOUSLY harder, except the ‘special’ features are focused in their entirety on the actors for that is what fan girls would like to see.
@SodomyClown - I know that the crew works harder, all I’m saying is that people underestimate how hard the actors work too.
I love watching the special features. And I’ve been known to watch a movie, then rewatch it clicking on the version that shares the director and actors (and others) thoughts about making the movie. I find that so interesting.
