Memoirs of a Movie Stand-in

This week, I'm talking about some of the on-set protocol that you'll find when you work on movies and TV shows. What's a "page count" on a movie set? What are "sides"? What's a "call sheet"? What does the script supervisor mean when she says, "Seven Baker is up..." to the other people on the crew? It's a whole lot of stuff like that on this week's podcast. Enjoy!

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In January 1997, we shot an episode of Promised Land called The Collapse. We shot in and around a real mine southeast of Park City, as well as a bunch of sets built by our remarkable Art Department crew. Join me in this podcast episode and I'll tell you all about it.

Also, follow this link for a few behind-the-scenes pictures that I took all by myself on our mine set.

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In January 1997, when the Promised Land crew returned to work after our Christmas break, we shot episode 115, an episode about a homeless, runaway teenager. Our special guest was Thora Birch, who later became somewhat of a movie icon for her role in American Beauty.

Please Note: After I recorded the podcast, I realized that I was wrong about Thora Birch being featured in the ads for American Beauty. What can I say? I never saw the movie.

It was a new year and we were shooting with a new film format (or, at least, it was new to us). We had been filming the series in 16mm but, starting in 1997, we switched to a format called Super 16.

So, please join me for some memoirs about this episode, which was shot on location in Salt Lake City's Pioneer Park.
Follow this link in Google Maps. Also in this episode, I tell you why you'll often see rooms with closed curtains when you're watching movies. Plus, what's "dulling spray" all about?


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