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Friday, October 26, 2007
Going deep
I was picture-picked for the Jim Carrey film Yes Man.
I had had a wardrobe fitting, which generally would mean I would be Quite Featured.
As it was, as I'd "be used later" inside, I was placed a bit Deep, on a long queue waiting to head into a bank.
I had a 11am calltime, but thankfully still had a bit of overtime.
Predictably enough, those with 6am calltimes were wrapped before I was.
Pleasantly long into [my] overtime, I was brought to set with a few others, placed next to the office... then sent back outside... about ten or fifteen minutes later... the last of we the background were wrapped.
That happens.
Were I spottable at all during the day's shoot it would be on the bank line, outside as Carrey enters the bank.
Those of us on line have an orange.
While on the queue I gently toss mine up and down, so it could be possible to see me.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
More
Bill Dance paged me that I was recalled for two days on Yes Man; the next day/Tuesday and for Wednesday.
It is possible they realized the Picture-Picked Featured-Background they'd selected (and for whom even wardrobe had been fitted), had not been used (I would surmise), so wonderfully, back I go...!
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Wednesday November 21, 2007
Tuesday and Wednesday
Considering how the shoot went, it's really not needed to say I did this on Tuesday and that on Wednesday, et al (except where specific and/or relevant).
This time instead of on location in Encino, we worked on the Warner Bros. lot.
As a matter of fact, our holding was Stage 16 in which I worked on Wild Wild West.
The main shooting was on stage 23.
Still featured background in the Loan Applicant catagory, as this scene is another day, I was given a different shirt than the Encino shoot for which I was placed deep.
I met a pleasant young actor named Raoul, who was gracious enough to drive me home both days.
He was quite impressed regarding
Strictly Background,
to the point he took a few of the promo cards to promote it himself.
He's still a bit new to background work, but has already learned many sets have A Complainer/Whiner, as across whom we came: a large guy who insisted on spreading negative energy.
With amusement, we just ignored the guy's irrational rantings.
Inside we were placed for a scene at a rustic tavern/restaurant (remember, I do not reveal storyline spoilers).
An AD requested a Blank Spot on the floor (which for set-crossing techies we'd left open a bit), be filled in.
So as close to the front as possible I was the first to start filling that blank spot.
Raoul later concurred he should have stuck with me.
For this first sequence the principals come through our crowd, and a few of them greet us directly and we greet them.
One of the principal actresses and I actually hug, which for their entrance could assist in my visibility.
The second aspect of the scene I was on the other side of the section of the room, still in the shot, meeting and befriending the lovely and friendly Jessica Durham.
Raoul had met her and her "lovelier" sister on another set in which the background were various superheroes.
Rauol was eyeing another very pretty backgrounder, but took no action, so I simply asked Alison Sorenson (sp?) her name; she's working on a project with she and her sister...
I'm a little vague if it was a web-based program or what, but while she's working on the business plan, she was slightly struggling over a title.
At Wednesday lunch I suggested The Sisters Sorensen, which she liked.
Y'never know; the alliteration would certainly make it a memorable title, if they decide on it.
The third part of the scene on which I worked has me at the front bar, crossing to the back as character actor E.J. Callahan passes me.
In the earliest takes he is with a very comely younger woman, and in much later versions he is on his own.
Now E.J. and I came across each other at the Encino location: he and I know each other, but neither of us can remember exactly for what [g] (having since really checked, he and I both worked on Wild Wild West and Man Who Wasn't There).
Wednesday at lunch E.J. even came and sat with me, and we chatted over our various work, et al.
I had forgotten he had been on one of my My Name is Earl episodes (though his scenes were on location and I was at the studio).
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Sunday August 11, 2008
Trailer, et al
Considering the recent
George Carlin,
Bernie Mac,
and
Isaac Hayes
death-trio,
I was checking out the IMDB, on its front page of which listed the
Yes Man trailer,
as well as its
scheduled
December 19, 2008 release date.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Still shooting, or reshoots...?
It was unlikely I would be called/booked, as I could be considered Visible, plus I had recently shaved off my facial hair, but I came across a casting notice this date for Homeless Types for the coming Saturday for Yes Man much to my surprise.
But then, the reshoots for
Failure to Launch
were about a month from its release date, and
Blades of Glory
was also quite close to its release date.
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Friday December 19th
Screening/s
This was the release date for both
Seven Pounds
and
Yes Man
both on which I worked.
As a Yule gift, I took my producer friend that evening to
see both features,
catching
Seven Pounds
at 6:20pm
and
Yes Man
at 8:45pm.
We chose the order in case
Seven Pounds
was "too much" drama, which it somewhat proved to be.
The back of my head was very visible during the Social Services scene.
Thankfully,
Yes Man
was thoroughly
hilarious,
which cheered back up my friend considerably.
The restaurant-cabin scene was slightly more streamlined than all that was filmed, but I was briefly visible and my friend even spotted me.
Of the two, I most likely would Netflix
Seven Pounds
and possibly even purchase the
Yes Man
DVD.
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Wednesday February 18, 2009
DVD release scheduled
I received notification that
Yes Man
would be released on DVD on
April 7, 2009.
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Thursday April 09, 2009
DVD
Arriving via Netflix, sadly the DVD lacks an audio commentary, nor apparently any bonus features.
I acquired the best frame-grab of me and placed it below...
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