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1、+第三十六篇LifeasaMovieExtra1.Ordinarypeoplehavealwaysbeenattractedtotheworldofmoviesandmoviestars.Onewaytogetclosertothisworldistobecomeamovieextra.Althoughyouhaveseenmovieextras,youmaynothavepaidattentiontothem.Extrasarethepeopleseatedattablesinarestaurantwhilethetwomainactorsareinconver
2、sation.Theyaretheguestsattheweddingofthemaincharacters.Theyarethepeoplecrossingthestreetwhile"thebadguy"isbeingchasedbythepolice.Extrasdon'tnormallyspeakanylines,buttheyhelpmakethesceneslookreal1. 2. Beingamovieextramightseemlikealotoffun.Yougettoseewhatlifeislikebehindthescenes.Butdo
3、n'tforgetthatbeinganextraisreallyajob,andit'smostlyaboutdoingnothing.First-timeextrasareoftenshockedtolearnhowslowtheprocessofmoviemakingis.Inafinishedmovie,theactionmaymovequickly.Butitcansometimestakeawholedaytoshootascenethatappearsforjustafewminutesonthescreen.3. Themainrequiremen
4、tforbeinganextraistheabilitytowait.Youmayreporttoworkat5or6a.m.,andthenyouwaituntilthedirectorisreadyforyourscene.Thiscouldtakeseveralhours.Thentheremaybetechnicalproblems,andyouhavetowaitsomemore.Afterthedirectorsays"action"andyoudothefirst"take",youmayhavetodoitagainifheorsheisnotsa
5、tisfiedwiththescene.Infact,youmayhavetodothesamesceneoverandoveragain.Youcouldbeonthesetforhours,sometimeswaitingoutdoorsinveryhotorcoldweather2.Youmaynotbefinisheduntil11p.m.ormidnight.Thepayisn'tgood,either--oftenonlyalittlebitaboveminimumwage.Andyoumustpaytheagentwhogetsyouthejobac
6、ommissionofabout10percent.4. Sowhowouldwanttobeamovieextra?Inspiteofthelonghoursandlowpay,manypeoplestillapplyforthejob.Somepeopletrulyenjoythework.Theylikebeingonamovieset,andtheyenjoythecompanionshipoftheirfellowextras.Mostofthemhaveflexibleschedules,whichallowthemtobeavailable,3The
7、ymaybestudents,waiters,homemakers,retiredpeople,orunemployedactors.Someunemployedactorshopetheworkwillhelpthemgetrealactingjobs,butitdoesn'thappenoften.Mostpeopleinthemovieindustrymakeasharpdistinctionbetweenextrasandactors,soextrasarenotusuallyconsideredforlargeparts.5. Thenexttimeyo
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