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Television/Movie Extra Experience Expectations & Guidelines
Congratulations on your upcoming Walk-On/Extra Role experience. You now have the opportunity to experience what it is like to be on your favorite television show. You will get to experience all that goes into putting on a great show. This is your opportunity to not only witness, but be immortalized on your favorite show. Please review the information below in order to ensure the best possible experience.
You will be required to fill out paper work and sign a release giving permission for your image to be used on the show. You will then meet with a show representative to go over wardrobe, hair/make-up, and the part you will be playing.
The person performing the walk-on role must be at least 18 years of age. Your guest must also be at least 18 years of age. If you have special needs or requirements, please let us know. Please be prepared to spend up to 12 hours on set. We highly recommend bringing reading material, knitting, or something else to keep you entertained on the downtime between shots. Do not bring anything with you considered “noisy” such as a game boy or radio. There will be food available through out the day. Depending on the time of day you are there may have the opportunity to have lunch with the cast and crew as available. Please understand due to the rigors of memorizing lines and performing some stars prefer to eat lunch in their trailers. If shooting “on lot” usually you will be given access to the studio commissary, where you have the opportunity to see even more celebrities.
Scheduling:
Movie and television taping is hectic. With that said, we require
a minimum availability window of one week. Many factors, such as
weather, rewrites, scene issues, etc. may cause your shoot date
to be pushed earlier or later in the week. Please understand hit
television shows are spending millions of dollars a day to get the
show just right. They typically shoot over 100 hours of film to
get 45 minutes of show. Of course, we will make our best attempts
to give you as much notice as possible.
Set Etiquette: IMPORTANT!!!
It is rare that hit television shows allow people to visit, let alone actually be on the show. Therefore, your behavior is very important to ensure our continued ability to offer these amazing opportunities. A representative will brief you before you reach the set. It is imperative, that you listen to and follow all directives the representative gives you. Once on the set please be polite and quiet. You will be on an actual working set. Just like someone visiting you at your job, do your best not to disturb their work. The representative will let you know when it is an appropriate time to ask for pictures, etc.
Wardrobe:
You will be given wardrobe information before your actual shoot date. Please bring at least two (2) outfits to choose from. This is called wear one, bring two. We recommend wearing your first choice to the actual shoot. Colors should be neutral. Do not wear black, white, bright colors or busy patterns. The best colors for television are blues, greens, peaches, pinks, browns and tans. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Wardrobe will have other choices available if need be, however, they generally try to outfit you in your own clothing so that you are most comfortable. If needed, Hair and Make-up will be on hand for touch-ups. Please arrive camera ready.
Cast/Crew:
We cannot guarantee a specific cast member will be working on the day you visit. It takes one week to shoot an episode. The entire cast does not work every day, generally only the cast members who are in the scenes being shot the day you are on set will be available. We also cannot guarantee cast members will act in a specific manner. Generally the cast and crew are very nice and more than willing to pose for pictures and answer questions. However, long taping hours and rigorous shooting/dialog requirements can take their toll. Actors, like everyone else, sometimes have bad days.
Your Episode:
Your walk-on is the experience of being on the show. Please understand we are not in the editing room. We cannot guarantee how much air time you will have on the actual episode. Best efforts will be made to send you stills of your episode with you in them as available.
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