This film is one of the most anticipated flicks of 2009 – if not the most anticipated movie here in Omaha – and is especially important to me because I landed a role as an extra. I had sent a photo in (at right) after reading in the Omaha World-Herald newspaper that they were looking for "business travelers." (Emily is the one who got cropped out of the photo.)
Here's the e-mail I received (while I was in Orlando, at Hollywood Studios of all places) informing me I had earned the privilege of spending 17 hours on the set at Eppley Airfield:
Date of Work: Tuesday, April 28th
Your Category is: BUSINESS TRAVELER
Your start time is: 6:30AM
For continuity you must be available and on set for approx. 12–13 consecutive hours from your start time.
Report Rain or Shine to the set.
SET SECURITY: DO NOT BRING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS. ONLY MINORS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BRING ONE PARENT OR GUARDIAN WITH THEM.
PICTURES OR VIDEO FROM CELL PHONES ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Taking a picture or video on set are grounds for immediate dismissal and will not be tolerated. Do not bring cameras of any kind to the set. You will sign a confidentiality agreement when you check in. The confidentiality agreement forbids you from doing an interview about your experience on the set, or blogging about your experience on the set.
Holding Area: After you report to set, and are checked in, the background cast will wait together in a room close to the set. Please do not bring any valuables. We are not responsible for lost items or valuables.
Lunch: We break for lunch about 6 hours into our day. If you are on set with us during our lunch break, we will provide a catered lunch. Your lunch is provided, but it’s not counted as work time. It’s always a good idea to eat something before you arrive.
WARDROBE DETAILS:
**Please read this entire wardrobe memo in order to understand the guidelines.
FOR ALL CATEGORIES:
NO OVERLY TRENDY LOOKS**NO BRIGHT WHITE **NO BRIGHT RED **NO BLACK. NO VISIBLE LOGOS.
GOOD COLORS: Light grey, medium grey, charcoal grey, brown, navy blue, medium blues, burgundy, rust, maroon, eggplant, professional greens, olive green, hunter green.
*If you only have black clothes or a black overcoat, please borrow something as we cannot put you in the movie in black.
WE ARE FILMING MANY SCENES ON TUESDAY AT THE AIRPORT. WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO BRING MANY OPTIONS SO YOU CAN BE RE-USED FOR MANY SCENES. PLEASE DO YOUR BEST WITH SELECTIONS FROM YOUR CLOSET. BRING YOUR BEST OPTIONS, AND OUR WARDROABE DEPARTMENT WILL SUPPLEMENT IF NECESSARY.
PACK YOUR OPTIONS IN A SUITCASE OR GARMENT BAG, SO THEY WILL NOT WRINKLE.
BUSINESS TRAVELERS - COME WEARING A BUSINESS LOOK, AND BRING TWO OTHER BUSINESS LOOKS. ALSO BRING TWO OPTIONS TO TURN YOURSELF INTO A LEISURE TRAVELER AS WELL. SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW.
LEISURE TRAVELERS - COME WEARING ONE OPTION FOR LEISURE, AND BRING TWO OTHER OPTIONS FOR LEISURE. ALSO BRING BUSINESS LOOKS IN CASE WE TURN YOU INTO A BUSINESS TRAVELER. SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW.
ALL BUSINESS AND LEISURE TRAVELERS BRING A “PHOENIX” FLAIR OPTIION LISTED BELOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT FITS THE DESCRIPTION.
BUSINESS TRAVELERS: Bring 2-3 suit options AND winter coats:
1) Business suits in light tones and mid to dark tones – not black. Dress shirts and blouses in off-white to mid-tones (no bright white shirts), ties in stripes and patterns. Women skirt and pant suits, nice blouses in off-white to mid-tones, professional scarves. Trenchcoats!
AND
3) Winter coat choices – long woolen overcoats and trenchcoats, etc.
LEISURE TRAVELERS: Come wearing one option and bring two others.
1) Business casual or leisure traveler option. You may bring khaki pants and jeans but please not only jeans (and no ripped jeans) and bring another color casual pant option other than khaki too. Sweaters, L/S polo shirts, L/S casual shirts. NO LOGOS.
AND
2) Optional Phoenix flair: such as nice cowboy hats, cowboy boots, ladies can bring “trophy wife” choice with dressy expensive looking suits, dresses, silk blouses with high heels and heavy jewelry. Short-sleeved options. Southwest jewelry – turquoise. Older folks can bring golf attire. You may also bring a nice matching tracksuit. Coral and Turquoise are good colors here.
COLLEGIATES: Come wearing one option and bring two others.
Jeans, sweats, sweatshirts, cargo pants, casual “American Eagle” type clothing, baseball hats. NO LOGOS.
SENIORS: Come wearing one option and bring two others.
1) Leisure travelers. Comfortable clothing for an athletic jaunt. Dockers pants (can bring a khaki option but please bring another color too), golfwear and velour encouraged. Also bring a Midwestern grandparents look as well (jeans, sweatshirts, sneakers)
PROPS: Since you are portraying a traveler, please pack your clothing in a piece of luggage or carry-on piece of luggage and that in turn will work as a prop for when you portray a traveler. Laptops and briefcases (if you have them). Always keep your eyes on your computer – we are not responsible for lost items. Please tag your luggage.
Hair & Make-up:
Women and Men should be hair and make-up ready. This means your hair should be clean, styled and for women your make-up already applied. Bring your own comb or brush and make-up for touch-ups.
What to expect on the set:
You will report to the parking location, then you will walk to the check in area.
After arrival you will be “checked-in”. Your name will be on the extras casting list for that day, and you will be cleared to be on the set.
After filling out your payment voucher you go thru the “works”. This means that you will show your wardrobe selections to our costume department and they will choose what you will wear. Hair and make-up will look at you to see if any touch ups need to happen.
You will then be placed in the scene to work, OR you will wait in holding until they are ready for extras to be placed in the background. It’s possible you may wait for a long time before you are called to set. In some rare instances, you might not be asked to go to set at all.
Working as a background performer, means waiting in holding until the production team is ready to place you in the background of a scene. Be patient, it’s not about action all the time. Please bring some reading material or crossword puzzles or something to quietly occupy your time. We do not recommend that you bring any expensive or valuable item. We are not responsible for lost or damaged personal items.
You are very important to our movie. Please let us know immediately if your schedule changes and you become unavailable – so that we have time to replace you.
We hope you enjoy working with us on this production.
Thanks!!
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