Day in the life of a Friday Night Lights extra.. --
orginally posted on Myspace Tuesday August 28th.
Let me paint a pretty picture for you. It's hot, hell hot by the way and your put in a closed tent with about 100 other extras taking up your oxygen. The air conditioning vents are being hogged up by a family who got there early enough to snag the table right by the big tunnel looking vent. Just to fill out the voucher so you can get paid, you break into an uncontrable sweat. So the day begins.
Now for the fun stuff. The head guy in charge of us lowly extras marched us to the football field, which I later learned was built merely for the show. Rad! He begins to sit us in the bleachers and I don't mean like he picked me up and sat me down like toddler, I mean he told us ok everyone fill up the first row then start the next row kind of stuff. So what row did I get? Yup,you guessed it... I was up front and personal. Front row, 40 yard line couldn't get better seats if I paid for them. hehe. Row by row the bleachers filled. Well there wasn't that many extras so we only filled like half the bleachers.
Let the games begin! So pretty much it went like this, ok we started off shooting somewhere in the first quarter we were on the opposing team (not the Dillion Panthers that FNL fans love) we were the Westerby Chaparals woot woot!! Go Westerby High! When they said rolling, the head guy Tony started a chat to get us all the football game spirit. Let me tell you this was a full on football game, minus the opposing side and no marching band, tisk tisk. BUt there were cheerleaders, all the football players, trainers, coaches it was really cool.
Anywho, so they said rolling and Tony started a chat "Go Chaps Go!" We screamed that out till they yelled CUT. Rolling... GO CHAPS GO!!... *touchdown* WHOOOOOOO CUT. Rolling... GO CHAPS GO!!!! fumble BOOOOOOO CUT So we do for hours. Tony starts moving us around to fill in holes in the crowd depending on what is being seen on film. Rolling... GO CHAPS GO!!!! touchdown WHOOOOO. fumble BOOOOOOOOOO. yellow flag WHAAAAT!!!!!
Every emotion that I've never felt towards football I had to express. It was fun. I kinda wanted to see the entire game but we kept cutting and breaking to move around, and no those aren't new dance moves. Next thing you know it's midnight and I can't stop yawning. I'm thinking this will end soon, and it did. About and hour and half later. By the end I couldn't yell anymore, I barely had any energy to shake my pom-pom and by pom-pom I don't mean my dairier. So after a few takes of the final shot they dismiss us and we're hauling, and I mean hauling behind (now I'm reffering to my dairier) to the tent so that we can check out. Once we do that we're treated to some of the finest dining eaten with plastic utensils. I was a hungry hungry hippo cause I inhaled everything. lol.
Let the games begin! So pretty much it went like this, ok we started off shooting somewhere in the first quarter we were on the opposing team (not the Dillion Panthers that FNL fans love) we were the Westerby Chaparals woot woot!! Go Westerby High! When they said rolling, the head guy Tony started a chat to get us all the football game spirit. Let me tell you this was a full on football game, minus the opposing side and no marching band, tisk tisk. BUt there were cheerleaders, all the football players, trainers, coaches it was really cool.
Anywho, so they said rolling and Tony started a chat "Go Chaps Go!" We screamed that out till they yelled CUT. Rolling... GO CHAPS GO!!... *touchdown* WHOOOOOOO CUT. Rolling... GO CHAPS GO!!!! fumble BOOOOOOO CUT So we do for hours. Tony starts moving us around to fill in holes in the crowd depending on what is being seen on film. Rolling... GO CHAPS GO!!!! touchdown WHOOOOO. fumble BOOOOOOOOOO. yellow flag WHAAAAT!!!!!
Every emotion that I've never felt towards football I had to express. It was fun. I kinda wanted to see the entire game but we kept cutting and breaking to move around, and no those aren't new dance moves. Next thing you know it's midnight and I can't stop yawning. I'm thinking this will end soon, and it did. About and hour and half later. By the end I couldn't yell anymore, I barely had any energy to shake my pom-pom and by pom-pom I don't mean my dairier. So after a few takes of the final shot they dismiss us and we're hauling, and I mean hauling behind (now I'm reffering to my dairier) to the tent so that we can check out. Once we do that we're treated to some of the finest dining eaten with plastic utensils. I was a hungry hungry hippo cause I inhaled everything. lol.
Overall I give it a B-. The "-" is merely cause of the late hours, I think I could of hooted and hollered all day long but I was just too damn tired after midnight. But it was hella fun I tell you. I can't wait to do it again!! And no, I did not meet any of the actors, they weren't at this shooting. Perhaps next time. Goals for me - do more filming to eventually be a featured extra. I hear that title come up often and it sounds pretty, even prettier on a resume I suppose
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