Synopsis "See You On Set!: The Film & TV World Through the Eyes of a Jobbing Extra"
SeeYouOnSet! - Learn what it's really like, and then learn how to become a successful extra/supporting artist in the UK film and television industry. Everything that you need to begin a career in the entertainment business is encompassed within the pages of this book. This is the Handbook Guide that everyone should read."SeeYouOnSet!" - is a unique look behind the scenes, at the real requirements needed to be seen as a professional supporting artist/extra. (Of which, the three key elements are patience, adaptability and, most importantly, a sense of humour. This book is part history, part stories from the Green Room, part tutorial, part info pack, part life on set, part fact, part fabrication; in truth this book has almost as many parts as 'extras' have alternative names. It encompasses historical information regarding agencies, virtues and vices, and the two unions; and the relative experiences, the gripes and the groans of many supporting artists in their twilight world, tight-rope walk existence.It also includes links and information to many agents and agencies, up and down the UK, in a variety of different fields, that go hand in hand with earning a living as an extra.We are the crowd, we are the moving scenery, the walking (silently talking) props, that add a little colour and life, into what might otherwise look like a very dull screen moment.
