Adventure in Movie Making
I spotted this post one day as I was just scrolling through. I thought to myself, "I've ran a marathon so why not be famous and be in a marathon movie" Now of course I knew I 'd never be really famous for being in the background of a movie, but I did recognize the opportunity to have a little fun and experience an all new adventure.
So I started with making myself a new running outfit. If I was going to be famous I wanted to say I had on an original RUNwayGear outfit. lol And then I waited for the detailed email. If you have not participated in a movie shoot you may be surprised how it all happens and you may be a little overwhelmed. I'm an easy going person so I just rolled with it. So the week before the scheduled shoot dates you have to watch your email like a hawk waiting for the specific details, like time and location. I received 2 emails the day before the shoot. One was early morning saying to be at the set location very early the next morning. But right before bedtime I received an email with a time change.
In these emails I also learned the name of the movie that was being shot. Sounds like a heart touching story, be sure to check it out next year when it comes out.
The first day on set was a lot to take in and learn. First off they held us in the big tent where we were handed our paper work to fill out. The paper work was a lot of tax forms. After we were all done we just waited around as the film crew was getting ready.
Most of the morning we sat around in this tent. I was sitting by myself until I decided to get up and walk around to make some friends. The tent was full of people half were runners the other half were actors. So I found some real nice ladies to chat with, come to find out they live in the city near mine and we were all apart of the group, Moms Run This Town. Then we strummed up a conversion with a background actor who does this kinda thing all the time. He gave us some pointers if we ever wanted to do this more often. At that point I was amazed that he did this as a full time job , I was only there to say I was a marathon runner and I wanted to be in a marathon movie. I met several others, some did this kinda thing because they were retired and others were like me, we wanted to be marathon movie famous.
We finally got called to the set. We boarded a bus where we headed to the town center of Stock bridge. The movie set was being held right in front of their City Hall. Again we waited around until we were told our positions. It would be boring for me to tell you how the rest of the day went because there was a lot of standing around. But whats really important is what scenes I was shot in :-) Now I've been told that in the movie industry don't be surprised if your scene does not make it and I"m prepared for that, but I'll share with you my "famous" moments just in case. lol
So the best shot they got of me...... I was right in front of the camera....... was the shot that they were filming our feet running by the camera. I have on pink shoes and pink socks so watch for me! (I'm laughing at myself as I type this) Seriously though that was the only shot where I was directly in front of the camera. There was a couple other shots where we were running by the main actor but I'm not counting on seeing myself in those.
It was a super fun and interesting day. I'm so glad that I did not let my fear of the unknown keep me from having such a cool adventure. I made memories, learned about something new, met new friends and completed my dream of being famous!
