TribLIVE: Since July, Joe Fishel has worked as a police officer, a soldier, a hunter and a college employee.
Over the years, he also has done stints as a college-football official, a prison guard and a member of a SWAT team.
It's not because he can't keep a job. Fishel, who lives in Butler, has spent the past 10 years teaching social studies at Kittanning Senior High School.
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I've watched a segment on the Sunday Morning CBS news-thing (don't exactly know what it is called, which is sad because I watch it every sunday when I'm home...) about the people who fill the stands in movie football games and walk around in the background in an outdoor scene. It's a really interesting thing to look at because we never usually think about them, but their roles in movies and T.V. shows are just as important as the lead because they make the movie/show realistic. An empty football stand during a game with the two main characters on it make it look like the football team is so awful their players parents didn't even care to go and what are the two characters doing there anyway!? You need those people in the background to make the scenes accurate. It's interesting to see their side of the story. It's great that they can get into a character even if their job is to just cross a street. I wonder if all of them are actors of some sort, like how one of them is also in PICT. I also like how they said even though they've worked with celebrity actors and actresses, they can't be star struck, they have their own work to do. But they can learn by watching the star. There are some celebrities who I don't understand how they made it, but for the ones who are worth learning from, it is a great opportunity to have.
Before reading this article I never thought about how much extras can make or break a movie. They play such a big role in making the movie feel like reality because of the crowds in the town or the random people getting something to eat at the restaurant. As Pittsburgh becomes more of a hotspot for filming movies, I think that there is definitely going to be a need to for more extras. However, this is not a job for everyone because what I think makes an extra is that they are calm and natural.
Having participated as an extra on the production side of an independent movie before, it is interesting to hear about the other side of the experience in both acting and production size. I never realized that being an extra for a big screen film is so involved not only for the lead roles but for those who cross the street, make noise, or fill the stands. It would be interesting to also play a part as an extra in these films behind or in front of the camera.
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