[Dixielandjazz] Re: Actors faking playing

[Charles Suhor]

During the shooting of "The Big Fish" here in the Montgomery area in 
2003, I got a call to be the drummer in a circus band scene. At most 
we'd mime the music but they wanted authentic-looking motions. When I 
found out that this was "extra" pay at about $20 a day and you got up 
at 5:30 am and hung out all day for five days, I said, "Er, no." It 
turns out that the drummer was pretty clearly seen in the movie but I 
don't regret missing my 2 minutes of fame.

Charlie Suhor


On May 4, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Patrick Cooke wrote:

>      I remember a movie in a Russian settiong with Sean Connery.  He 
> "played" sop sax, and the running theme in the movie was the sop sax 
> playing What Is This Thing Salled Love.  It was a good one.
>
>       It may come as a surprise to some that even musicians fake 
> playing in movies, especially when they are part of the background in 
> a party or club scene.
>    In the making of a movie and several commercial filmings, on every 
> occasion the music was already selected before we even got there.  All 
> we had to do was look like we were playing what was on the recording.  
> We were even asked to look more animated during the filming.
>       Pat Cooke
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