Quote: A day on set by Jensen
Found this great account of life on the set as given by Jensen from this past weekend's SF Con. It's a perfect match for this comm and I think I'll share other quotes that have to do with the production of the show in future posts.
Taken from: Source Warning! The linked article does have some spoilers.
A fan asked Jensen to describe a typical day on set. Just hearing his answer made us tired.
Jensen: We’ll get picked up at 6:30 or so, do hair and makeup, come to set. And we’ll shoot everything from one side of the scene, then we’ll have a ‘turnaround’ and we’ll have a break of maybe a half hour, and then we’ll have maybe some odd and inconsistent breaks during the day (These sometimes consist of “Jensen we’ll need you in 5 minutes”….45 minutes later….”okay, ready for you now!”) Sometimes it’s action stuff, so we’re sweaty and taking advil….sometimes it’s alot of dialogue…alot of it is back and forth to the set and the trailers, laughing with the crew, having a really good time - they really are like family. It’s the longest on set that anybody has ever been on a show. And then we wrap after about 12 or 13 hours, then it’s back to hair and makeup, wash all that off, get out of your costume, get into your street clothes, hop in the car. You’ve got about 9 hours, so you decompress for about an hour, then go to bed. We’re guaranteed a 12 hour gap between call times, so it pushes our call times every day. Monday we’ll start at 7ish, by the time Friday rolls around we’re starting at 1 or 2 in the afternoon.
I can personally attest to how long a 12 to 15 hour filming day can be. The good thing is...you do tend to fall into the habit of the schedule and it's not too bad most days. I've also read that some fans doubt that they actually film that long every day. Uh...yeah, they do. When you consider how many takes are shot of every scene, how many angles are done, it takes time. There's also the time it takes to adjust the lighting and the camera when the shooting angles change. You add in that a lot of the time they're not in the studio, but on location somewhere that adds in more time just to get everything/everyone there, set up, take things down at the end of the day, and so on.
Taken from: Source Warning! The linked article does have some spoilers.
A fan asked Jensen to describe a typical day on set. Just hearing his answer made us tired.
Jensen: We’ll get picked up at 6:30 or so, do hair and makeup, come to set. And we’ll shoot everything from one side of the scene, then we’ll have a ‘turnaround’ and we’ll have a break of maybe a half hour, and then we’ll have maybe some odd and inconsistent breaks during the day (These sometimes consist of “Jensen we’ll need you in 5 minutes”….45 minutes later….”okay, ready for you now!”) Sometimes it’s action stuff, so we’re sweaty and taking advil….sometimes it’s alot of dialogue…alot of it is back and forth to the set and the trailers, laughing with the crew, having a really good time - they really are like family. It’s the longest on set that anybody has ever been on a show. And then we wrap after about 12 or 13 hours, then it’s back to hair and makeup, wash all that off, get out of your costume, get into your street clothes, hop in the car. You’ve got about 9 hours, so you decompress for about an hour, then go to bed. We’re guaranteed a 12 hour gap between call times, so it pushes our call times every day. Monday we’ll start at 7ish, by the time Friday rolls around we’re starting at 1 or 2 in the afternoon.
I can personally attest to how long a 12 to 15 hour filming day can be. The good thing is...you do tend to fall into the habit of the schedule and it's not too bad most days. I've also read that some fans doubt that they actually film that long every day. Uh...yeah, they do. When you consider how many takes are shot of every scene, how many angles are done, it takes time. There's also the time it takes to adjust the lighting and the camera when the shooting angles change. You add in that a lot of the time they're not in the studio, but on location somewhere that adds in more time just to get everything/everyone there, set up, take things down at the end of the day, and so on.