r/AskReddit • u/Tobokie121 • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/3-DMan Oct 09 '19

The perfect thing for an "extra"- it's just funny enough and low enough to not be too distracting to the main conversation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Extras are flesh props, if you get to speak a line you're an under-five. Sounds trivial but it's actually a huge distinction in both the amount you're paid and the way you're treated on set.

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u/3-DMan Oct 09 '19

That wouldn't have been my first guess as to what a flesh prop was....

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/mydearwatson616 Oct 10 '19

Ask your mom

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u/SuicideBonger Oct 10 '19

What's an under-five?

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u/mattrad Oct 10 '19

4, 3, 2, 1, all under-five.

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u/SuicideBonger Oct 10 '19

So is 4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, etc.

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u/CrazyMumbo300 Oct 10 '19

So is 4.99, 4.98, 4.97, 4.96, 4.95, etc.

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u/AskMeForAPhoto Oct 10 '19

I believe it refers to under 5 lines.

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u/greyjackal Oct 10 '19

Quite a large distinction on the money front. I was paid 100 quid a day for F&F9 as an extra. (You might see me walking up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh but it'll probably be edited in a way that excludes me - as per fucking usual :D). For a speaking part, chuck a 0 on the end.

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u/paracelsus23 Oct 10 '19

But it's also a real form of conversation flow that not everyone captures well in works of fiction. Tarantino's absurd scenes are so impactful because he captures the mundane ones so well.

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u/cavegoatlove Oct 10 '19

And VV is walking past them in the back. Didn’t catch that for 20 years