
After the long line, came the wardrobe check. Surprisingly, I didn’t need to change. I wore a lightweight, v-neck, purple sweater and jeans. I brought all those clothes, shoes, etc. for nothing. I would have done just about anything to go back to my car and dump the stuff–at least get rid of the bag of clothes. Next line may have been the worst. It was back through the mud to wait for a seat on a shuttle bus. I think I waited 20 minutes or longer. They came in shifts. The buses filled right away and returned to pick up more. I suppose I was lucky both times because I was on one of those luxury buses, not a typical airport shuttle. Again I waited to get my bags back. It was time to go into the terminal.
Everyone was remarkably friendly. I have no idea how many conversations I had with complete strangers while waiting. We did a lot of waiting. I guess that is normal, but this was my first extra job, so I didn’t know. I had brought a book to read, but I didn’t read. Once we got to the “holding area” (sounds like we were farm animals), we sat for a few minutes, got up, came back, sat for a few minutes, back up again. Once the filming got started, we didn’t sit much.
The crazy people were the ones who were so adamant about getting on camera. It’s almost a competition to see who can be first to get picked to do various shots. It was funny. I don’t think that extra work gets you “discovered” unless you have a speaking part–and maybe not even then. Then there were those people who were professional extras.
I did a lot of walking. At one point, I began to hate my bags. They were far lighter than anything I would carry to the airport even for a short trip, and yet they got very, very heavy. My arms hurt this morning.
I did get in a shot were you see Seth walking through a mass of people near the check-in gate. I was talking to someone else. Seth walks within two feet of me and turns to dodge some other people. I will have to wait to see if it’s in there. I was definitely in the shot. The other areas where I walked back and forth? I have no idea if I was ever in the camera. Maybe.
One idiot got in trouble for taking a photo of Seth with his iPhone. I barely paid attention to the actors. We were usually rounded up back to the holding area or busy being given directions.
We had an audience at one point… SFO workers and travelers were watching. The whole set up caused some confusion for a few travelers. We had a few who thought the fake airline was real. The airline that is normally there was closed. We also had a few travelers insert themselves in the background. Often they stopped filming to let groups of travelers go by to get to their airlines.
Next, I have to tell you about cutie “cop” who acted weird enough that I called him on it…