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[–] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The labor laws for children (<18) in film are brutal. As they should be. Better to avoid the whole thing unless really necessary. Extras definitely won't be under 18.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Sometimes extras have to be kids, so filming can stretch out a few days.

    Knowing there's kids on set can actually be nice, because you know there's only so long they can shoot for, instead of stretching a Friday night out indefinitely. Especially if it's a director like Fincher who is known for doing a lot of takes.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Acted as a kid, mainly in locals and some true crime shows for New Dominion Pictures, back before the true crime mania.

    This one lady who was on a lot of the same projects I was on called me "her little guarantee" meaning she got to get home to her kids at reasonable hours because I was on set. Lol

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In my experience, when possible they just shoot the stuff with the kids first then pivot to scenes without them to finish out the day. Not always the case though!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, they'll front load the kid stuff if they can for sure. Or just stagger call times.

    Usually when they were creating a hard out time you were already in the weeds as it was. Getting home late, but not as late as it would be.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You assume they follow the law

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's exactly where it would be followed.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    When they get caught, sure..then they partly their lobby fees and it gets sweeped under the rug. These mega corps don't play by our rules, they have no rules.

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