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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 116320" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 3 didn't want to be in it. At the audition, he kept saying, "I'm not going to do this, I'm only here because Mum made me come along." Meanwhile difficult child 1 & easy child 2/difficult child 2 were really keen. BF2 was sitting outside, he didn't want to be in it either because at that time, it was not going to be a paid job and he was desperate to get a job which could pay his way.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 finally only agreed to do it if he didn't have to wear an animal costume. He refused to wear a hat (I would have lent him my pith helmet, it would have been great) and wore his own shorts and my Malaya boots. They found a matching button up shirt for him. They really rehearsed this thoroughly, so on the day of filming the kids all knew what to do, and everything went off without a hitch. difficult child 3, despite being in panic over "I can't do this, I've changed my mind," during the rehearsals, was right on the button each time, for each take. They had hired someone to work with the kids, but I managed to get in there to explain to him why he needed to do it again and again, despite getting it right - the different camera angles, the difficulty getting sound level right, the need to make sure everything else worked well, and so on. He needed to be shown all this and day of filming is NOT the time to do it, as a rule.</p><p></p><p>But they were great - the cast, the staff - all seemed to really understand that the kids needed a lot of consideration and space. They had their own space away from the main cast but could mingle if they wanted to. </p><p></p><p>In the photo - the kids in blue, the mice and the monkeys are main cast, in the rest of the film too. The rest of the animals - just that scene. My three were also in a scene shot the previous day (just luck) although difficult child 3 was being totally uncooperative and lying down on the stage instead of "listening to the director" for a bit where they were supposed to be in the background, when Toni Collette's character arrives to deliver her son's costume.</p><p></p><p>The emails are flying thick and fast, form the other "animals" and their mothers. We've lost touch with the other giraffe - she's another professional stiltwalker who gave up some professional work to do the gig. She has a longer face than easy child 2/difficult child 2. The costumes were really amazing - they had to look like something a good amateur production would use, but they are very inventive. </p><p></p><p>Gotta dash - time to go see the neurologist.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 116320, member: 1991"] difficult child 3 didn't want to be in it. At the audition, he kept saying, "I'm not going to do this, I'm only here because Mum made me come along." Meanwhile difficult child 1 & easy child 2/difficult child 2 were really keen. BF2 was sitting outside, he didn't want to be in it either because at that time, it was not going to be a paid job and he was desperate to get a job which could pay his way. difficult child 3 finally only agreed to do it if he didn't have to wear an animal costume. He refused to wear a hat (I would have lent him my pith helmet, it would have been great) and wore his own shorts and my Malaya boots. They found a matching button up shirt for him. They really rehearsed this thoroughly, so on the day of filming the kids all knew what to do, and everything went off without a hitch. difficult child 3, despite being in panic over "I can't do this, I've changed my mind," during the rehearsals, was right on the button each time, for each take. They had hired someone to work with the kids, but I managed to get in there to explain to him why he needed to do it again and again, despite getting it right - the different camera angles, the difficulty getting sound level right, the need to make sure everything else worked well, and so on. He needed to be shown all this and day of filming is NOT the time to do it, as a rule. But they were great - the cast, the staff - all seemed to really understand that the kids needed a lot of consideration and space. They had their own space away from the main cast but could mingle if they wanted to. In the photo - the kids in blue, the mice and the monkeys are main cast, in the rest of the film too. The rest of the animals - just that scene. My three were also in a scene shot the previous day (just luck) although difficult child 3 was being totally uncooperative and lying down on the stage instead of "listening to the director" for a bit where they were supposed to be in the background, when Toni Collette's character arrives to deliver her son's costume. The emails are flying thick and fast, form the other "animals" and their mothers. We've lost touch with the other giraffe - she's another professional stiltwalker who gave up some professional work to do the gig. She has a longer face than easy child 2/difficult child 2. The costumes were really amazing - they had to look like something a good amateur production would use, but they are very inventive. Gotta dash - time to go see the neurologist. Marg [/QUOTE]
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