On the Jack Falls filmset

With many thanks to Facebook, I have met some wonderful people. One of them is Johnny Lynch. He has a casting agency in England and started one here in the Netherlands too. He was the one that asked me to come to Amsterdam last week to be an extra on the set of Jack Falls. I had to be there at 8AM, but I couldn't make it that early. Many thanks to the trains in the Netherlands I must say, but it didn't matter. When I arrived on the set, people were already busy and the other extra's were standing close by and waited for something to happen. I met Johnny and it was a very nice and warm welcome. He took me to the actual set and I met some other people. I had to get my picture taken with the other extra's for the wardrobe department. The make up lady powdered our faces and then the wait began. To my surprise I was picked out with some others to appear in a scene. They gave us instructions and off we went. After a few rehearsals we were ready for a take. It took a few takes before the director was happy with it. And we had to do more takes as they wanted to have some other camera angles aswell. I had a ball and being so close to the crew was great.



Ofcourse we also had to wait a long time between takes or scene's. But I didn't mind at all. The sun was out, and food and drinks were nearby. Some of the extra's gave up and left, some others had other things to do later in the day and left aswell, but I stayed and I was rewarded as I was asked with all the other extra's to appear in another scene. This was done in a few takes and then it was a wrap for the extra's. It was great to get an applause from the crew for what I did that day. I decided to stay a bit longer and have something to eat in a cafe nearby. hen it was time to say goodbye to the crew and go home. I felt a bit sad to leave, but it was great to be a part of a film crew for a day. I hope to do it more often.

It was a great experience and I learned a lot from just watching people act or do their job. I had a lot of fun on the set and one of the audience members gave me a big laugh and a surprised look from the crew. The man was in the shot and kindly asked to move. As the man didn't speak English, one of the Dutch crew members asked again to move. Then the man started to swear and curse and made a show of himself while moving. "Welcome to Amsterdam" were the words me and the 2 other extra's gave the crew. Every city in the Netherlands has its madman, and it seems that we have met the Amsterdam madman that day. The crew was very nice and welcome and I felt at home on the set. I always thought that it would be boring, but it turned out to be big fun. Maybe the sun helped out a bit, but it was great hanging around on set watching the crew and the people pass by. We drew a lot of attention from people passing by. Even pushing a pram into the water drew a big audience. First of all I want to thank Johnny for the invitation and the warm welcome on set. It was marvelous. And ofcourse I want to thank the crew and other extra's for a fun day. They were all very welcome and kind. The crew really looked after us and were very kind. It is an experience of a life time and I hope to be on a filmset some day again soon.