There was a last minute call from my pal Jenny to be a part of her group’s film as an extra. Based off experience with highschool media being an extra always fun. This was first time (I’ve been quite anti-social) that joined an unknown group to help with their work and it was fantastic! They were organised, decisive and very friendly to everyone there. Their short film is about a nerdy loser (his words not mine) who finds it difficult to socialise but comes alive because of his love for the band Space Monkeys. We as extras had the vital and excruciatingly challenging role of appearing to be a squad of bustling hipsters in line for one of the beloved indie rock band’s concerts. Today I learned from students in media 3 (3 times as good as media obviously) to keep the crew relaxed and natural for the best effect. In the end they just let us talk in line about whatever came to mind instead of telling us to “act normal,”  which would not have gotten the same results.

The posters were too new looking so we had to wear down the posters with coffee and tearing.