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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 90 points 2 days ago

The crazy thing is that this isn't limited to human remains.

Fake cameras often cost more than actual cameras. Fake food is more expensive than real food, which is then wasted.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 153 points 2 days ago

I've wasted SO much money shooting movies with fake cameras.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

True dat. Gotta start with fake money.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Fake food is often designed to survive heat from sets and lights. Filming for ads is different than filming movies, but the same idea applies. They also make low-sound versions of things like paper bags as to not ruin takes when things get carried by actors, moved around, or dragged on the set floor.

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Fake food can be reused and real food can't, mkaing fake food cheaper in the long run.

[-] Spezi@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Thats why I only eat fake food. It saved me so much money over my lifetime.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

We have some fake flowers as decor. They're on their fifth year. It is a fight to let me bring real flowers in but there are so many outside

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Using fake firearms is more expensive than using real ones with blanks, using real money is often cheaper than fake Hollywood money

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

Lord of war used real AKs for that reason

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

It always pissed me off how in the Big Bang Theory, you always see them with food, but you never see them eat. I can probably count on one hand the number of times in the whole series someone actually takes a bite off camera.

I hope the crew got to eat all the stuff they never touched on camera, cause that shit always looked good. I got so many cravings watching that...

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

Actors will try to avoid eating in scenes, because if they end up having to do multiple takes, they have to take a bite of the food at the same point in the scene every take for continuity reasons. This can result in them getting sick of the food quickly.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Not me, if I was acting in a food scene and we had to do multiple takes, the viewers would notice my plate suddenly getting emptier every few seconds

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Chris Pratt would do this on P&R.

But honestly I can't tell the difference.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

He was famous for spewing in a bucket, because he'd keep eating

Unfortunately, he's a dumb, religious moron who isn't actually a role model at all, unlike Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Aubrey Plaza sold out to big Dairy. Not as much of an asshole as Pratt but still she could be better.

[-] moopet@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Could she be butter?

[-] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago
[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago

The staff later had to get their stomachs pumped because the prop food was toxic.

[-] Rug_Pisser@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately the stomach pump was also a prop.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago

Oh is that where the skeletons came from? ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[-] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

I'm still unclear on whether that was chicken.

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