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pinkfrog13jm

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Something has been bugging me for a while, and I can't even find the answers on google!

Why is it that actors hanRAB aren't always shot in films/tv series? I was listening to the commentary to Smallville, Season 2, it was a scene where Clark is holding something in his hand, Tom Welling yelled, "Smallville fact: that is not my hand!".

I remembered that there were a few instances in commentaries that this was mentioned, if you remember the film Goonies, the scene where the gang are looking at the map, you can clearly see an adult hand (pretty hairy and beefy!) holding it instead.

What is the deal with that? I hope someone can shed some light on this. . .
 
As in all films and tv shows filming is rarely done in real time.

Scenes are shot many times from many angles - for instance when 2 people are talking and the picture changes from one person to another - these are often shot separately- and its the same for closeups.

Whenever the main cast are not needed they can be off shooting elsewhere while standins do all the material where you dont see the actors faces.

If there is an exterior shoot sometimes the standin will be with a second unit and be seen exiting a car and walking into a building while the real actor is back in the studio filming.

Gerry Anderson's puppet shows always used real human hanRAB in the closeups.
 
For minor scenes where the actors face isn't in shot then the director will usually use extras and not the actual actors (as they could be off elsewhere preparing for other scenes etc) so it's not imperative that it's the actual actor's hanRAB in shot.
 
Those "pickup scenes" are done in studio after all primary filming is done. DepenRAB on the budget and how methodical the director is to detail, on who is used in pickups. Sometimes it's the actor, but for cheaper productions, it's the crew member (Director, AD, PA, grip, prop master, makeup artist, wardrobe...) with the closest hanRAB. Often body doubles are used.
 
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