Ah, found it!!

[lips-and-rouge.livejournal.com]

Here is my account of the day as an extra on the set of Oxford Murders yesterday:

'I arrived home from the Set about two hours ago and I am so excited. I don't really know where to start I will post a little now and then more detail later probably at the weekend, cos I got work tommorow.

Elijah was there but did not do the scene with us today, there was someone acting as a professor and John Hurt. But I was able to look at Elijah for a long time because all the extra's including me were standing a few feet away from him or sitting in a coach very close to him and John Hurt where they stood for ages outside a trailer. I got two pictures on my moblie of Elijah. I could not bring myself to go over and chat with him although a couple of extra's did. I got a bit self conscious and didn't want him to think I was there for the wrong reasons so I just left it alone.

Maybe next Tuesday with a few of you around me I will be more courageous I think if we get a chance. He is still so beautiful, pale and something just shouts small. Everyone towers over him, he was wearing wellington boots LOL because of the snow which looked a bit OTT and a green striped scarf and the coat that he has been wearing on the set..

I learnt so much today. I was in the front row of a lecture theatre with some nice people I met today. Most of them are seasoned extra's and kept explaining the ropes . They were mostly old and grey haired, I was one of the youngest there. The scene was of us watching a professor (not John) writing a complicated theory, we had to look interested, react and applaud over and over again in front of huge cameras and equipment. Alex picked a small section of the crowd to surround another actor and John Hurt on the end of a row, I was one of them!! John Hurt sat in the row behind me and was being filmed walking in and taking his seat (couldn't see exactly what he was doing as we had to concentrate on what we were doing).

 Anyhow, the actor who was the professor at the front was behind the camera's and watching a little digital sceen, we were being filmed for quite some time,  he came up to me afterwards during coffee and said 'that was worth it wasn't it' I said yes but then he said because you were being filmed a lot. I said I didn't realise because the camera looked like it might have been directed over my head, he said 'no, you even got a close up, just you'. I said I've heard that a great deal ends up on the cutting floor - he agreed. We shall see!

I missed Elijah arriving and leaving at the beginning (some other extra's saw this), I saw him comeback to the set in a car and he stayed standing outside his trailer for almost all the time I and everyone else was off the set. I kept thinking ' why is he standing there so long in the cold?'. One of the extra's said to me 'God, he smokes a lot' I didn't see him smoking but he must have been at some point.

I'm very happy it was a great experience just watching the crew operating, oh and alex came up and said a few words to this woman next to me, his English isn't perfect and he struggled a bit I was trying to translate for him, he was adorable and kept referrring to something that was said during the exchange throughout the rest of the filming. Roll on Tuesday! 

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_celebrian/]

Thanks so much for your report! :-) I'm glad you had a great day and I hope your close-up ends up in the film.

Do you mind if I write a limerick about your "extra" experience?

[lips-and-rouge.livejournal.com]

Sure, I love your limericks.

[faeriely-charm.livejournal.com]

Im so happy you got to see him,your very lucky !! im so bothered by his smoking though, I hope it just looked like he was smoking alot.*worries* hes like rich enough to get all the help possible to quit.

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

Yeah I worry about his smoking too. I worry about his little hobbit lungs filling up with tar.

[yeuxdebleu.livejournal.com]

How absolutely wonderful. Thank you soooo much for sharing your experience with us.

[janinelearner.livejournal.com]

it sounds fantastic, I can't wait for Tuesday :)

[ex-absolutef238.livejournal.com]

good for you! how fun and special! thank you for sharing. i hope you have another great day!

[mumis.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing you experince whit us.

[trianne.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing!

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your report! It seems you had a wonderful day, hopefully you'll be seen in the movie. Lucky you!
I'm looking forward to Tuesday! *waves and smiles*

[lips-and-rouge.livejournal.com]

Goodness, how are we all going to recognise each other, maybe we should all wear bright orange T Shirts with 'We WANT Elijah' blazoned across the front :P

[noipeh.livejournal.com]

What a FABULOUS report...and I can't wait to see the movie now so that I can look for your closeup! Is this the start of a new career??? ;-)

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you SO much for sharing your experiences with us. How wonderful that you got to help Alex out a bit by translating for him. He seems so down to earth and rather adorable - like Elijah!!

[laeliacatt.livejournal.com]

Great report! I hope you don't end up on the cutting room floor. :)

[frodos-smile.livejournal.com]

How wonderful! I'm so pleased for you, that you got to experience this. And I so appreciate your sharing it with us.

[ms-banazira.livejournal.com]

This is so exciting, to have all these fans get the chance to be extras in the film! I wonder if the woman you saw Alex talking to was (http://earths_daughter.livejournal.com/profile?mode=full)earths_daughter (http://earths_daughter.livejournal.com/). She made a significant contribution to the mathematical accuracy of the film, and caused a whole scene to be reshot! B-)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for posting this. You help me feel as though I was able to be there, too.

[feda68.livejournal.com]

lucky you lipsandrouge! where did you met elijah? where are the set? near london often or in oxford?
feda

[ladysnaps.livejournal.com]

all i can think of is "i'm ready for my close-up mr. de'mille." i hope your scene doesn't end up on the floor. then i'll be able to say i've talked to that lady before!

thanks for sharing. i can't wait to read more from you and everyone else. i've been meaning to do this but i'd like to friend you ever since the elijah con when i realized we spoke at ELF.

*clicks friend* :)

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

What a fascinating account -- thank you! :-)

Everyone towers over him, he was wearing wellington boots LOL because of the snow which looked a bit OTT

Hey, I was wearing wellies when we practically got snowed in yesterday! It means your normal boots don't get ruined, and they're very good at being non-slip! ;-)

~Lyra

[briansslacker.livejournal.com]

That's amazing! I hope you have a great time next week and don't be scared to talk to him, he won't mind :)
But i'm sure you'll enjoy the filming anyway, what a great experience!

[melyanna-65.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing this report with us! How exciting you got to go there! I hope next week you'll be able to approach and talk to Elijah!

*hugs*

[mother2012.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised they took closeups of you, and I think there's a good chance of some shot making it into the final version. I thought they would probably want to capitalize on the opportunity when I heard you were going. You *are* beautiful, as well as striking.

I hope you manage to speak to Elijah. It's strange. I've been a fan of Harrison Ford for ... how many decades since Star Wars? But I never cared whether I ever spoke to him. Elijah is not on the same level. As anyone else.

Thanks for the report. Nice to hear these personal perspectives.

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your report! I was there the following week and it is great to read more about the other days! :)