It was an honour to work with 1 of the legendary actor/directors of our time, Clint Eastwood on his latest film "Invictus."
In March this year I worked on an inspirational South African tale about Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) & Francois Pienaar (played by Matt Damon) leading up to the Rugby World Cup in 1995. The film is based on the novel "Playing the enemy" written by John Carlin.
Clint Eastwood has an amazingly friendly & calm nature, surprisingly unlike the characters we knew him for (from the Wild West or the Dirty Harry days).
His calming, professional energy is most definitely felt on his sets by the crew & actors alike. He knows exactly how he wants a scene to be filmed, every angle & camera move necessary. There's no messing or fussing around, & due to this the shooting day starts at 10am & is done by 6pm (unheard of in our industry.)
On an Eastwood set there's absolutely no shouting allowed, even by the AD's (assistant directors) who normally call out "Rolling" & "Cut" so that the crew know when a "take" his over.
Instead this was replaced by a 'circling hand in the air' & whispers into the radio.
Most directors call "ACTION" & "CUT" for the actors, but not Clint Eastwood, he has this amazing way of telling the actors to start when they are ready & simply says "stop" when he's happy. These changes are due to his many years on Western movies where the horses knew the word "ACTION" & the moment it was said, "off they went" leaving no-one in frame to be filmed.
Funny but True!
It was an absolute pleasure to work in the presence of such greatness & I left feeling the utmost respect for such an amazing man/director & film maker, Clint Eastwood.
By Simone Stubbs
U B .beautiful. Partner
In March this year I worked on an inspirational South African tale about Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) & Francois Pienaar (played by Matt Damon) leading up to the Rugby World Cup in 1995. The film is based on the novel "Playing the enemy" written by John Carlin.
Clint Eastwood has an amazingly friendly & calm nature, surprisingly unlike the characters we knew him for (from the Wild West or the Dirty Harry days).
His calming, professional energy is most definitely felt on his sets by the crew & actors alike. He knows exactly how he wants a scene to be filmed, every angle & camera move necessary. There's no messing or fussing around, & due to this the shooting day starts at 10am & is done by 6pm (unheard of in our industry.)
On an Eastwood set there's absolutely no shouting allowed, even by the AD's (assistant directors) who normally call out "Rolling" & "Cut" so that the crew know when a "take" his over.
Instead this was replaced by a 'circling hand in the air' & whispers into the radio.
Most directors call "ACTION" & "CUT" for the actors, but not Clint Eastwood, he has this amazing way of telling the actors to start when they are ready & simply says "stop" when he's happy. These changes are due to his many years on Western movies where the horses knew the word "ACTION" & the moment it was said, "off they went" leaving no-one in frame to be filmed.
Funny but True!
It was an absolute pleasure to work in the presence of such greatness & I left feeling the utmost respect for such an amazing man/director & film maker, Clint Eastwood.
By Simone Stubbs
U B .beautiful. Partner
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