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Vhanja · January 11, 2015 9:34 pm

Victorian, mimes, male violinists, modern day policemen - they are just pulling our legs!

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 11, 2015 9:35 pm

My head is exploding

besleybean · January 11, 2015 9:39 pm

I think they're filming the Sound of Music!

Vhanja · January 11, 2015 9:41 pm

besleybean wrote:
I think they're filming the Sound of Music!

LOL

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 11, 2015 9:51 pm

Ohh the hills are alive...

tonnaree · January 11, 2015 9:51 pm

Now, where's the casting call for psychotic fat middle aged fangirls.

Sherlock Holmes · January 11, 2015 9:52 pm

This is pure gold! I literally have NO idea what they're planning. I love it.

Lazarus · January 11, 2015 11:13 pm

And here I was being a little nervous that all the setlock would ruin the fun later...stupid me This. Is. Awesome! It will be so much fun to watch the episode when it's done and just see how it all came together and be able to look back at this time

Last edited by Lazarus (January 12, 2015 7:55 pm)

This Is The Phantom Lady · January 11, 2015 11:16 pm

I bet we'll be able to laugh at ourselves by then...

I'm so happy I get to experience it this time... being so late to the Sherlock party as I am!

Schmiezi · January 12, 2015 5:35 am

Is it common to ask people to bring their own uniforms? Sounds a bit faked to me.

besleybean · January 12, 2015 6:44 am

Sounds a bit kinky to me!

nakahara · January 12, 2015 8:20 am

New exciting theories for the fate of Watson´s baby. I especially like that Weeping Angel one:

http://shspesh.tumblr.com/post/107747438232/221beemine-recentlyfolded-221beemine

SusiGo · January 12, 2015 8:22 am

I prefer no. 7.

Ozma · January 12, 2015 1:10 pm

Schmiezi wrote:
Is it common to ask people to bring their own uniforms? Sounds a bit faked to me.

It is, actually. Rather than spend money on recruiting random people and then have to also spend money on hiring uniforms (with added costume expenditure in regards to size orders, fittings, cleaning, etc), you hire people that have uniforms and cut down on those expenses. Simples.

Ozma · January 12, 2015 1:13 pm

nakahara wrote:
Mimes, male violinists, policemen... what the heck are they planning? It sounds quite complicated!

I don't see anything complicated about the violinist role... they need someone with Benedict's measurements in order to stand in for the shots where they don't need Ben's face. So I assume we'll have scenes where Sherlock is playing the violin and is filmed from the back and/or from far away.

ps and now you know you have Benedict's measurements. you're welcome.

SusiGo · January 12, 2015 1:31 pm

Searching for a stand-in for your leading actor in this way does not seem very professional to me. Or at least not well planned.

Ozma · January 12, 2015 1:49 pm

Why? It's just a stand in. Not a speaking role and doesn't need to act - and why is it not professional? they are even using a casting agency!
Sometimes the needs of a production change at the very last minute - perhaps they've realised they can do some pick ups or fill in some scenes with a stand in while Ben is away, or that they have less time with him and therefore need to use all the time they have to make sure the speaking scenes are spot on - or perhaps they have just recently decided they want to add a scene with Sherlock playing the violin. It does happen.

nakahara · January 12, 2015 1:57 pm

But they are not trying to find just one, but a load of people - policemen, mimes and whatnot. While they are already shooting the special. Certainly they had to know this beforehand, that they would need so many of them? Or did they suddenly decide to add a big number of scenes that weren´t in their original script?

Ozma · January 12, 2015 2:34 pm

well, the announcement for the mimes were made back in december already... And they might have decided to add shots with policemen recently. Remember that finding non-speaking extras is easy, and finding them last minute or as close to the shoot as possible is preferable where possible because it avoids information being passed on (although extras get told very little before the shoot).

I was an extra on a music video recently (shhh!!) and they recruited us 2 days before the actual shoot...

Schmiezi · January 12, 2015 4:06 pm

Ozma wrote:
Schmiezi wrote:
Is it common to ask people to bring their own uniforms? Sounds a bit faked to me.
It is, actually. Rather than spend money on recruiting random people and then have to also spend money on hiring uniforms (with added costume expenditure in regards to size orders, fittings, cleaning, etc), you hire people that have uniforms and cut down on those expenses. Simples.

Thank you! Sounds like a very efficient way to cast and shoot.