Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland also used medical skeletons.
It wasn’t that long ago that they were really easy to purchase, a couple instructors at my university had full skeletons and would bring them in for class. I wanted to buy one just to keep in my closet as a joke, but beer came first.
In Germany a school recently held a funeral for their school skeleton, which was an actual human. They suspected that this was a young Indian man. Up to the 20th century, you could easily buy a dead person from India. There are still schools with actual human remains.
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…
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.
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.
The more interesting tidbit is that this is actually pretty common. The prop house using real skeletons was actually pretty common and not unique to this production. The notable thing about this film was the sheer number of skeletons that they used, so they basically scooped up everything that was out there, and how much the live actors actually interacted with the skeletons. It wasn’t particularly unusual for skeletons to be used as props.
Really, just about any time you saw a skeleton on screen before the 90s or so, it was probably real. A lot of real world props and decorations also used real skeletons, sometimes to the surprise of the people using them. For example, if you rode the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney Land, you saw real human skeletons.
They used real human skeletons because it was cheaper to pick them up from medical suppliers.
The actors, including JoBeth Williams (pictured) weren’t informed that they were interacting with genuine human remains until filming wrapped.
Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland also used medical skeletons. It wasn’t that long ago that they were really easy to purchase, a couple instructors at my university had full skeletons and would bring them in for class. I wanted to buy one just to keep in my closet as a joke, but beer came first.
In Germany a school recently held a funeral for their school skeleton, which was an actual human. They suspected that this was a young Indian man. Up to the 20th century, you could easily buy a dead person from India. There are still schools with actual human remains.
Wtfff wtf did they at least contact the people this persons remains got stolen from?? Fucking boil this country good lord
Beer comes and goes, but skeleton is forever.
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.
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…
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.
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
Chris Pratt would do this on P&R.
But honestly I can’t tell the difference.
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
Aubrey Plaza sold out to big Dairy. Not as much of an asshole as Pratt but still she could be better.
Using fake firearms is more expensive than using real ones with blanks, using real money is often cheaper than fake Hollywood money
Lord of war used real AKs for that reason
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.
I’ve wasted SO much money shooting movies with fake cameras.
Rookie mistake
True dat. Gotta start with fake money.
The staff ate it later.
The staff later had to get their stomachs pumped because the prop food was toxic.
Unfortunately the stomach pump was also a prop.
Oh is that where the skeletons came from? 🙃
I’m still unclear on whether that was chicken.
The more interesting tidbit is that this is actually pretty common. The prop house using real skeletons was actually pretty common and not unique to this production. The notable thing about this film was the sheer number of skeletons that they used, so they basically scooped up everything that was out there, and how much the live actors actually interacted with the skeletons. It wasn’t particularly unusual for skeletons to be used as props.
Really, just about any time you saw a skeleton on screen before the 90s or so, it was probably real. A lot of real world props and decorations also used real skeletons, sometimes to the surprise of the people using them. For example, if you rode the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney Land, you saw real human skeletons.
So you’re saying my chance to make it as an actor will outlive me
Hah! And they said my film degree would amount to nothing. Well look at me now! [ drops dead ]
Hmm wouldn’t they have some sort of smell left?
Ever sniffed a bone?
I heard that they just used real ghosts 👻 too 😱 /s
not union ghosts =/
Ghosts of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
But then what will I rattle to be spooky?
Bones!
Ghost scabs!
Sounds like an unpleasant venereal disease…
Ghost scabs isn’t a thing. Spooky Vaginosis, however…
Ah, so not the whole we are both in the pool so if a light falls we are both dead.
Toby Hooper, always pinching those pennies!
Don’t leave it all on Tobe. Depending on how recently you’ve asked him, Spielberg directed none, some, most, or all of this movie.