Acting and Extras Work in Sydney Archives

The Very Excellent Mr Dundee! shoots in July

June 21, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

If you were a fan of the original Crocodile Dundee movie then a great opportunity could be just around the corner. Paul Hogan is shooting a new film called The Very Excellent Mr Dundee!

“The Very Excellent Mr Dundee! sees Paul Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood for services to comedy. ‘Don’t do anything to mess this up,’ his manager tells him. However, despite all his best efforts, the next six weeks sees his name and reputation hilariously destroyed.”

The film will shoot in Australia, Los Angeles and Vancouver this July. At this stage it’s not clear if there will be any scenes shot in Sydney but stay tuned for updates.

Trailer for the ever so elegant Ladies in Black

June 20, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

Ladies in Black is “The classic Australian story about love, hope and the perfect dress”. You can see the attention to detail that Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford has applied to his latest creation. It’s elegant and light and filled with hope and promise. Scroll down for the trailer.

There were over a dozen MCT people who were on set regularly during the filming of this production in Sydney back in October 17. Really looking forward to seeing this hit our screens in October 18.

New dating show for Channel 7

June 19, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

We’ve had a bunch of people on the set of a new reality dating show for Channel 7 called Take Me Out. Our people are there to help during the technical rehearsals of the show, not the actual filming. They stand in where the contestants would be so the film and sound crews can get everything right before the real show. A bit of fun and a great story to share with your friends I’m sure. The show itself seems to be similar to the hugely popular Chinese phenomenon If You Are The One which airs on SBS.

Upgrades on new Hahn Commercial

June 13, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

Another fantastic TV campaign here for Hahn, makes me wonder what the best pub anthem is too.

A big congratulations to Aashish, Melanie, Gabrielle, Kimberley, Dustin and David who all scored upgrades on this commercial after going on set with dozens of other people from MCTV.

An upgrade is when you end up featured in the final cut of the commercial. A featured extra is one who is clearly visible on camera. Featured extras end up with two payments, one for the day they turn up and then another later on when the final commercial is edited. Most people are pretty happy to be out on a TV set for the day but we love calling our talent to let them know they got upgraded.

Even though it is wonderful to be featured in a commercial, background people mustn’t do anything that would make them stand out from the crowd. That’s a surefire way fo getting sent to the back. The best chance you have of being featured is just to be natural and fit into the scene.

New true crime series from channel 7 shooting

June 12, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

Can’t say too much about this one until more is released into the public domain. All I can say is that we have been sending people on set for a new true crime series that looks really great. Will post some more information when possible, stay tuned.

MCTV people on set of 4 different Television series last week

June 5, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

Lambs of God is looking very promising with the fantastic cast (pictured at the top) led by Ann Dowd (Handmaids Tale, The Leftovers). She is joined by Essie Davis (Game of Thrones, The Slap,Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Babadook, and the upcoming The True History of The Kelly Gang), UK actress, Jessica Barden (The End Of The F*****World, The Lobster) and Sam Reid (The Railway Main, Belle, Anonymous)

The Ropes will feature (second from the top in the picture) Jack Thompson features in the series alongside Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes (Game of Thrones, Whale Rider), acclaimed Israeli actor Igal Naor (Homeland, Riviera) and local breakout talent Nicole Chamoun (Safe Harbour, Romper Stomper).

And of course Doctor Doctor and A Place to Call Home are both very well known.

It’s such an honour to be involved with such great productions.

Time lapse of set construction at Fox Studios

June 4, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

Check out this time lapse video of the Alien Covenant sets getting constructed at Fox Studios in Sydney. Whenever big productions like this come to Sydney there is plenty of work for everyone. With the recent announcements from the government we expect more to land on our doorstep pretty soon.

Fox Studios set to expand after govt boost

May 23, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

After the recent announcement of $140m from the Turnbull government to attract films from overseas, Fox Studios is planning for an expansion of it’s Sydney facilities. Between the additional funds and better facilities, things are looking up for the local scene.

Screen Daily reports that Wayne Borg (Managing Director of Fox Studios Australia) confirmed plans for an expansion of Fox Studios Australia in Cannes last week.

Congratulations to Johanna for doing nothing

May 22, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

We are all a bit jealous of you here Johanna. Sure you did a fantastic job in this H&R Block Commercial last year. But now you are getting a big $$$ payment just because people really like the commercial. I suppose we can get over our jealousy and just say congratulations. We also have to admit that you did a great job in the first commercial and that is part of the reason it has been renewed. So forgive us for the headline, you didn’t exactly do nothing, perhaps nothing new is more accurate?

For anyone else who is curious about how this works, when Johanna was originally paid for her role in this H&R Block commercial it included 12 months permission to use her image. Now, because the commercial has been successful, they want to extend it for another 4 months and expand it to a print campaign. Those additional rights are negotiated between MCTV and the production company and end up with a healthy payment for Johanna (and some commission for us too of course)

Commercials from the last few weeks

May 21, 2018/in Acting and Extras Work in Sydney /by MCTV

There has been so much going on with Film and TV series lately, we haven’t mentioned much about TV commercials we have been doing lately. This is a selection of the ones that we have been working on over the past few weeks. We’ve had dozens of kids on the KFC commercial, similar numbers on the McDonalds Ad. Loads of people on Project ECO and as you can see, many many more.