time is money

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 781: Filming a TV Show or Movie.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 781. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is about making a television show or movie. Sounds exciting! Let’s get started.

Martin: Okay, quiet on the set! What are the extras doing over there? They’re not in the scene.

Stephanie: Sorry, I’ll get them off the set. Is this the lighting you wanted for this scene? If not, I can tell the lighting crew.

Martin: The lighting is fine, but this staging is all wrong. And can somebody turn off those sound effects? We’re not using them in this scene.

Stephanie: I’ll get right on that.

Martin: Where is the cast?

Stephanie: They’re on break because they thought we wouldn’t resume shooting until 2:00.

Martin: That’s great! I have no cast, the sets are all wrong,