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[randomfoggytiger]

The X-Files: A Day-in-the-Life On-Set

An extract from this (very long) 1995 Chris Carter post.

CRUSHING TIMELINES AND ULTIMATE FREEDOM

…The Los Angeles office, housed in its own bungalow, is nicely appointed but relatively spare. 

The [Los Angeles] office itself is bustling this particularly morning, as writers move in and out--- occasionally invading the space of researcher/officer manager Mary Astadourian, where various drawers full of research material are kept. In there, the scribes will find literature on the paranormal, diseases, viruses, and various monsters, with folders that carry labels like “Roswell” or “Loch Ness.” 

…Part of the morning is devoted to the regularly scheduled writers’ meeting, with the entire staff… assembling to go over that week’s script, blocking out the teaser and all four acts….

The other writers question each nuance, throwing out suggestions to refine the story and make sure it’s clear…. Despite the need for exposition, Carter also stresses not letting the pace drag, wanting to spread action within the hour (or more precisely, 44 minutes or so minus commercials) allotted them. “Make sure you keep it hoppin’,” he says. 

…Eventually, it’s suggested they shift some action from the second act into the first in order to achieve the proper sense of pacing. The move requires some reconfiguration of other plot elements, but once those are blocked out the producer and other writers seem content. “That works for me,” says Carter, sending the show’s writer off to do another rewrite. 

Carter’s daily schedule, however, is just beginning. The writers’ session is followed by what’s known as a concept meeting-- a teleconference with the staff in Vancouver to grapple with various production issues before the begin filming a new episode…. 

Other issues involve the number of extras they can use….

Because money is always an issue, and time a luxury the crew usually doesn’t have, compromise and ingenuity remain key….

The producers also pride themselves on finding means of scavenging resources, then developing different ways to capitalize upon them. A prime case involves the crew getting access to a Canadian Navy destroyer that was then used in three different episodes, including “Dod Kalm”... and “End Game”.... “It’s fun,” Carter says, “to make something out of nothing.” 

Episodes must be plotted down to the most minute details-- in part because Carter is a perfectionist, and in part because the show is under a microscope now, with fans picking and nitpicking every conceivable aspect. Issues raised include what sort of garb Native Americans depicted should wear, with an emphasis on being as faithful as possible to tribal customs. (A Navajo group has complained because a character wore his hair down, something the elders in that tribe wouldn’t normally do, in the episode entitled “Anasazi.” Carter subsequently visited a Navajo reservation and attended one of their ceremonies.) 

From a more practical standpoint, the Vancouver team wants to know whether they can wardrobe the actors in blue jeans because some postproduction special effects shots use blue-screen, which essentially eliminates that color. 

The L.A. staffers are also assured that a shoot-out sequence will be top-notch, with bullet hits and ricochets plus a movie-style car explosion. Can it be done? “The answer’s yes… with disclaimers,” quips Beck good-naturedly adding, “One big disclaimer: How much money you got?” 

…The crew clearly takes enormous pride in the series, which presents them with such challenges on almost a daily basis and allows them to put their skills to the fullest possible use. Some freely admit, in fact, that they’ve been spoiled by their involvement with "The X-Files" and would have a hard time working elsewhere. “They’d have to drag me kicking and screaming off this show,” Gauthier says. 

The same goes for makeup special effects supervisor Toby Lindala…. Still, Lindala has proven up to most any task, with the Flukeman-- a costume his crew created in 10 days that had to weather water and other shooting ordeals-- still his proudest accomplishment. “That was probably the most insane undertaking for a time period,” says Lindala, who worked a 28-and 28-hour day during that stretch to get the suit ready in time. Even so, Lindala grew up watching monster movies and isn’t complaining, relishing the opportunities the show has provided to fool around with such projects. “I love making ‘em,” he says. 

Goodwin, a veteran producer who has worked on such series as "Life Goes On" and "Mancuso FBI", now tries to provide more lead time to prepare such major undertakings, but in most instances Lindala and his team (four people, including Lindala, work full time in that area) have just seven days’ notice to put a makeup effect together, and his services are needed in virtually every episode. 

…Careful planning remains the main hedge against both cost and time crunches, with Goodwin pointing out that in television time essentially translates directly into money. “The quicker you have to do it, the more it costs,” he says, adding that while some in the industry are tempted to cut corners, “My motto is, ‘Quality, whether they want it or not.’” 

…Kim Manners, also one of the show’s pool of directors, lauds Carter for treating each installment like a mini-movie. The process gives the individual directors-- who in episodic television, which is dominated by executive producers, are often viewed as transient guns for hire-- the opportunity to truly ply their trade. “He insists that you go out and be a filmmaker,” Manners says. “He doesn’t want you just go out and be a traffic cop.” Because of that freedom, he adds, the show is “the zenith of my career.” 

…Unlike most television shows that shoot on location, on "The X-Files" whoever scripted that particular episode goes to Vancouver to scout out locations and do other preparatory work. “To make sure,” as story editor Frank Spotnitz puts it, “everything is in sync with what the writer had in mind,” from casting to production design. In the cryptic vernacular of the show, the process stems from commitment to “purity control.” 

…For the episode in question, that means co-executive producer Howard Gordon, the only member of the writing staff other than creator Chris Carter who has been with the show virtually since the beginning, has made the sojourn to Vancouver. “As a writer, you don’t get that experience on any other show,” says Gordon. 

…Other matters have also arisen, some remarkable in their degree of minutia. Gordon’s script for the episode being prepared, for example, contains a seemingly innocuous reference to being “in the mood for some Quarter Pounders,” and Fox’s legal department wants them to clear the wording with McDonald’s…. “That’s a great line,” says an only slightly exasperated Manners…. Hours later, it’s decided to change to a more generic term rather than hassle the legal issue. 

…A later shot involves disposing of the [dead] cow, and Gordon-- a city kid from New York-- has actually researched the matter…. …But in light of McDonald’s headache, Carter has another suggestion. “How ‘bout if we just have a truck with golden arches on the side?” he jokes, spurring laughs from everyone in the room. 

…The attention to detail, again, proves remarkable, driven by Carter’s commitment to perfection. 

The entire process involved in shooting an episode of "The X-Files", from the first day of preparation to the last day of postproduction, usually takes six to eight weeks, with the seven days of preparation key to ensuring that the eight days of production that follow go smoothly-- though even the enormous effort that goes into planning can never account for every detail that can delay filming and raise blood pressure rates all around. In the middle of the season, as time grows shorter, there’s occasionally been as little as five weeks from prep to air. 

Just two days before shooting is to begin, Manners, Gordon, Carter, and co-executive producer R.W. Goodwin cram into a small audition room, where they’re scheduled to see more than 20 actors in just over an hour….

Manners, Gordon, and about 15 crew members, including special effects ace Dave Gauthier, production designer Graeme Murray, and others from various departments, later embark on a technical survey. They pile into an air-conditioned bus to scout out all the locations that will be involved in the upcoming shoot, usually a six-to-eight hour pilgrimage. “And this is the easy part,” laughs set decorator Shirley Inget. 

Carter follows the group to the door but has too much work at the office to come along. “I’m gonna miss this one, you guys,” he tells them, which is met with a collective “Aw” from the bus. 

…The bunch straggles back to the studio around 7:30 P.M., almost eight hours after their departure. On a near-by soundstage, meanwhile, Bowman is directing stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, trying to keep the level of enthusiasm up with another long night of work to do. Shooting is frequently a tedious process, with long lapses between the action as shots are set up. The two stars carry out an emotional scene in front of an elevator that isn’t really an elevator, with a crew member behind the soundstage wall sliding a wooden door closed to approximate the effect. “I love it!” Bowman proclaims as the scene ends, watching the shot through a monitor and lauding his star as “One-take Duchovny.” 

Outside, Anderson’s baby, Piper… plays with various staff members as well as her father, assistant art director Clyde Klotz, who’s just returned from the technical survey. Piper shows off her mother’s piercing eyes and frolics later with Duchovny’s dog, Blue (his constant companion on the set), both seemingly fascinated with and a bit perplexed by the other. "The X-Files" is, indeed, a family affair, underscored when Goodwin brings his 10-year-old son and a friend into the production office the next morning, the latter collecting autographs from everyone on that week’s script. 

A short time later Duchovny and Anderson arrive, enjoying a few quiet moments while Piper plays nearby in a small red tub, watched carefully by her nanny. …Though he isn’t shooting that day, actor Mitch Pileggi (who seems to create quite a stir among the female office staff) also pops by to look over dailies, or raw footage, of a fight sequence featuring him shot earlier in the week.  

…Bowman has to deal with five actors (Anderson, Duchovny, and Gunmen Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood, and Braidwood) in a relatively confined space, so the staging will be critical. After Bowman aligns them one way, Duchovny suggests an alternative in handling the shot, and various configurations are tried. As they begin rehearsing, everyone still seems a bit punchy, and the mood is light. Haglund keeps wanting to call a Nazi scientist “Kempler” instead of “Klemper”, and Duchovny has a hard time not laughing each time Braidwood (who comes up roughly to the actor’s chin) approaches him, with Frohike supposed to act relieved to see Mulder alive after the events that closed the second season. “Did you ever see the Star Trek where Spock thought that Kirk died?” Duchovny tells him with his trademark deadpan delivery. ‘That’s what you want to be doing.” 

Production ultimately won’t conclude until near 2 A.M. that morning…. 

[cowplantbebop]

sim download: rowland s. howard

the crown prince of crying jag himself for your game. he is of course creative, gloomy, and a cat lover. includes recolour of his iconic fender jaguar. tray files go in the tray, CC folder goes in your mods folder! thank you to all the cc creators, sorry i could simply not be arsed to do anything but put the cc into a folder and call it a day.

download: sfs

[icouldbeyourprettygirl]

me spending a ridiculous amount of time getting ready so my crush will notice me 🥰 (he's married and old enough to be my father)

[yutopia-eleftheria]

Criminal Case Inkember 2024

Part 3 : Day 18 to 24

After Inktober 2024, let's get to Criminal Case Inkember, held by @inkembercriminalcase on Instagram ! This time, we have the choice between 2 characters for each Prompt, which I find amazing because this could develop your creativity even more ! You can even do it with both characters, or even others !

Here is the Prompt List :

RULES ! (I gave it to myself to add more "punch" and "difficulty", just like I did with Inktober, but less rules because it is already centralized into one Fandom) :

No duplicates of characters ! If a character is drawn in a Prompt, I cannot draw this character ever again, even if it's somewhat fitting for the theme (considering the amount of characters in these games, it should not be difficult).

"15" Classic Drawings, just like Inktober.

15 Minimalist Drawings, just like Inktober as well.

Switching between Classic and Minimalist : For example, if Day 1 is Minimalist, Day 2 will be Classic, and so on.

Note : Two days of this Inkember will unfortunately be scrapped because of the Eternals Posters Series. Therefore Day 6 and 20 will be scrapped...Unfortunately...(Which also means that 2 Classic Drawings will be scrapped, and the order was adapted to Eternals to somehow fit with it).

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Day 18 : Zoé / Jasper : Vacation

Character Selected : Zoé Kusama

Style : Classic "9"/15

Added Characters : None

Time Taken : 33 Minutes

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Day 19 : Mia / Ashley : Comfort

Character Selected : Both

Style : Minimalist (10/15)

Added Characters : None

Time Taken : 37 Minutes

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Day 20 : Bonus ! Favorite OC / Favorite Case

Unfortunately, this one was scrapped because of Eternals Posters Draw This In Your Style Series...

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Day 21 : Christian / Joe : Danger

Character Selected : Christian Bateman

Style : Minimalist (11/15)

Added Characters : None

Time Taken : 15 Minutes

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Day 22 : Zara / Marina : Childhood

Character Selected : Marina Romanova

Style : Classic ("11"/15)

Added Characters : None (Does the bunny plushie count ?)

Time Taken : 58 Minutes

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Day 23 : Nebet / Ammon : Complicated

Character Selected : Nebet / Nefertiti

Style : Minimalist (12/15)

Added Characters : The ... Golden Ghost ?...

Time Taken : 48 Minutes

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Day 24 : Sirius / Alexandre : History

Character Selected : Alexandre Devereaux

Style : Classic ("12"/15)

Added Characters : The other Musketeer getting slashed

Time Taken : 2 Hours and 25 Minutes

[carmeezzyy]

triple major: the college girls who take on howard. one second while i make the character sheets.... ❤️

[thatfooltheycallweaver]

White Cylinders

Day 1 of @fluff-cember

Prompt: Roasted Marshmallows

Pairing: Danica Frost [OC] x Cooper Howard

Fandom: Fallout

Word Count: 896

After a long day of trudging through the desert, the blistering Sonoran sun finally descended towards the horizon, the desert beginning to cool off--though it wouldn’t be long before it fell to freezing, or at least what felt like it. There weren’t any proper nearby ruins to camp in, so anything they’d do would be a little risky. But there were a few bits of debris sticking out of the sand beside where they walked. Deciding for both of them that they’d make camp in that exact spot, Cooper stopped walking, slinging his pack off his shoulder and onto the dry ground. Danica looked over her shoulder, not having realized he’d stopped. Giving him a mildly annoyed look, she walked the short distance back to him.

“You could’ve said we were stopping.” She reminded him, setting her bag down and crouching to rummage through it. He only grunted in reply, dragging the heel of his boot across the ground to mark where he wanted the fire. He examined the debris, somewhat pleased it was wood, even more so that it wasn’t pine. It’d do for tonight. He wrenched what seemed to be table legs out, breaking them into smaller pieces and setting them on the marker. Danica pulled her knife, cutting dry brush to make kindling. He tossed her his lighter, and she made the fire. He sat down with a quiet groan, eager to get off his feet. Danica retrieved a flask from her bag, offering it to Cooper, who took it with a nod.

“You got ‘nymore of them prickly pears?” He asked.

“Yeah, if you don’t want to save ‘em for later.” She tossed the woven bag to him. “Can’t remember the last time my bag’s been this full.” She muttered. They had found a relatively stocked Super-Duper-Mart that day, but it wasn’t safe to stay there. The shelves had things she’d never seen before, but it felt like they’d been watched the entire time they were in there. She started taking things out and placing them between the two. Her box of various Mojave forage, the couple of boxes they picked up on the way to where they were now. They each added a few things out of some twisted nostalgia, like the Cheezy Poofs, or the Sugar Bombs. But Danica had picked up something she’d never seen before: a bag with small white cylinders inside. Cooper looked over to her, curious.

“What’s all that?”

“I dunno. I found them in the store.” She held them up. “Think they’re still good? I mean, they’re sealed.” He looked at them before chuckling.

“Those? They won’t rot, but I dunno if they’re good.”

“What are they?”

“Camp Shmallows. The fuckers who made Sugar Bombs sold ‘em.” He cringed at the brand name. “They’re marshmallows. Used to put ‘em in hot chocolate.” He clenched his jaw at the thought, a bitterness that he tried to bite back.

“Where’d the ‘camp’ come from?” Danica asked, opening the bag and taking one out. She marveled at the slight give to them, the squish.

“Folks used to roast ‘em over fires when they went out campin’.”

“What, like when people lived in houses and lived like us sometimes for fun?” She asked, a glare crossing her features, but it wasn’t towards him. Never was.

“Yeah.” He sneered, understanding her reaction. “C’mere.” He motioned for her, mostly to hand over the bag. He took his knife out and cut a thin stick in half, burning the ends of them to clean them. She moved over to his side, handing him the bag. He took two marshmallows out, spearing them on the sticks, handing one to her. He motioned for her to copy him, holding the marshmallow above the fire. She tentatively followed suit. “I doubt they’d be fit to eat if we didn’t do this, considerin’ how old they are, y’know?” It was a half-joke, stated flatly. But Danica chuckled. Cooper could never tell if she found him funny, or was just…humoring him. He wasn’t sure if he cared, either way. The marshmallows crisped up into that elusive golden brown, and he removed the stick from the heat. He pulled the coating off, eating it. She did the same, her eyes widening slightly.

“This…is really good. A bit too sweet, but good.” She put the stick back over the fire to toast the next layer. She was used to fruit being the ‘sweetest’ she’d have, but this was a lot. “You want me to go back to looking for a radio station?” Danica asked with a smile, pulling the radio she had attached to a leather strap from over her shoulder. He groaned, clenching his jaw.

“If you turn that fuckin’ thing back on and I hear that goddamn fiddle, or any fuckin’ static, I’ll break it.”

“Fine, fine. Fuckin’ fine. Be that way.” She chuckled with a shrug, focusing back on the fire. He relaxed after a moment and looked over to her, seeing how the firelight danced across her skin, over her red hair--but quickly looked away, focusing on his own marshmallow stick. She glanced over to him, and smiled slightly. There weren’t many moments of contentment they were able to claim for themselves, but roasting these sugar cylinders over their fire felt something resembling it. They could get used to this--not that they could afford to.

[morganelizabethsims]

I would like to take the time to give thanks to some creators who I love & used in my recent CAS makeover 🤍. Thank you to @jius-sims @rimings @lamatisse @northernsiberiawinds @kijiko-sims @thepeachyfaerie @luumia @itsbrandysims @sammi-xox @cosimetics-cc @simmireen @greenllamas @obscurus-sims @okruee @mmsims @gorillax3-cc @serenity-cc @giuliettasims @ceeproductions @mermaladesims @maplebellsmods @chingyu1023vick @kksims @sims3melancholic @indisim @pralinesims @theasimz

Thank you all for your work!

[rebelangelsims]

Like the top but it does glitch on Edith on her arm it isn't so noticeable

Some other cc I found and tested on Edith (Pretty much all cc is tested on Edith)

[dominodragrace]

yeah i broke my leg but i guess that’s just my style it's a victory because it made your mama smile

contour | blush | eyeshadow @crypticsim | lips | earrings | jacket @aniraklova | shorts @marsmerizing-sims | hair | skateboard | poses @honeyssims4

[emiliosandozsequence]

the village (2004) dir. m. night shyamalan

[energeticadrianz]

oh also this is cc!anne and katherine in a nutshell

[bedlamsbard]

one of the reasons this bothers me so much is because a main point of the MCU's attraction for me is the puzzle piece aspect. It brings me a lot of delight to see how inter-connected the MCU is and how much of it is based on cause and effect, particularly in Phases 1-3. I have a great time tracing plot, character, and worldbuilding elements through multiple films, and in this particularly instance, CATFA is foundational in a way that most of the other Phase 1 films aren't. So for me, seeing it just thrown out the window without any understanding of the place it plays in the saga is like nails on chalkboard, and it means that the CCverse's divergent worldbuilding raises questions that aren't answered simply by the original divergence.

(like, Natasha's backstory with Melina actually ties back to CATFA -- the Widow family is in Ohio to steal the Hydra-infiltrated SHIELD North Institute's work on the human brain that comes from the Winter Soldier project. CCverse got rid of the Hydra infiltration and the Winter Soldier. CCverse confirms that Natasha has familial relationships with both Melina (2.05) and Alexei (1.09), but they can't come from the same source as they do in canon because those elements no longer exist in that universe. However, they haven't been replaced with anything, and they exist only under extremely specific circumstances in canon.)

my enduring hatred for the Captain Carter universe is partially based on the fact that it's really, really clear that when constructing it no one actually thought about how much of the mainline MCU is based on events that happened in CATFA (or are otherwise connected to elements of CATFA) and would not occur if literally anything in CATFA changed.

[morganelizabethsims]

Velour’s Everyday Lookbook 💗

outfit 1: hair(ea), prada top & skirt, heels, purse ⭐️

outfit 2: hair (ea but free on their site), top, shorts, sandals ⭐️

outfit 3: hair(ea), sweatsuit, shoes* ⭐️

outfit 4: hair(ea), top*, jeans, clogs ⭐️

*couldn’t find creator. pls tag them if you know.

thank you to all the creators used in this lookbook! @itsbrandysims @rimings @sentate @lazyeyelids @jius-sims @sunberry-sims4

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@spengnitzed @bixiebeet

[dominodragrace]

Our lovely panel. Keith gets a seat because the build I'm using had five and it was too much work to adjust.

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