Meal Teasing Trope...

[Tim Thomason]

"Red alert! Number one to the Bridge!"
"My apologies Sir, I think I shouldn't have taken that last slice... I'll join you in a few minutes.... I hope"

So, better to have the red alert at the beginning of the meal

"Number One is in a number two, at the moment."

 

[Coops]

Slightly related to the topic title, I read Sirtis kept a bucket beside her when they filmed any scenes with chocolate cake as she never ate it not wanting to put weight on.

And somebody had to empty it at the end of the day

 

[The Wormhole]

^^A "spit bucket" is actually quite common on TV and movies so that actors never have to swallow what they "eat" while filming. Indeed, go back and watch anything, whenever someone on any TV show or movie takes a bite out of something, you'll never actually see them swallow on camera. That's because the actor doesn't actually swallow, they just leave it in their mouth and spit it out after the take is done.

Likewise, often times whenever a character is drinking something, the actor is just holding an empty cup to their mouth and pretending to drink.

 

[Mage]

Slightly related to the topic title, I read Sirtis kept a bucket beside her when they filmed any scenes with chocolate cake as she never ate it not wanting to put weight on.

And somebody had to empty it at the end of the day

IIRC, it wasn't about weight. Marina Sirtis, unlike Commander Troi..... seems to very much dislike chocolate.

*EDIT* Sorry, I did some googling. It seems you are correct. It was both her weight, and that the chocolate under the hot set lighting would turn it into mush and not very nice.

 

[Greg Cox]

Yeah, Sirtis was snarking about this at Shore Leave a few years back. On the one hand, the producers pressured her not to gain weight. On the other hand, they made her a character a chocoholic.

"Seriously?"

 

[FormerLurker]

Then there's the fact they always use mashed potatoes so the "ice cream" doesn't melt under the studio lights. Looks like chocolate chip, tastes like a latke.

 

[1001001]

Slightly related to the topic title, I read Sirtis kept a bucket beside her when they filmed any scenes with chocolate cake as she never ate it not wanting to put weight on.

And somebody had to empty it at the end of the day

Lucky bastard...

 

[Coops]

Lucky bastard...

That's fine. You do you, ignore what others say

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

"Number One is in a number two, at the moment."

With all that spicy food she eats, I'm not surprised!

^^A "spit bucket" is actually quite common on TV and movies so that actors never have to swallow what they "eat" while filming. Indeed, go back and watch anything, whenever someone on any TV show or movie takes a bite out of something, you'll never actually see them swallow on camera. That's because the actor doesn't actually swallow, they just leave it in their mouth and spit it out after the take is done.

Likewise, often times whenever a character is drinking something, the actor is just holding an empty cup to their mouth and pretending to drink.

The family dinner scenes in Blue Bloods look real...now I'm not exactly the world's most perceptive kind of guy but it really does look like they're eating and drinking.

I'd hate to think that all that food goes to waste!

 

[oldtrekkie]

Slightly related to the topic title, I read Sirtis kept a bucket beside her when they filmed any scenes with chocolate cake as she never ate it not wanting to put weight on.

And somebody had to empty it at the end of the day

They do that in real life when they taste wine, otherwise after a few glasses they can't tell the difference between vino and vintage.

 

[The Wormhole]

With all that spicy food she eats, I'm not surprised!



The family dinner scenes in Blue Bloods look real...now I'm not exactly the world's most perceptive kind of guy but it really does look like they're eating and drinking.

I'd hate to think that all that food goes to waste!

Thing is, because of repeated takes, if the actors really were eating the food the characters were eating in those scenes, or drinking those drinks, then they'd risk uncontrollable weight gain, and slowing production down due to the increase in bathroom breaks they'd need throughout the day.

 

[fireproof78]

Also, it would make scene to scene continuity a pain in the...waist.

 

[at Quark's]

Or simply get the take right the first time.

(Wondering now how much (re)takes the average shot requires)

 

[The Wormhole]

Or simply get the take right the first time.

(Wondering now how much (re)takes the average shot requires)

It's highly rare to get a scene right in less than five takes. Acting can at times be a very tedious and repetitive job. One of Shatner's books talks about how in his early days he had to spend an entire day constantly doing a scene over and over in which his only line was "No."

 

[Farscape One]

Unless Jonathan Frakes is your director.

He isn't isn't called 'Two-Takes Frakes' because he has a transporter duplicate...

 

[oldtrekkie]

Unless Jonathan Frakes is your director.

He isn't isn't called 'Two-Takes Frakes' because he has a transporter duplicate...

Was he ever called "Jimmy Two Times" for laughs?