Series 10 Filming & Behind the Scenes

[DogSoSmall]

(05-05-2011 01:40 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  I think the pigeons are props and the chap bending down is specifically placing them for the shot

You jest, but I've seen this done. Watched a shoot with an actor sitting on a bench feeding the pigeons. When they were ready to film, the pigeons were let out of their cage. Lots of people with boards were there to stop them wandering off (might explain the high numbers of crew!!). Then when the director yelled cut they were all rounded up and put back in the cage again. One of the crew told me you had to have trained pigeons or you could be spending all day waiting for co-operation from the common variety. (Wonder if they're the same pigeons? )