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Q5: Share a film or TV show that you like, that inspires your creativity, or shows your craft in a positive way.
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Although I very very rarely make clothes, I do enjoy the Great British Sewing Bee, just to see the way they handle so many different styles and fabrics. And it's one of those competition shows where they contestants help each other out, and really seem to want to do well for themselves, as opposed to wanting to beat the others.

@MakersHour #MakersHour A5: if YouTube counts, Hermitcraft.

If not, classic Doctor Who.

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A4 as someone who works in IT, any time a person touches a keyboard makes me cringe. Same when they do it on TV or film... :p

One that always annoys me tho is when you see swords being cast out of steel. You can cast a bronze sword. But if you try to cast a steel/iron sword. The fist time you hit that sword on something it will shatter.

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Q5: Share a film or TV show that you like, that inspires your creativity, or shows your craft in a positive way.
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@MakersHour #MakersHour A3: honestly, I'd keep working on whatever knitting project I brought to do while I was waiting for my scene.

@MakersHour #MakersHour A2: I want to be able to knit and crochet for long periods without hurting myself.

@MakersHour Q4: Example of my craft being wrong on screen?

A4: Like, basically any time anyone is knitting or crocheting on screen. And bonus points if they're "crocheting" with needles (or vice versa), it's actually ridiculous given how common they are as skills.

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I've been an extra in a corporate ad video.
I was answering a fake telephone and discussing a housing issue with a tenant.
Being Autistic I was able to run the whole conversation, realistically for both sides, so well that it was one take and the best take in the video, according to the fim people.

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@MakersHour #MakersHour A1: I'm Alex, a word wizard who doesn't have the spoons to write. What I have been accomplishing is a lot of knitting, and winning third place in a recent Minecraft snow fort build contest.

In terms of TV and movies... Haven't been watching much, but I've been enjoying Game Changer and Dirty Laundry, and the Brooklyn 99 Halloween episodes.

Q4: Tell us about a scene in a film or TV show that shows your preferred making or crafting skill, but in  way that makes you go “Noooo, that’s not how it works!”.
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You could be making the instrument....

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@MakersHour Q3: What would you be making as an extra in the bg?

A3: Well let's think.

As an extra, I would be hoping to prove my acting chops to secure a bigger part. So it would need to be something that didn't take much concentration, to allow me to express dramatic emotions rather than tongue-stuck-out concentration face. But also something that, if dropped to convey shock or horror, wouldn't be difficult to pick back up again.

So I'm going with simple stockinette hat in the round. Or possibly a slipper sock.

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Q3: If you were to be an extra in a film, a character who was doing your kind of making in the background, what would you be making to fill the action?
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@MakersHour Q2: Inspiring crafts seen in films

A2: Well I see we're back on the "everyone just reply on the main post" method for #MakersHour but I'll know for next time 😅

Anyway. Not in a film as such but I remember seeing the behind the scenes stuff from the LotR trilogy for the first time and the care and expertise that went into making everything from miniatures to armour to realistic giant trees. Made me realise something in that area might be the closest thing I ever had to a "dream job" but of course by then it was already too late. Still inspiring, though!