Neutral Actor Homework

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For my neutral actor homework, I watched CSI: Miami 8.  Here are some things I noticed about the neutral actors or extras:

• The extras are walking both in front of and behind the main characters, but they are blurred, so it is hard to notice them.
• The extras are wearing all sorts of colours, but they are wearing regular street clothes.
• The extras are wearing few or no accessories.
• When the main characters walk out of a frame, there are no extras walking by. The extras are only a background for when the main characters are in a scene.
• The extras are wearing clothing that fits the scene (e.g. in a hospital, they wear nurse costumes)
• The main characters or an important object is always in the center.
• Some scenes just have the feet or arms of the extras showing, because the camera is focused on any object.
• The extras don't move or turn suddenly. 
• It is hard to focus on extras with the volume on because the main characters' expressions match what they say and make you feel things like suspense. This distracts you.
• The extras are doing things that match the scene (e.g. in an office, they are on laptops and looking at papers.)