What kind of stage do babies go through and appear in movies?

We come across babies in almost every movie or TV series. hangover, The Godfather or the recently popular TV series Cranberry Sherbet, scenes with babies probably come to our mind.

Apart from being a newspaper distributor (and such a job does not exist today), children’s The only industry in which he can legally work is show business. But of course there are some rules.

Casting a role for a baby is not as simple as casting a role for an adult actor.

There are some rules that producers must follow. For example, babies in the US state of California can only stay on set for two hours a day and are given no “full duty” work. It cannot exceed 20 minutes.

Of course, these rules; It varies from state to state and country to country. For example, a 1-month-old baby in New Jersey, USA; It can be worked five hours a day, five days a week. In Louisiana, it can be worked 6 hours a day, 6 days a week.

The rules are not limited to just this.

To give an example from the state of California, according to its laws, a baby must be at least 15 days old to appear in a movie or TV series. But as you know, babies grow very quickly and with a newborn The difference of a 2 week old baby can be easily understood.

That’s why production companies generally prefer to use prematurely born babies. Like this Even when they are 15 days old They don’t see it like a newborn baby.

However, with developing technology, there is almost no need for babies.

In the past, in some cases, dolls were still preferred over real babies, which often looked artificial. For example above American Sniper This scene in the movie was made a lot of fun.

Now is “robotic baby” Real baby images can be placed on mobile robots. The image above is of a robotic doll. But as you can see, it doesn’t look very realistic.

So how is the situation in Turkey?

Working hours and other details of child actors in Turkey, Child Labor Regulation and is subject to the general rules determined by the Social Security Institution.

However, a specific period of time for babies is usually not clearly stated, and babies are usually care and needs Flexibility can be shown depending on the In general, child actors have limited working hours and are provided with regular breaks.

Let’s get to our real question, where do all these babies come from?

Baby selection usually begins with babies’ families applying to casting agencies. Agencies select suitable dolls and make recommendations to filmmakers. Film producers and directors Then, they evaluate the scenes in which they will portray the babies.

Baby selection is based on certain criteria (experience and ability, health status, family cooperation, age and appearance…) and set conditions Babies who are thought to be adaptable, able to perform in accordance with the requirements and safely are chosen.

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