Extras needed for local movie

By Casey Gillis

Published: September 11, 2008

A local film production company needs hundreds of background extras for scenes in its latest film.

Shooting on Red Cloud Productions’ “Max Vo2: The Potential Inside,” which centers on the world of elite bicycle racing, begins this weekend.

Director Scotty Curlee needs the extras to stand in as spectators during race scenes to be shot, rain or shine, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Peaks View Park.

“We’ll have people there directing where the extras should go, and it’s going to be kind of like what we would call double track, (which is when), in mountain bike racing, there’s usually open sections where you want to sprint through and try to pass people,” said Lem Curran, director of marketing for Red Cloud.

“That’s typically a good spectator part because it’s so open.”

The film is about a retired veteran cyclist who, after being involved in a car accident, reluctantly trains a rookie cycling prodigy.

Curlee founded Red Cloud in 2007 with the goal of creating socially responsible, positive films.

Shooting — and the need for extras — will continue throughout the month:

- An indoor training scene will be shot from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19, and filmmakers are looking for athletic types.

- More race scenes are scheduled for 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 20 and 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at Liberty University’s Camp Hydaway. They’ll coincide with Assault on Liberty Mountain, a bike race that is part of the Virginia DeRailer Series. Curlee plans to shoot a significant amount of footage during the race.

- An airport scene is scheduled for 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Lynchburg Regional Airport.