Welcome to Julies Diary!
Every week during the season,Vampire Diariesshowrunner Julie Plec will add an entry to her diary.
What better way to ring in the weekend than with a Vampire Fight Club?
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Now seems like the appropriate time to talk about stunts.
He cuts together his own version of the sequence, complete with music and sometimes even dialogue.
Sometimes it all works out great.
As the details get ironed out, the wardrobe and hair and makeup departments need to be looped in.
For every principal actor involved in the sequence, their stunt double needs an exact copy of their wardrobe.
Sometimes the wardrobe department will have to purchase up to 10 multiples of the same clothes.
Thats when Damon Salvatores signature John Varvatos T-shirts can really start to ding the wallet.
You also shoot a version of the master with your principal actors.
Then you go in and pick up individual shots.
And on and on and on.
We could never do that.
We could all stand to learn a thing or two from his team.
Tidbits from the stunt set:
