To wrap-up the closing credits of White Tulip we begin with several cards listing the twelve co-staring actors credited in the episode.
Co-Starring
Waitress: Marie Avgeropoulos
ND Agent #2: Jackson Berlin
Worker: Zoltan Buday
Uniform Cop: Robert Gauvin
Teenager: Richard Harmon
Female CSI: Jennifer Kitchen
Assistant M.E.:Tariq Leslie
Professor Lime: Andrew McIlroy
M.E. Tech: C. Douglas Quan
Arlette Turling: Kristen Ross
ND Tac Agent/Sniper: Duncan Spencer
Commuter: Michael Vairo
Casting By
April Webster, CSA
April has worked closely with J.J. Abrams in the past and did all the principal casting for the pilot episode of Fringe. In this case she, or her assistant, might have cast the two “guest-starring” actors listed in the opening credits, but she certainly did cast the lead character for Fringe, and so, deserves credit.
I would bet good money that all of the co-starring actors listed above are local Canadian actors, as we saw many used later on by J.H. Wyman in Almost Human which also filmed in Vancouver. And just below we see that there is a local casting category.
Canadian Casting By
Corinne Clark
&
Jennifer Page
Main Title Design
Andrew Kramer
Main Title Theme
J.J. Abrams
How many Fringe fans remember that J.J. himself wrote the opening title music?
Louise Roper
Costume Designer
Jenni Gullett
Department Head Make-Up
Dana Hamel
Department Head Hair
Ian Ballard
These are various “heads” of departments. Set Decorators are in charge of all the furniture and “things” lying on tables, chairs, etc, and are constantly moving them out of the way for the cameras on coverage shots, whereas “props” crew members are in charge of all things that an actor might wear on their costume or carry in a scene. There is usually only one Costume Designer for a TV show. Hair and Make-Up departments might have two or three people working on a given episode, but only the heads of the departments are listed here.
Music Editor
Paul Apelgren
Post Production Supervisors
Amanda Lencioni
April Nocifora
VFX Supervisors
Jay Worth (LA)
Robert Habros (VC)
These are people who work in post-production with the editor to get the final footage in order for airing. VFX refers to “visual effects” and we see there are two: one with Bad Robot Productions in Los Angeles and one working locally in Vancouver.
Property Master
Rob Smith
Key Grip
David Dawson
Gaffer
David Warner
Script Supervisor
Alexandra La Roche
All these people work on set. The Property Master, with some assistants, choose and purchase and/or rent any of the props that the actors and background actors will be using in a scene. The Key Grip is in charge of all the grips on set and his assistant is referred to as the “Best Boy.” The Gaffer is the chief lighting technician and he and his crew is in charge of placing and maintaining all the lighting on the stage. The Script Supervisor works closely with the Director and 1st Assistant Director, and usually sits up front at the camera monitors for the shot (a place called “video village”). Her job is to keep track of which take is being marked on the slate and she is also in charge of maintaining the continuity of the actors in the scene across a series of takes and ensuring that the actors speak the dialog that is written in the script. In the British system this position is often called the “Continuity Girl” since the overwhelming number of script supervisors are women.
You might be interested to know that “grip” is an old circus term for anyone who lifted and carried stuff around the stage. The term “gaffer” comes from the oldest days of film. Before the era of large electric lights stages were often lit with the help of large mirrors on tracks which were moved around to reflect sunlight coming in openings around the building. To focus the light, “gaffers” used gaffing hooks on long poles to move the mirrors on tracks, hence that particular term!
Todd Masters
SFX Coordinator
Bob Comer
Production Coordinator
Anita Truelove
Assistant Editor
Elizabeth Barnette
SFX here refers to “special effects” so Todd Masters was probably instrumental in designing Dr. Alistair Cook’s contorted Faraday Cage body. The others listed are most probably assistants to those “higher up” the food chain on set.
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Mitchell
Location Manager
Scott Walden
Music Supervisors
Billy Gottlieb
Charles L. Scott IV
Location Managers play an important role in not only scouting out places for location shots, but also coordinating filming with local municipalities, neighborhoods, and the general public.
Eric Batut
Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Curtis
Re-Recording Mixers
Rick Norman
Brian Harman
Post Production Services By
Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver, Level Post 3
These are all post-production positions responsible for the final soundtrack of White Tulip, including all the sound effects that have to be added in.
Promotional Consideration
Paid For By
Ford Motor Company
Promotional Consideration
Paid For By
Microsoft Corporation
What would a season of Fringe be without some sponsored content? Car companies heavily use this as a means of promoting their newest model automobiles.
Film Processing By
Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver
The characters and events depicted in this motion picture
are fictional. Any similiarity to actual person, living or dead,
or to any actual events, firms, and institutions or other entities
is coincidental and unintentional.
This motion picture is protected under the laws of
The United States and other countries, and its
unauthorized duplication, distribution, or exhibition
may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
Copyright © 2010
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Production # 3X5117
Country of First Publication United States of America
NS Pictures Inc. is the author of this film/motion picture for
the purpose of article 15 (2) of the Berne Convention
and all national laws given effect there to.
The legal disclaimer that we all see at the end of an episode, but I’m sure no one actually takes the time to read it! The symbol you see on the left is for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, called IATSE, which is the union for most of the crew members.
And those are the people who brought you White Tulip! My thanks to those of you who have followed this blog submission over three posts, with lots of film and TV trivia thrown in.
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