Hope They Don't Pinch The Baby ! / myLot

April 1, 2025 1:44pm CST

I was watching a family movie the other night and something crossed my mind. I wondered - just how do the directors get a baby to do what is written in the script.. For example if the baby is supposed to cry at a certain time - how do they do it. I hope there is no pinching going on. What do you think?

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (84622)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

1 Apr

There must be some way to do it but I doubt they hurt the kids.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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1 Apr

That would be awful if they actually did . However movie making has béen around long enough . They must have perfected ways of making the unreal look real

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (43471)

• United States

1 Apr

I think, hope, they just wait for the baby to cry and later use it whenever they need it.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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1 Apr

That's a real possibility - some babies cry at the drop of a hat - while others appear mostly happy.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (145050)

• India

2 Apr

I think they record the baby's cry when they cry and other times - just a thought

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Always smiling

@allknowing (145050)

• India

2 Apr

@Kandae11 These days with the kind of software that is available everything is possible I do not think they will hurt the baby though.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

@allknowing l really didn't think they did.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

Everything looks very real on the screen.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (94513)

• Arvada, Colorado

2 Apr

I have often wondered this very thing too.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (94513)

• Arvada, Colorado

2 Apr

@Kandae11 Nope and sometimes dogs too I wonder about in movies.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

Good, It's not me alone.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37805)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Apr

I have wondered that too.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

I didn't think about it until yesterday after l watched a movie.

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Daniel

@Danielclark691 (2170)

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1 Apr

I think lots of people entertaining the child in the background to keep its attention

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

I know it is necessary for children to be in movies - depending on the story being told, but personally l won't want my young child acting in a movie.

snowy

@snowy22315 (188887)

• United States

2 Apr

Good question, they probably just roll tape when the baby is acting up, as babies can be prone to do.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

Sometimes they do so many takes....

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (352461)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Apr

I hadn't really thought about it. I thought maybe they waited till the baby did what they wanted then hurriedly went on with the scene but of course that wouldn't work.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56357)

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2 Apr

Unless those babies are ultra smart babies and know how to act..... - no, not possible.

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