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But according to Elaine, these sorts of methods may be harmful to the child, and should be avoided. Narrator: She says she's heard of other baby wranglers using questionable techniques like placing bad odors in front of the child or making a loud noise. And her technique has never failed, so far. Narrator: She used this technique in "Akeelah and the Bee." In this scene, Akeelah's sister brings her baby to the event, and it starts to cry. When a baby, even an infant, hears another baby cry, the infant or the baby will start to cry themselves.

For example, I'll go, "Wahhhh!" And the baby will start to cry. Hall: What I do to get babies to cry is, I start to cry myself. Narrator: But for crying, it's a whole different story. I would be behind the camera on every scene, making them laugh. I would put on the lens of the camera, funny faces on the lens, when they needed to make direct eye contact. Narrator: For non-crying scenes, working with babies and young children involves making it fun for them. For infants, there must be a studio teacher and a nurse. Hall: For every set that has a child, there's a studio teacher on the set. Narrator: There's also a few other rules in place when using young actors. Hall: Very often, when you see a TV show or a film, twins are used to play one role. Narrator: She's worked with infants and young children on a variety of commercials, TV shows, and movies, like "The Flintstones," "Grace Under Fire," and "Akeelah and the Bee."įirst off, where do these crying babies come from?īabies, just like adult actors, come from casting calls, but they're only legally allowed to work for four hours a day on set, so there's a simple trick used to extend their camera time. She's what's known in Hollywood as a baby wrangler.Įlaine Hall: A baby wrangler is a interpreter between what the director wants a young child to do in front of a camera. And this requires hiring someone with a special set of skills. When it comes to TV and movies, however, a director may actually want a baby to cry on command. And it takes a very patient parent to make them stop. Narrator: Babies cry all the time, whether you like it or not.

We spoke with a professional baby wrangler named Elaine Hall, who has a trick she says works every time to make an infant cry on cue.

Oftentimes, a director wants a baby to cry on camera, and real babies are used for many of the scenes.

Babies and young kids are cast in movies just like adult actors, but there are special rules in place about how long they can be on set.