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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
 Molly Roloff, Inyo Film Commissioner Chris Langley, Jeremy Roloff, Amy Roloff, Jacob Roloff and Zach Roloff, Jeremy?s twin brother, (clockwise from top left) in the Film History Museum lobby after filming an episode of the TLC hit ?Little People, Big World? on Tuesday. Photo courtesy Chris Langley Reality television stars and crew stop off at Lone Pine film museum as part of third season debut episode
Special to The Inyo Register
It’s a big world and there are little people in it.
That is the premise of the reality show titled “Little People, Big World.” The show captures the everyday life of the Roloff family and has become quite a popular reality show on The Learning Channel.
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The show right now is screening its second season on the well-known cable channel, but the cast and crew are working on the third season. Here’s a sneak preview. The premier episode of the third season has the family taking a vacation with some of their stops including Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and Inyo County’s very own Death Valley. On the way to Death Valley National Park, they stop and have breakfast at the High Sierra restaurant in Lone Pine and then tour the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History.
On Tuesday, when the Roloffs were in Lone Pine, it was hard to miss the cast and crew of 15 as they attempted to capture the experience without changing it. As the family acted like any other family touring the museum, the various members of the film crew – line producer, production assistant and technicians – worked to not be in the background or otherwise disturb what was in every other way a regular day at the film museum.
Museum personnel who were working during the Roloffs’ visit had to sign release forms and then just go about their work. Chris Langley, Inyo County film commissioner and the executive director of the museum, was on hand and gave permission for the filming on the premises. “A small group of crew just arrived and said they would like to film – ‘Was it a problem?’” Langley said of the surprise visit that could become part of the reality show and add another credit to the long list of movie and television shoots in Lone Pine’s entertaining history.
Langley said he was aware of the series but not had been a regular viewer. However, he said he knew having the reality show shoot and show any footage of Lone Pine and the fairly new museum would be a great opportunity to publicize the town and its rich film history.
The family all walked through the exhibits in the museum just like any family and stopped at the gift shop to examine items, particularly the DVDs of B Westerns, especially those shot in the Alabama Hills and other local Lone Pine and Inyo County locations. The mother, Amy Roloff, wanted the kids to get some movies to watch so they could get a sense of the area’s film history.
“All this time the production people were scooting around trying to catch the family’s lives without affecting them. A lot of logging of the shots and communicating on walkie-talkies was going on in whispered voices,” Langley said.
The producer told him that the director of photography was Ray Breslin, an Emmy-winning cinematographer. Breslin was following the family members and filming constantly. He also explained that the episode was being filmed in high definition and would be part of the first episode of season three, but he didn’t know when the show would be broadcast.
Like any family on vacation, the Roloffs had an itinerary and were off to Death Valley almost as quickly as they had arrived in Lone Pine and the musem.
Dad Matt Roloff didn’t take a tour of the museum because he had gone ahead to get the family ready to leave for Death Valley, where they would be spending the night. The museum staff saw the rest of the family off and wished them well, adding that it was going to be a beautiful but warm trip until they got to the Grand Canyon.
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