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I was just watching Elf with my kids and never noticed that it never shows the small kids and Buddy and Santa fighting in the same shot. It shows the kids “reacting” to the fight but, looking at it, it seems like they were given prompts to look a certain way and scream. I think this is to protect the kids who may still believe in Santa from seeing him get in a fight. To add, it appears the same as when Buddy rips off Santa’s beard. The kids probably did not see that filmed.
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this is common practice for about 90% of kids in films. They got much smaller schedules than the adults due to guild rules (understandably) and don’t need to be stand-ins if they’re not in the wide shot. Plus, consider the subject matter for the scene: they’re young enough to believe in Santa and their parents wouldn’t want that ruined for them
Here’s another version of that, ICYMI…[https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-stanley-kubrick-protected-child-actor-danny-lloyd-the-shining/](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-stanley-kubrick-protected-child-actor-danny-lloyd-the-shining/)
Danny Lloyd, the child actor at the enter of “The Shining” didn’t even know he was in horror movie!
Budget. They shot the kids in a couple hours with the “B” crew.
Maybe/probably. If I remember this correctly, Macy’s didn’t give them the rights to film inside of it, so the scene was done in a hangar or retirement home, or something like that.