Inside the container we fit six actors and up to nine crew members: Director, DP, Gaffer, 1st AC, 2nd AC, Boom, Prop Master, and sometimes Makeup and Makeup assistant. Just outside the container in video village are 1st AD, Sound Mixer, and Script Supervisor.
Water heater and filter for 1400 gallon tank.
Red camera.
Boom is sending [...]
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It’s pitch dark and pouring rain when we arrive for our 6:30 call time, but the actors and crew are in amazing spirits.
By dawn, base camp is built on wooden pallets in the mud.
More wooden pallets lead up to set.
There is no electricity on site. So the entire set is run off of three [...]
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We have one last rehearsal two days before shoot. Randy and I are big believers in pre-planning, so we have all production heads attend rehearsal. 1st AD Dan Noa and I run the actors through the shot list and shooting schedule from start to finish.
Wardobe Designer Ali Kahn is on hand to test [...]
Auditions were a big success. We have amazing actors on board and are already rehearsing them. Producer Randy Wayne has a game plan of how to turn this equipment yard into a working set, and now we get down to the glamorous task of movie making.
We clean the yard to make it safe for crew. [...]
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The decision is to build the cave into an 8′ x 20′ container on the equipment yard. The whole set goes up in one week.
Charlie plasma-torches support beams across a six foot section of the container.
Peter clears out the space to begin hanging aluminum mesh. He also does a lot of math to figure [...]
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