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So this is it. After weeks and weeks of prepping, phase III of REAL BUDDY is about to start today with a big exterior: The fortress bridge scene. Everything´s on go, except for the bad weather [...]

Then it´s time for a missing take from the scene with Heinrich Schafmeister. I the footage from phase I he´s shooting like crazy with his gard rifle, standing next to a cell door in our [...]

Hanno managed to turn the cell set´s door. I need some shots of prisoners inside the cell, behind the door´s window. I use all people available for this: Julian, Ralf, all of them to have as [...]

Back in the hall, after a good days sleep. I decided to to some missing shots today, only minor things we have left over from phase I. I only got a limited crew, Hanno Gerken, Anne [...]

It´s the eighth take. It´s unnerving. We´re very tired, all of us actually want to go home, to their beds, have some sleep. But the damn thing isn´t in the can yet. Sometime we´re off [...]

The final shot for this night. It´s the opening shot for the cell. I figured that one out months before and now we´re doing it as the last major shot for the whole production phase. It´s a [...]

This time, we literally have to tear down most of our beautiful set. The large camera crane has to be inside the cell now. Hanno Gerken´s team is prepared, so it doesn´t take too much time, [...]

The next setup is from the same camera angle again. Steve´s on the upper bunk bed, pulling at the cell´s steel grid ceiling, made of painted wood, of course. Wood is such a great material to [...]