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Time for some handheld camera work again. This system is damn heavy ! The scene requires Steve Hudson to chase Eric Gladhart through the whole cell. I decide to improvise everything, to get [...]

We´re doing well. Another dolly shot inside the cell is set up by Hanno Gerken´s grip crew. It´s a longer dialogue scene with Steve Hudson and Eric Gladhart again. Steve is supposed to walk [...]

Back in the cell set. Eric Gladhart is lying on the lower bunk bed. It´s another dialogue take with Steve Hudson. We do the shots on Steve first. He gets down from the window, talking to Eric. [...]

The day starts with a crane shot on the outside cell window. Hanno Gerken, who also acts as our key grip, is setting up the equipment. This is going to be tricky for focus again cause we´re [...]

Almost done for today. The take left is Steve Hudson running around in the cell hysterically. I ask him to hammer his fists against the steel door of the cell. This proves to be tricky for [...]

Somewhere, at the other end of the hall, is a huge, mean fridge from hell with food in it. It´s totally quite during rehearsals, but it springs to live any time we start shooting ! I demand to [...]

It´s getting damn cold ! When people speak, little steam clouds emit from their mouths already ! I hope this can´t be seen in the shots. Wouldn´t fit exactly to the fact we´re supposed to be [...]

We can´t keep ourselves from laughing any time Eric Gladhart does his lines with the required southern accent, extreme version! It´s a really funny contrast to Steve Hudson´s Oxford English. [...]