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Only 30 minutes left before sunrise and we still have to do a complete scene. It´s already getting brighter. I planned that scene to be carefully blocked and staged, but there´s just no time. [...]

Things are going slow this night. The team is not “warm”, everything needs longer than we expected. Pulling the heavy cables this afternoon for all the HMI lights took an eternity. Although we [...]

During moving the scissor lift again in it´s “low position” the gear was shaking too much and the 12 K almost came down! Even not erected, this was quite dangerous. Fortunatly, there were a [...]

The next take starts with a Steadicam establishing shot on the Vulcan gun. The move is complicated because it introduces the two actors in this scene and has to be timed carefully with [...]

We started shooting ! The very first take is a establishing shot in the direction of the two guards on our bridge. For budgeting reasons, we decided to light only parts of the set and keep [...]

2D artist Flo rian “Flo” Rohn arrives with the signs he´s designed for the entrance area. We´re going the cheap way and just tape them onto the bridges railing.

Our propmaker, Ralf Burmester, did it again ! Everything this guy makes is marvelous ! This time, he´s setting up our Vulcan gun, a six barreled monster weapon, on the bridge set. REAL BUDDY [...]

Deja vu:. With each shooting phase, we have to start with the more complicated stuff, although I much prefer to get the team “warm” and going with more easier things at the beginning. But – [...]