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Catering was tasty this time again. We set up our “camp” directly in a yard of the citadel. The walls around give it a more room-like appearance, with one wall missing. We can see the big [...]

I want this shot to be perfect, so we have to do it several times. Sometimes, the haze we blew in the air to achieve a more dense look proves to be tricky. Because that opening in the set´s [...]

I decided to let Oliver, my Steadicam man, operate this crane shot, because I feel I have more control over the situation from here, at my HD monitor. I want to get as much out of this shot [...]

The set looks wonderful. Hanno and Peter, our construction guys, did a marvelous job again ! For 6 weeks they were here in this dirty, cold and moist place, working it into our control room [...]

We´re in our Control Room set, preparing for the big establishing shot. I recall me standing here for so often in the past, planning exactly this shot, explaining it to so many people for so [...]

Tommy and my script man, Julian, are in guard costumes now, filling in for the actors of day one. I´m on the citadel´s roof with Jens Fisher, the camera on tripod. I want them to argue with [...]

We hurry to get some shots of the fortress main gate closing. Ralf build a nice lock prop with two big lights, red and green. I yell commands, it´s very stressful. The gate is opend, closed [...]

Didi has to let go of his helmet. Easy. So it seems. But the damn thing is NEVER falling as it´s supposed to do. As those helmets were created, Ralf Burmester decided to make an easy padding [...]