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Finally, it´s time for some special effects shots again ! Dennis Kron, our SFX guy, has been setting up his equipment hours ago, waiting the whole night to do these shots. It´s an explosion´s [...]

Another costume ruined ! Helen decides to go the easiest way and asks for some gaffer´s tape. She manages to get the tape inside the costume, putting the parts back together. I doesn´t look [...]

Costume problems again ! Each time there is some action with the actors, they´re ripping their grey white overalls and the material, actually paper, hangs down ridiculously. We went for the [...]

Eric Gladhart in front of the cell´s tiny mirror, in the background our great cell toilet fake, just a wall, partly made of milk glass. Next to that wall, another little electronic gadget [...]

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 [...]