Checking the storyboard with script/continuity Julian Eilmann
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 [...]
The gate
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 [...]
Director/D.O.P Frank Mirbach going trough the next scene with Dietrich Hollinderbäumer in the warden´s costume
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 [...]
We did it. The crane goes into several cases again, we prep for a greenscreen shot. Actually, I envisioned a scene with Didi UNDER that greenscreen, to later remove the sky and replace it [...]
Dietrich in front of the greenscreen
The crane moves in on Didi several times. He just has to look in the correct direction and mimic confusion. Not much for an actor like him. I hate it when shots don´t really offer an actor to [...]
The bridge
The crane is set up. Due to the fact I´m director, d.p. and cameraoperator on this project, I have to climb it myself again. Jens Fisher is at my side, as usual. We´re pretty used to spend [...]
Now it´s getting complicated again. We set up for a dolly shot on Didi. The camera will move in on him as he turns and removes his helmet. This is going to be hard for Jens, the focus puller [...]
