Tails

It was a weird day. Mostly prepping a new location at a film ranch. Plus filming one scene.

We told the location we were going to film some that day. We were mostly using them as a base camp for rigging a car and then driving on nearby roads. At least, that was the original plan. We got permission to drive around the location instead.

So we did.

Before we know if, we’re getting yelled at by the location rep for “filming there all day.” It was surprising since I thought we had their full permission for everything. Not sure where that went south. I think they got called out by a nearby music videos fire marshall. They knew we weren’t permitted to film there that whole day, even though we had ourselves setup for filming nearby.

I think we took the fall for that.

Also found out that the main house we’re filming in there has bats in it.

DP and I were talking through a scene with the production designer and the gaffer when we saw a bat in the hallway. We ducked into a nearby bedroom and closed the door. Figured it was a good idea since we had a scene there tomorrow so we could separate from the bat while we worked.

Then another bat started flying around the bedroom. But the bedroom door got jammed and we couldn’t get out. We eventually climbed out through the window.

Glad we were able to film what we did. And it was an easy day for production design to be able to work on building some things while we filmed in the car.