08/16/06 - 08/17/06

One Dead....

and if you don't already know who or how, I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to wait until the film comes out. (Thhppbbtt!!) I will say that I have never had more fun on a movie set, and it's fascinating to me to see how these effects are done.

I'll also mention that it included hours of laying on cold wet sand and way too much time in 55 degree lake water. And those are the only clues you get....


It's morning, it's wet, it's cold. I laid here for about 2 hours....


but that's nothing compared to this poor guy. Uli was in the water most of the day...


And then there's Keith, who had to go in the water half naked.


"This is awkward," says Keith. (Well how would you feel if 5 or 6 men told you to bend over....to put the weights around your waist so you can sink in the water. Get your mind out of the gutter!)


Awww, poor babushka!


Our fabulous stunt coordinator, Wolfgang, back again.


I hope Keith remembers - he ASKED for this photo...


Rough day, dude, rough. ;-)

Luckily, Thursday was much easier. The woods we are filming in are truly beautiful. And VERY alive. As soon as I got out of the van I took a look at the ground, which was moving. Spiders and ants all over the place. It's like Jurassic Park here. I keep expecting a Raptor to come barreling through the trees. If you stay quiet for just a moment, you can hear the forest "buzz". I'd love to tell you about the "spider on the shirt collar" episode, but the parties involved would probably lynch me (relax, boys, I won't name names. Hee!).


First thing in the morning.


My favorite pic of the day.

This was our last day before a two day break. On Saturday, we all move to the woods to stay for the next three weeks. woohoo! We're also losing a couple of crew members after today: Nilo, our 2nd AD, is going back to New York on Saturday. We've been sharing living space for the last three weeks. He will be missed.


*sniffle*

And our wonderful caterer, Stephan, will also be leaving us, as the farm we'll be staying at will be providing the food while we are there. But we'll see him again after it's all done - at the wrap party!



So, next week:

Our biggest stunt is coming up on Sunday. SO cool!