I just returned from 10 days in Victoria, where I participated in the filming of new episodes of "Eaux Troubles du Crime - Season 4" ( little reminder here and here).
10 days out of time to spend 12 hours a day with the team. It was a great experience, especially as I found people I had met last year. Philip, the coordinator, which is the first person to be giving me work. Producer, Sylvia, and her companion, Greg, director of the series. And then my girlfriend Catherine, with whom I also did the Webmathon and West we speak French at the beginning of the year, and this was time assistant camera.
Philip and Catherine took place in the "office" production
Last year the office had been installed in a hotel room in downtown Victoria. This year's production had rented a large house in 20min drive from downtown, in the countryside to house the office but also to host Sylvia and Greg, the chief operator Pieter and myself. Working conditions and living so much more comfortable, and more for less cost!
View from the kitchen early morning ...
View from my small office.
I do not know what kind of bird it is but it was pretty impressive ...
The main entrance of the house
The shooting lasted 6 days (although I feel a whole month is spent), but the first real wizard c ' has been fired after the 3rd day. Personality conflict (To summarize). The second assistant is passed first. And I was asked to return to the position of the second (although I've never done that). In the absolute task not as complicated as it is mainly to prepare the next day's call sheet (the filming schedule of the day) and thus ensure that all elements of the scenario are present on the leaf (props, sets, special effects), that all necessary actors are well known, and at the right time. Especially short work of thoroughness and attention to detail. Apparently everyone seemed to think I'd do it very well:) The start
1st assistant has really changed at all throughout the atmosphere on the plateau, which in the space of a speech, when the producer announced the news on the morning of Day 4, has gone from "leaded" to "relaxed" . Or how a "grumpy individual" in a group of 50 people can form to himself alone in the air the overall morale ....
So I "changed hats" and put on the "second" for a few days, which also allowed me to spend more time close to the plate and with the team.
Other highlights of the film, a sharp fall of snow (which, I repeat, is unusual in the region, unlike the rest of Canada), which complicated things a bit since one of the episodes that we shot was supposed to happen ... at the end of August ... But it was an opportunity to demonstrate the power of teamwork and using 3 "torches", 2 rakes, it has removed snow from 100 to 200m square on the banks of a lake.
The main intersection I was crossing every day to go into town after the first snowfall
the night after the last day of shooting, he fell approximately 10 cm of snow
my little car at the entrance to the property .
Filming has finished on Wednesday and Thursday I spun a hand to Philip to move some vehicles. The same evening, Catherine invited me to share his room at the Fairmont Empress. Catherine had won some time ago a "gift" for a night at this legendary hotel in Victoria, the perfect opportunity to end our stay on the island.
After that, back to the hotel to enjoy the pool and hot tub in the basement, and relive the atmosphere of The Shining in the corridors of our floor ... The next day , breakfast in the Empress Lounge (pancakes completely fluxes), then stroll through the downtown before catching the ferry from Vancouver ... direction 16h
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