Why is the Sky Green?

Can you trust the weather forecast?

Sometimes.

Sometimes not.

When we were shooting our feature film Dear J, we had to keep an eye on the weather forecast, especially for one of our key outdoor scenes. As the first Friday approached, we had scheduled filming in Flushing Meadows Park. (This is the site of the 1939 and 1965 World's Fair. And, it's the site of the annual U.S. Open Tennis competition.)

The weather forecast predicted sprinkles of rain for the Friday morning. We could deal with that. But by the time we arrived, the weather had turned... worse.

When we arrived, another film crew packed up their equipment and left. But not us. It was raining cats and dogs, but we figured we would film anyway. Umbrellas and raincoats protected the camera. The actors, Joe and Maya (role of James and Paige) were great sports about running around in the rain. (They were supposed to be having a picnic in the park. They just did it in the rain!)

Good thing we didn’t have to worry about sound!

However, later, when we got to our next (indoor) filming location, we discovered that a tornado had touched down not too far from where we were filming. Come to think of it, that must have been why the sky was a sickly green color!

(Yes, we know that the color of the sky in the photo looks blue. That's color correction for you...)