Film Day 16 -- When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Date: Monday, May 11, 2009
Location: Exterior -- Campfire
Film: Under Jakob's Ladder

Yes, we actually filmed on a Monday.

However, we did wait until evening to shoot our scenes (that Monday being the first day for our final week of filming Under Jakob's Ladder... That's right: Week 4).

Actually, it wasn't even officially planned to take place on this day. (We had originally booked Mondays as a day off.) But, with the weather forecast for the coming week (i.e. the threat of rain), we knew that we had to do something. We didn't need any rain for these campfire scenes.

(Not to mention that we were also under another deadline. Our Jakob -- actor Jeff Stewart -- had to catch a flight back to England on Saturday of that week. And we had plenty of other scenes to film. We didn't have a whole lot of wiggle room if it did rain!)

So, Monday, May 11th. Everything was set up. The two actors we needed were there... Jeff Stewart (Jakob) and Chloe Roe (Marta). A campfire was built. The sun set. Darkness hit.

And... Well... We did not have any rain.

That's the good news.

But the bad news is that we did have wind. Which was especially delightful for the actors and camera crew! (Who doesn't love to have smoke blowing in their faces? Especially when you're trying to do a job... Like act. Or run a camera.)

P.S. By the end of filming for the night, there was still one small scene that we hadn't got to... But, it didn't really require the actors (so we were fine there). It would just mean that we'd have to build the campfire once more...