Weather. The nemesis of Location Shooting.Rain. Wind. Sun. Clouds. Hot Temperatures. Cold Temperatures. You name it. It can, and does, affect a movie shoot. Any movie shoot.
Like another movie that was set in Ukraine -- Fiddler on the Roof (1971). In their case, they wanted snow. (As you can probably guess, they didn't get snow. Instead they had to settle for a light dusting of fake snow and have the characters dress like it was really cold!)
And when we were filming Under Jakob's Ladder? In our case, we didn't so much as expect snow, but we did want the trees to look barren... Winter-like. The scene was a funeral and funerals should be cold and lifeless, right?
The first week on set was very promising. The cold weather was perfect to keep the trees in line. But then came the weekend prior to filming this scene. All hopes were dashed. The weather just wasn't going to cooperate with us.
That weekend was very warm... And the bare trees started to look less bare. The grass began to look a little greener.
On the actual day of shooting the funeral, the temperature was 93 degrees Fahrenheit!
We had to pick angles wisely. Fortunately the actual trees that made it in the shots... well, at a distance the trees didn't look too bad. (Good thing is was windy that day. It would come in handy when we put in some cold wind sound effects.)
Maybe this whole thing could have been avoided if the trees had been given a shooting schedule!
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