Thorn Productions presents – Elindil’s Secret

Today we returned to the Macclesfield location to film the scenes that we could not complete back on the 25th August. Since today was also the AFL Grand Final we also decided to limit the shoot to the morning, allowing the cast and crew to have the afternoon and the rest of the weekend off.

As you can see from both images, the main aspect of this shoot was to film several car shots. For this reason safety was a major component and everything ran smoothly. There were several minor delays caused by passing cars, plus the Sun held us up a few times when it decided to show its self from behind the clouds.

Synopsis of the days events
07:00 – Makeup and Wardrobe call for cast.
08:45 – Travel to Macclesfield.
09:15 – Shooting at Macclesfield for 2.5 hours.
11:45 – Wrap.

These shoot days were the 1st three days that saw the filming move into interior locations with more substantial dialog. Although there are still a significant amount of action sequences to film, you could say we are now moving into a period of filming that presents the storyline. One of the things that sets independent films apart from big Hollywood type productions in most cases is the story telling.

For the cast and crew, its the storyline of ES that is the essences of the film, without it the film would simply be another 90 minutes of entertainment. Its our hope that the storyline will both entertain you for 90 minutes and also present you with a message of hope that will leave a lasting impression.

There will be no synopsis for internal and/or blue screen shoot days other than to say that each shoot day starts at dawn and concludes at dusk generally in the one location for the entire day.

The Bega Weekend shoot started early Saturday morning with a trail of Silver cars winding their way east and then north to the coastal town of Merrimbula in Southern NSW.

During the trip we scoured the countryside for an interesting looking ridge that would save us a trip to the backbone of Mount Feathertop, but to no avail. We’ll just have to wait for the weather to warm up and the snows to melt.

We setup “camp” at a local Holiday Park before heading to the RSL for a bite of dinner.

Those who had the early morning start were greeted with the special joy of an East Coast sunrise over the water as the cameras rolled capturing those early morning scenes on the beach. Back to base to collect those who had a sleep-in and bacon and eggs breakfast. All the dads were wished a Happy Father’s Day and we set off to the secret location for the day’s shooting.

A few scenes around the edge of the water before those that had to make the jump into the water took their places for the big, and chilly splash. Well done Dave, Cassie and Daniel.

We were done with the shooting in time for some lunch and another leisurely 7 hours in the car plus a stop at the Family Restaurant on the the way home. In total 14 hours of driving for 4.5 hours of shooting!

Synopsis of the weekends events
Day 1:
08:00 – Travel to Merimbula
Day 2:
06:30 – Makeup and Wardrobe, 1st makeup call for cast.
07:00 – Shooting at Location 1, Merimbula for 1 hour.
08:30 – Relocate to Location 2, Bega
10:00 – Shooting at Location 2, Bega for 3.5 hours.
13:30 – A Wrap, then Lunch.
14:00 – Travel Home.