Day 1 - Arriving in Tekapo we went to our first location at Sawdon Station. An epic location, but harder to get to than first thought. We got there in the end and the trailer is holding up well in the rugged terrain. Costume and Art department are looking fantastic. The first shots were amazing and after 2 years of planning it was surreal to watch it coming to life.
The second day we got the Posse riding doubles and it was breathtaking! Hard to believe we are in New Zealand – sure doesn’t look it! Looking really cowboy. The actors did their first drama scene and it went great (except for the face stab by Cohen).
Day three onto our next location at Maryburn station - one of Mike’s favourite locations. The crane (our self-designed and built one) went well and we got some spectacular shots. Cohen the male lead managed to throw up after chewing some real chewing tobacco for a few takes. His cowboyness was called into question but after a brief power chuck into the dust - got back up on his horse and carried on. His manliness restored. Unfortunately after a great shoot we discovered that Inge the lead actress had ended up in a wrong dress and we will have to go back and re shoot the wide shots.
Day four the river shoot and let's just say that Cohen managed to get more sunburn than necessary! And interestingly enough according to Justin our Soundie - Tekapo has no wildlife sounds after dark at all!
We started a PLAY OF THE DAY which went to Zoe and Rosy for making a fake chicken in 10 minutes that looked fantastic!
The weather has been completely consistant and absolute magic. Loving it!
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