Tuesday, February 28, 2017

one heck of a valentines day


On Valentines day which happens to be my moms birthday we were not filming at the studio, this means we were on location. In fact we were filming on the opposite of the studio. We were filming on a mountain. This mountain was just outside of a town called squamish. Squamish means mother of the winds in skokomish. Squamish is on the sea to sky highway because it is 40 minutes away from whistler(the big mountain).


When we arrived it was raining but the view was incredible we were 1,000 feet above Howe Sound and there were mountains surrounding us. I got into my wardrobe and headed off to school . When I got there the view was even better we were on the edge of a cliff. Across the Howe Sound were more mountains with snow-capped tips and trees covering the base like a winter coat. When the wind blew it made a noise that sounded like someone was singing opera in an echo-y room.



 I could not wait to see the set,but getting to set was hard. We had to take a one lane dirt road on the edge of a mountain. It also was slippery. when one truck was going up nothing else can go down the road because if they met in the middle everything would turn into chaos.I could not imagine the stress put on the traffic guards. The trucks had to go down backwards because there is no place to turn around. The road was really scary because it was straight down if it fell. The first time I went down we freaked out because the truck was bouncing on bumps and swaying and we were going backwards down a MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!!


when I arrived on set it was all muddy and wet but there was fire all over. It was a bit confusing.but I did not have time to think about it because I was rushed over to meet with the stunt coordinator to set my route along the mud. the reason I met with the stunt coordinator is because if I stepped in the wrong place I wood sink a foot into the mud. We had to change it a little because everything kept sliding. When we had that done we started filming. It was a little challenging because I had to mime where the thing I was seeing actually was, But I got the hang of it. Set was really cool because you are surrounded by the mountains, and you feel like they are just watching down at you like hawks stalking there prey. Then Brian came down Molly and Toby. But we did not have alot of time because we heard it was going to rain. We franticly tried to film as much as possible because we were afraid of roads washing away and rocks sliding. We did not film as much as planned but will be going back another day.


we are back in squamish hoping it dos not rain. If you do not here from me send a search party.

  




1 comment:

  1. Ok Max. It's safe to say I will never visit you on set! Your description of the mountain drive reminded me of Dunraven's Pass in Yellowstone this summer. Same nonsense of no fences and a one lane road. We were higher than some of the clouds! Never again!! I can't even imagine the truck driving backwards down the mountain. I would have passed out right then and there. Oy.

    P.S. Happy belated birthday to your mom!

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