Oct. 11th Shoot on The Alameda

Today we did location shooting on the Alameda. Since somebody forgot dry ice, the ice cream cone scene with Benny and Lester was tricky. It’s lucky Joe Mangelli brought a half gallon of it because several scoops had to be placed on that cone before the thing was done. I don’t know how much our dog licked off the pavement, but he definitely made mop up easier at the end of the day.

The Alameda shots will be good, everyone thinks. It’s a gritty but charming old section of the city; we were filming the area near the Towne Theater and Hester School, and using the underground crosswalk there to do some violent scenes and atmospheric shots. Our make-up person had to make Benny look pretty beat up, and she did. Between her work and what the day took out of him, the character’s injuries were better than plausible.

By 5 p.m. everybody was exhausted, as most had been on the shoot for more than 7 hours. Cast and crew said Fidel was the best thing about that day because people took turns walking and watering him. He provided an escape from the grind of such a long shoot. Viva Fidel!