Monday, April 06, 2015

Lights, Camera, Action!

There was a knock at my door and it turned out to be a Hollywood location scout giving us a 1 day notice of a movie shoot the next night in my neighborhood. The name of the movie "Manchester-by-the-Sea" which to me is ironic. I coached high school football in Manchester-by-the-Sea for 20 years and now a movie of that name outside my door step! First a few trucks rolled in just before dusk but once it got dark things came together. Cables being strung, lights being assembled. Then an army of movie makers swarmed in lighting up the area like I never seen before. No one seemed to mind while I strolled around the set, all actually were very nice and proudly explaining how the movie magic is done. The star of the movie is Casey Affleck, though I didn't meet him because I had to go to work, I did meet with his "stand-in" who filled me in on his job.

Also posted are a few shots from around town and the left over snow.








Equipment truck 
 Setting up
 Setting up lights on a lift truck.
 Adjustments
 Behind the lights.
 Movie shadows!
 Directors chairs!
 Lights up on the cliff!
 Another view.
 Parsons Playground field lit up!
 The snow almost gone from my yard!
 Gloucester's Rock of Gibraltar!
 Walls of snow at Stage Fort Park parking lot!
 Gentile Bandstand
 The big tree at Stage Fort Park.
 Kinda looks like a Patriot!
 A peek-a-boo sunset over Gloucester.

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