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welcome to a very very very special edition of Mysteries of the Superstition
Mountains now today it's not so much of a mystery as it is kind of taking you
through the motions of making a motion picture making a film here at the
remnants are what's left of Apache land with the Elvis chapel and the Audie
Murphy barn the first thing that has actually been shot here the first film
that has actually been shot here since 2004 with Blind Justice starring Armand
Assante and Elisabeth Shue so what we're doing is we are filming a short film
called atonement and I wrote it and kind of co-directed I'm producing it and I'm
acting in it and if that weren't enough I wrote this part especially for me
because I only have one line in the whole thing and I think that's really
cool so let's just take a look at what's going on here at what's left of Apacheland
and I'm gonna call it Apacheland because when you see what we have done
and hopefully you will no matter let me get rid of this there we go when you see
the film then you're going to see that this town is going to look like a
million bucks it's going to look like different corners of the same town and
this is going to play like two different sides we have the barn we've got an
assayer's office up there it's going to look like it's all in the same location
it's movie magic now today we've already had a fight on this set not literally
but in the film we've had a couple of people fighting we've had a saloon scene
we've done some church scenes and in just a little bit we'll be getting ready
to do some more scenes for the show so this is going to be our last day of
shooting and we're just having a good time having a great time right now
they're taking a break for lunch you'll see over here we have one of the
producers slash cinematographers our cameraman over here along with these
assistant and they are doing this film now the director you can see him clear
over there in the Brown Derby that's his name
Chris or Christopher gates and he liked the script so he decided let's do it so
that's what we're doing here and you can see it's just right under the
Superstition Mountains but I guess if you're gonna put a mystery to it the
biggest mystery is two fires at Apacheland and both times the barn and the
chapel remained and then after the second time they moved it here to the
Superstition Mountain Museum which is kind of our home base and we've done
quite a bit here with the Apacheland set in the past but we're actually doing
the film right now so let's go take a look at what's going on we'll probably
have to be quiet because they're doing a scene right now I'm getting ready to so
just bear with us and Shh
we're just gonna film up but we're gonna be very
very quiet
alright
I need all the kids here that are in this
so this is the director Chris, Christopher Gates how are
you and he's also one of the stars of this he's the bad guy he's a really bad!
I am anyway does not matter
named boss fincher and so he is kind of doing a triple role because you're also
a producer that's correct of this so we're going to watch this master direct
a scene is that all right. yes sir oh okay will will remain very quiet okay
all quiet on the set please you have camera A and cameras B ready?
and canera C?
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okay this is scene 8 take number 1
hold on
Oh
charlie it's all your fault. it is! you just blushed
blush right off I like to kiss a make up but this is this that he said you won't
make of us well I haven't done anything yet
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alright
not in this here in this here town
no sir no way
no way
did she establish those classes those glasses she is wearing
I do not know
Ok so those glasses
are those glasses period?
yes they are
civil war 1860
ok so she got
dark glasses on we're checking to see if they're period and they are period she
says so you want to make sure that as much as possible you make everything as
close to the period as possible
ok when ever you are ready to roll please
scene 8 take 1
annnnnnnnnd
sound is ready
hold on.. hold on keep doing what you are doing
this is if you do not know this is a hurry up and wait
business is a hurry-up-and-wait type business
so we basically hurry up and wait and while we are direct you over here that
we spared no budget in stars you probably recognize this guy we spare
absolutely no budget and bringing them from Hollywood and in case you don't
know who this is it's Thomas Morris now who else could it
be you aren't thinking of somebody else were you Tom how you doing man all right
I think well these are these are my producers co-producers with mysteries of
the Superstition Mountain we're doing a segment for my show and we're not doing
anything in post we have the mics right here and we're good to go good in Joke
all right they're ready okay let's go we're ready to roll now to
wait for the audio boom, audio is on and action! it was such a beautiful day well
yes it is but that weather changes so quick out here yeah I don't know such a
spattering of clouds out here in Arizona that's true that's true
you just never know
and it could just wash us right out
of the street if it rains hard enough
well I need a good washing
well I would have not mentioned that
well that is not what I was talking about
I was just talking about a little dust on you vest there
I will just leave you ladies
don't walk away Sheriff
[laughter]
he gonna go some place bad
[laughter]
and cut!
now see
I'm sure the lines were in there somewhere we're not sure however they
were ad-libbing they were going on until they were told to cut so they kept going
and going and going and then I guess the sheriff had enough so he walked out that
was it so but it takes a lot to to ad-lib like that without being flustered
there great at. Ok we are going to do one more take then we are going to move on Action!
it is such a beautiful day
it is but the weather
changes so quick out here
yes sheriff
just give it a little time this will pass us by I would not worry about it
I do not know it's so hot I think something is gonna brew up
ok let's cut!
we are gonna start again ok
next time wait for the start I know action means dialogue
now see...
hurry up and wait but take after take you do a lot of takes to make a film if
you do it right.
action
it was such a beautiful day
well yes it is but the weather out here changes so quick you never Know
yeah give it a couple moments this will pass us by
I would not worry about it
I do not know it is so hot I think something is going to brew up
I have seen it before
I love that copper chain
how it swings into both pockets
Gees......
with that ladies I will bid you a due
and cut!
I loved that
it swings in both pockets I love that that is a great line on low that it swings in
both pockets that is so cool we take that two different ways oh wow
you like your chain it swings in two pockets you're only making it worse say
see sometimes you get a little up on the show when you're making it on the set
when you're making a movie yeah come on up here let me show you show you one of
the great pieces of magic I'm making a film now you see the Apacheland up
there now that's gonna be taken out so you're not gonna see that at all as well
as the no-smoking sign and all that now I'm telling you theoretically those are
gonna be gone one thing that I've heard a lot around
here is we'll do that in post we'll take care of that in post so I'm hoping so
now this was also shot on I guess they still call it Mos means without sound
why is MOS mean without sound well there was a director and some of you probably
know who he was in German so when he would say
we're gonna do this without sound he couldn't pronounce without so he says
myth out sound and that's how they got mos with a myth out sound and it's stuck
so we did this without the sound and that's going to be looped in later that
was the directors decision to do it all later so so anyway we're up here
we're shooting this film out of sequence as you do with a lot of films so we've gone
back and forth from different locations a lot of times you'll shoot the same
location all the scenes the beginning the middle and the end whatever ish is
shot in there but we're not doing it that way now they've taken the dummies
out of the saloon you probably can't see in there so that we can shoot the saloon
and we're gonna actually do a scene now I was just told change a plan we're
going back to the church and we're going to continue some scenes we were doing in
the church so I'll go out there and I'll do my best
awkward drunk how's that so let's go on back there and we'll see what we can get
by the way notice this they spelled my name wrong my first name so they were
kind enough to kind of change it around so it's correct usually it's my last
name but this time it was my first name
see you got to watch things like that
so it does not get in the shot
quiet please
we are rolling
rolling
and action
find your sets find your sets
well there you have it just a little bit behind the scenes of this new Western
short called "Atonement" giving you a little idea of what goes on just another
mystery of the Superstition Mountains
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