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Daily Production Report for 5/23
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Let us take you back: It's Wednesday May 23, day four of principal photography. Primary location: Holy Cross Church. The sun is still shining and there are three interior scenes to be shot. Go behind the scenes with this document and the following two Production Schedules to experience what you didn't get to see on the show. You can only get it here.
Daily Production Report for 5/24
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Day five of 25. Cast and crew made it through hump day and are still at the church for one exterior and one interior shot. Only three players were working on the set that day - who were they? Discover which shot was delayed because of the church, which scene was plagued by a major thunderstorm and which scene was deleted due to time.
Daily Production Report for 5/25
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Here we are at Day six of 25 and the weather has now truly taken a turn for the worse. The crew needed to get off four shots (both exterior and interior shots) at Engine Company 39 Firehouse but it was not to be. Which scenes were scheduled but not shot due to the hail, rain and lack of daylight? My friends, it was a "clusterf*ck" of "Ghostbuster-size" proportions.
Daily Production Report for 5/26
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Day seven of 25: It's Saturday, but there will be no rest for the cast and crew of "Stolen Summer." Read the first of two Production Reports recounting day one of two miserable days of shooting at Chicago's now infamous Donovan Park. Weather forecast: Rainy and Cold Temperatures. Number of exterior sets: 2. Number of extras on the set that day: 70. The horror, the horror...
Script Excerpt: Scene 32. INT: Station Wagon
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Before you go reading this page of dialogue, allow us to set the proverbial stage a little bit: It's cold and it has been raining all day long without showing any signs of letting up. Now it's nighttime which means it's also darker and colder but the crew must gear up to film a tense scene between father and son (Aidan and Adi). Adi was tired and weary from a long day at the baseball field and was having problems with his lines. We also know from Aidan that some of the dialogue got lost from the sound of the rain pelting the outside of the O'Malley family wagon. The saga continues...
Script Excerpt: Scene 79. INT: Cover Set
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Read this scene from "Stolen Summer" in which Pete tells the rabbi that his son didn't make it into Heaven and why. We know from the production report that although this scene had been originally planned for an exterior location, the crew was forced to move to a cover set to get the shot off. You can still see the way they had planned to do it by checking out the hand drawn shot lists for day seven below.
Script Excerpt: Scenes 76 through 78. EXT. Baseball Field
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With the help of the documentary, we got to see Adi (a fine actor, a not too experienced athlete) connect with the ball and then run to third instead of first base. Familiarize yourself with the dialogue for scene 78. Also, read a scene that didn't make it to the movie. Can you guess which one?
Hand Drawn Shot List/Set-Ups for Days 4, 5 and 6
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Before you get all excited, don't count on seeing all of the set-ups for these three days -- not because we don't want to show you, they simply don't exist. For the serious movie makers, or just the curious, here is the breakdown for what's here:
Scene 5 EXT. Firehouse
Scene 6 EXT. Church
Scene 7 INT. Church
Scene 26 EXT. Firehouse
Scene 26A INT. Firehouse
Scene 50 INT. Church
Scene 69 INT. Church
Hand Drawn Shot List/Set-Ups for Days 7 and 8
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Here they are in all their glory: exterior set-ups from the two days of pure, unadulterated muddy baseball hell:
Scene 32 EXT. Baseball Field
Scene 76 EXT. Baseball Field
Scene 77 EXT. Baseball Field
Scene 78 EXT. Baseball Field
Scene 79 EXT. Baseball Field
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