filmmaking

Nightmare motels, hidden caves, and breakfast logistics

Last week, me and my DP/producer Casey flew up to Washington for our second (and final) location scout for my next short film, The Lost Fortune of Oliver Brody. Our earlier Lake Tahoe scout was a bit too rushed and ultimately proved fruitless. But this time we needed to find the place. Not inspiration. Not possibilities. Solutions. So we could lock the locations, figure out the logistics, and start budgeting. So the attitude going into this trip was: This is where…