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CITY ISLAND: DOWN AT DALEGROVE

The external of our fictional Dalegrove correctional facility. The concept of filming in a prison seems exciting but in reality you cannot have your cell phone or internet! What good am I as a blogger if I am not connected to the rest of the world? So no doubt today

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CITY ISLAND: SHOOTING IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

This is the madness from today. We had an insane amount of onlookers and with the heat added into the mix, it set us up for an intense day. Our PA Campbell, kept the punters at bay with his trained Spanish tongue. Whilst Lauren Versel and myself battled with a

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CITY ISLAND: STILLS FROM PHIL

Images by Phil Caruso.Another of our locations was the Port Authority Bus Station uptown and the George Washington Bridge, Epic stuff. Our stills photographer has been awesome and I want his job, especially because of the box the camera goes in to shut it up and not bother Jan “Friend

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CITY ISLAND: HELL’S HALF ACRE W/ STEVEN STRAIT

From Day Two of our strip club shooting at the wonderful, but fictional “Hell’s Half arcre which is right next door to a Gymnastics center… This is some behind the scenes action featuring Steven Strait.Shout out to all the extras on set today, thanks for being here and I know

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CITY ISLAND: DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF ART & CINEMA

Oh the glamorous life of show-business! Raymond De Felitta and Rachel Connors, our script supervisor, squeeze into the back of Joyce’s Honda element. Thus, giving up all graces and proper knee function in the name of the movie. Now that is dedication. But of course not forgetting the dedication from

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PROPS – THE FRIDGE

Today we shot Denise (Carrie Baker Reynolds) from inside her fridge. Without destroying the magic of cinema too much, here is how our masterful prop team managed it (this is the “inside”):

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CITY ISLAND: MINI CLIP, BUT A BIG CAKE

A little taste from the set today. Carrie Baker Reynolds (Denise), Hope Davis (Cheryl) and Ezra Miller get to working with some baking, carrying and eventually eating. I hope there is some left for me. Whilst the actors got to be indulgent some of those on set got cosy with

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CITY ISLAND CRANE DAY: JUST ENJOY THE MACHINERY

The phoenix crane is rather soothing don’t you think? The stills photographer not so much. But at least his energy is up, Wednesday’s can either make you or break you. One can either run out of steam in the wait for the second wind, or look dead ahead to the

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