In a whirlwind 20 days, the Greek part of our filming has
now wrapped in Siatista. With crew
gathered from Poland, Greece, the UK, and US, we had a tight-knit, hard working
group determined to bring the project to life.
The gorgeous photography of our DOP, Kuba Kossak, made the
perfect counterpart to director Kostas’ visually driven concept for the
film. Our sound team battled heroically
amidst bustling village life, cars, enthusiastic dog howling, and inescapable heating
machines to get the perfect quality of sound and all the lovely creaks, squeaks
and bumps around the house. The gaffer and
grip squad zoomed about lighting up the house in ways we hadn’t thought
possible.
Production designer and
costume designer teamed up in one seamless collaboration, making the best use possible
of limited budget and getting resourceful with the trunks of clothing and
artifacts found in the house itself. The
camera team used every trick in their arsenal to get some incredible and
complicated shots in a very short timeframe!
And overseeing all of it, our
management duo and Greek helpers got through language barriers, long hours and
worked closely to engage all the resources available locally in the area.
It was an immense job, but our skilled and hard-working
crew really made it happen! Did we have
ghosties and hauntings? Well… that’s
another story…
(Coming up: Cast Updates, and a few massive rounds of thanks.)
