Lights, Camera and Action

Last week American Heart Association and AMS Pictures made a training film in our backyard.  It all started out having our Small Group over to help get settled in our new home.  After we worked for a while, we took a break and hung out by the pool.  It was then that Margaret, who works for AMS, mentioned her company was looking for a pool for a photo shoot.  After showing the pictures to the Scout, they became interested in filming a child safety training film.  They asked if we would be interested, we said yes, they said yes and last Monday many people started appearing at our home around 6:45 am.  It was a very interesting process and I'm amazed at how many people it takes and how many hours it takes.  The first day they stayed until almost 8:00 PM. This is what it looked like.
If you look closely you can see a white truck way down the street, that's our home.  This is as close as we could park to our home.

 This is looking the other way down the street.  And even more cars on the side streets.

 The black piece of equipment is the generator that ran all their electrical equipment.

 Trucks and all their stuff.

 More stuff.

 This is the little boy actor.  When he wasn't filming he was in the pool playing.  He's only 3 1/2 or 4 years old.

 They brought their own sun. 

 And their own shade.

 More stuff on the barn patio.

 Seems like there is a lot of down time in this business.

 Everyone has their job.

 This tent was set up to house the writers and AHA people.  They validated all the scenes where begin performed correctly according to the process and procedures.

The actor mom (in the blue blouse) and dad (in the red shirt) are getting their instructions from the director (in black t-shirt).  Real mom (in the black dress w/feet in the pool) was keeping the little boy occupied until it was his turn.

 Getting him in position for the shoot.

 Need to get his shoes on, however need to put green tape on the logo on the bottom of the shoe so the logo doesn't show up.

 Mom getting the shoes on quickly while director gives a little pep talk.

They came back on Tuesday morning, same time around 6:45 am.  Finished filming the pool scene and then moved to the front yard and filmed the EMS, fire truck and police car action shots.

And that's a WRAP!