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Yesterday, May 17th, marked the two year anniversary of the first day of shooting for Untamed Lands – with the 24th being Andrea’s (Mora) first shooting day and June 1st being Ian’s (Crow) first full day. That makes this a good time for a rebirth of this blog. Eduardo and I were back at Stony Swamp yesterday, where about 60% of Untamed Lands shooting happened. We were there partly in honour of the anniversary and partly on location scout for an upcoming shoot.
It’s hard to believe that it’s mid-September. The last time I actually thought about the time of year was probably back in July. First day of shooting for Legend of Oz was on the 18th and the rest is kind of a blur.For Oz, principal photography ended a week ago [blog post coming] and like Oz is now, Untamed Lands was in pickups at this time.
As noted a post or two ago, we were back in Almonte last weekend for the first shooting day of Legend of Oz. After the shooting day wrapped, we took the time to take a quick visit over to former Tribe Erdini, which got me thinking about all the work that went into setting up those tribes.Erdini, for those unfamiliar, was our major tribe location. In story terms, the people of Erdini were central in the fight against Mora. They played host to Crow and a lot happened in their tribe. Of our four standing sets (Tribes Erdini, Volunti, and Brittany Plus Mora’s Fortress Tara) we spent as much time in Erdini as the other three put together. [7 days in total, as opposed to 3.5 in Volunti, 2 in Brittany, and 1 in Tara.]
Untamed Lands is still alive. With all the hoopla going on in these parts related to Legend of Oz, it might be easy to think that it’s been forgotten but that’s not the case. Post-production has naturally slowed down a little bit while the production unit for Oz gears up, but Ottawa summers only last so long and we have a limited window for outdoor shooting.
