I had never heard of them, but apparently they're very popular with the kids these days. They really are sweet boys (correction: BOYZ) and it was a pleasure to work with them.
The whole thing happened so fast, I got a phone call from a producer I just LOVE, Michael Mihail. "Hi, um... what are you doing? Like... right at this very second? We have a situation... I know I should've called you in the first place but the director insisted on hiring his friend that's a production designer and... he just fired him on the tech scout." Me: "Wait, you already had the tech scout? When are you shooting?" Michael: "Thursday" Me: "Like 36 HOURS FROM NOW, Thursday?"
The idea was to do a 70's style bank heist scene. LOVE that idea. Oh and by the way, with a budget of... so low I won't even say. But it was low and it took a few favors and handjobs to make it happen. So, I hadn't seen the location in-person, I didn't even have time. With projects this small, it's just basically me + one person + 2 or 3 PA's that have no aspirations to do art department.
I think it came off pretty well. For me, I love an excuse to use a bad fake ficus tree. And this type of setting was so appropriate!
