8
“Light check! We want late afternoon sunshine, damn it, not blazing midday!”
Paul drummed his fingers in frustration as Alex and Allie’s doubles assumed their places again. Things had been going so well, he was starting to get spoiled by every flawlessly performed scene. It made each occasional retake just that more exasperating.
And the sultry tropical heat was smothering, even inside the shaded forest where cast and crew were cowering from the blazing sun. It was a seven-day wonder that no one had collapsed from heat exhaustion yet!
“Okay, let’s try it again, from the top. Take four!”
Across the island, Set Two was being dismantled and moved to the island’s rocky northern tip, where several critical scenes would be shot over the next week. Set One was already in its new location,
