Originally posted to the web in News, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:29 PM CDT.
Movie producer drawing attention in filming ‘Graves’
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| Movie writer and director Brian Pulido (left) discusses parts of a scene being shot on Frontier Street in front of Buckshot Babe’s with Vulture Mine caretaker Marty Hagan. |
Movie writer and producer Brian Pulido has come to Wickenburg to film in high definition his latest creation, “The Graves.”
The scenery and building’s of town have so much detail that it requires high definition to capture the real effect of “Skull City,” as Wickenburg is known in the movie, according to Pulido, who has written or co-written more than 260 comic books. His current comic works include “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Friday the 13th,” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
The cast and crew of more than 50 people bring a lot of business to the food stores, restaurants and shops in Wickenburg, Pulido noted. With the local highway construction, the motels were so busy that motor homes and campers are sharing space at the Vulture Mine to handle the overload, he reported.
Several night scenes were made near Apache and Frontier streets, where some of the older buildings were used without any changes because of their pristine old appearance.
The movie uses all new, female heroes. It is based on present-day Arizona where Megan (played by Clare Grant of “Send in the Clown” fame) and Abby (played by Jillian Murray) are inseparable sisters who couldn’t be less alike.
The girls discover a weather-beaten mine town and take a self-guided tour, but Skull City has terrible, vexing secrets. It appears to be haunted, and its caretakers murderous. The victims’ souls are ripped from their bodies right before their eyes.
So … enough of the movie.
Marty and Roma Hagan are the caretakers of the Historic Vulture Gold Mine. They have their hands full with the film crew using the old assay office, the cookhouse, and the bordello, along with the power house and the old schoolhouse of the mine while trying not to disturb or destroy any of the historic features of the buildings.
The newer of the two schoolhouses was converted into a dining hall to feed all of the crew and extras.
The earlier schoolhouse was used as a fabrication shop to make several items needed at the last minute to be used as props or manufacture items needed to support lights or lights stands and other wood pieces to enhance the operation.
All of the movie shooting so far has been done at night under artificial lighting. All of the generators require a constant monitoring of fuel and oil and constant trips to town for more.
The porta-johns need daily maintenance, and ice and water are continuously brought in.
A round trip to town is about 50 miles, so a lot of planning and forethought is needed.
The Hagans recently purchased a new motor home and are busy day and night moving out of one and into the other all the while keeping up with the needs of the movie crew.
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