Just Bring out the Yellow Ladder
Principal photography for our indie film, Liars and Lunatics, took place in August 2006. One of the most difficult scenes to shoot was one featuring Staples and James… filmed up on a rooftop patio. But because of nearby LaGuardia Airport, we were having trouble with the sound. It was also a very emotional scene.
It didn’t turn out as well as we’d hoped. So, the next day, we did the same scene again. This time in the Boiler Room on location of the “Hospital” scenes. We decided to use a yellow ladder we found there as a prop for James.
Later that day, we used the yellow ladder again… this time for Staples and Frolick. Although the script did not call for a ladder, we decided to use it in this scene because, as Allison Lane (Frolick) recalls: “We were having technical difficulties.”
The joke became, that if we encountered a problem, all we needed to do was bring out the yellow ladder!
{{ Photo above left :: Joseph Halsey (James) and Patrick Mitchell (Staples) try to concentrate on a very intense scene in the boiler room. }}
{{ Photo above right :: Joseph Halsey (James) and Allison Lane (Frolick) have a playful moment on the ladder. }}
