War Stories Vol. 6: Tales from the Set featuring Jim Frohna, Bruce Van Dusen, Randy Thom, Adam Somner, Paul Cameron, Xavier Grobet, Eric Branco, Tommy Maddox-Upshaw, Maryse Alberti, John Benam, Roberto Schaefer and Ben Rock

Special: The Cinematography Podcast- War Stories Vol. 6 In our
sixth War Stories Special, we feature twelve guest's harrowing,
hilarious, heartbreaking or heartwarming stories they had while on
set, or a formative career experience that led them to the film
industry. Find full interviews with each of our featured guests in
our archives! Cinematographer Jim Frohna was thrown into the DP
position at the last minute on a commercial; director Bruce Van
Dusen on getting his first big Crazy Eddie commercial; sound
designer Randy Thom on gathering sound in the field for The Right
Stuff; 1st AD Adam Somner's story about his footrace with Russell
Crowe while horsing around on the Gladiator set; cinematographer
Paul Cameron on shooting the ending of Tony Scott's Man on Fire;
Xavier Grobet talks about one of his first film experiences working
on Total Recall; DP Eric Branco's crazy job working on a music
video in Tanzania; cinematographer Tommy Maddox-Upshaw and the
American crew get deported from Canada; Maryse Alberti on shooting
the documentary Me & Isaac Newton with director Michael Apted
and their emotional experience at an AIDS clinic in Africa; John
Benam on his harrowing adventures in Sudan as a National Geographic
wildlife cinematographer; one of Roberto Schaefer's shoot days on
Quantum of Solace got spectacularly interrupted; and finally, Ben
Rock talks about an early experience as an art department
production assistant. Do you have a War Story you'd like to share?
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