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10. What was your most memorable experience about shooting the film? Perhaps a story or anecdote from the set? When we arrived in Milton, Florida to start our pre-production, we headed out to the camp ground where we would be filming and living for the next 6 weeks. Upon arrival we soon realized that we were in the middle of nowhere. No cell phone reception, no internet connection, it was very rustic! We ended up setting up our temporary production office at the What-A-Burger fast food restaurant because they had free Wi-Fi and our cell phones worked. About a week and a half before shooting I started watching a tropical storm building off the coast of Florida. I watched it turn into a Hurricane as it hit the Miami area. It turned out to be Hurricane Katrina. I got a call from Tom Rousch, the Pensacola film commissioner, asking if I knew about the storm. I told him I did, but I wasn’t worried that it would hit us. Then it made that turn and headed our way. When it finally hit, we were very lucky and only suffered the far edge of the storm. We were able to start shooting on schedule. For the next three weeks we had no rain allowing us to stay on schedule. The last two days it started to rain but by then we were doing all interiors. By the time I left the campground, it had rained so much that the river that runs through the campground had risen so high that the whole back half of the campground was under several feet of water. You could only access that area by canoe. As I was heading out of Milton for the last time I kept thinking of what Frank Harper said to me on several occasions. In reference to the slogan on Alabama license plates “The Stars Fall on Alabama,” Frank would say the stars “Scott, the stars don’t fall on Alabama, they fall on you.” 11. Please address the music in the film. Where did you find your inspiration and how did you choice on those particular pieces? Music has always been an important aspect of my life. I listen to it all the time. I used to be a club DJ. When I was first working on the script I heard a song called “Battleflag” by Pigeonhed remixed by Lo-Fidelity All-Stars and knew immediately that it would go perfect over the killing sequence. In fact that is the only song that I listed in the script. Several years ago I went to see a friend’s brother’s band, Skeeter Truck, play. They were amazing! They call their style of music “Hollywood Hillbilly”. When we were shooting Gina Bellman asked me what kind of music I was thinking about for the movie. I took one look around, remembered Skeeter Truck and said “Hollywood Hillbilly.” I approached Mark Miller, the lead singer and slide guitar player for the band, and asked if they would be interested in contributing a couple of songs to the movie. They loved the idea. When I was discussing different types of music for the score with my composer, Scott Salinas, I played him some of Skeeter Truck’s songs. He flipped over it. Instead of using the traditional orchestral style of music for the score, Scott brought in the guys instead of an orchestra. So they are all over the movie. In fact I am thinking
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