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Once this biggest build was underway and most of the farmland locations had been found about an hour or more north of the stage, the challenge was finding the exterior of the Bennett farmhouse, an essential location in establishing Billy's start on the case. This was a mounting dilemma since the interior was to be built on stage and time wasn't going to slow down for this search. Because heavy amounts of chemicals and fertilizers are used on the crops in the Central Valley, farmers rarely live among their fields. The idea of building a facade in a vineyard was being toyed with when the search was redirected three hours west to Lompoc, California. There, a shotgun-style farmhouse was found perfectly nestled within a small vineyard. Logistically, this became yet another challenge the production was to face. As the locations became C increasingly spread out, a significant amount of the departments' work time was spent traveling between them. In Goliath, locations are as vital as the characters themselves, so if it is the right location for the story, production finds a way to make it work, even when technical scouts turn into five-day treks across Southern California. . There is nothing like starting to shoot a show about California's drought during the wettest winter in recent record. The production was constantly fighting rainfall and lush green vistas, problems we never fathomed having to anticipate. After all, California had been in a drought for eight years. Fields that had been dead during the fall months when they were scouted turned green overnight. Plans had to change quickly when the Grapevine, A. BLACKWOOD HOMESTEAD.LOCATED ON BIG SKY MOVIE RANCH. B. WHEELER HOMESTEAD, AN UPDATED HOUSE TO CONTRAST WITH THE DEEPER HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE BLACKWOOD HOMESTEAD. LOCATION PHOTO. C. PORTRAIT OF WADE BLACKWOOD WITH HIS PET GOAT. PHOTOSHOP PAINTING BY ASHLEY HANKLA BASED ON A PHOTO BY GREG LEWIS. D. BLACKWOOD COUNTY LAND PARCAL MAP. GRAPHIC BY MONICA FEDRICK. A B D