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38 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Winter 2026 LP: Yes, there were many all over the Garson lot, and more sets built in Santa Fe and surrounding areas. The production secured a large church camp facility in the Glorieta area. We spent more than three weeks there. We went north and had access to shoot on a Native American reservation for some of the firetruck road work. We had sets in Santa Fe for a school, and the Glorieta camp had buildings that we used as school sets. Greg Goodman's been around the block a few times and he and Paul settled on some great locations and put them to good efficient use. RL: What was your wireless count for the show? LP: In preproduction Paul said, "I will never ask you to mic more than twelve people at one time on this show." I carried twelve on the cart and eight on the bus. I maxed out the 688 based bag with four ADX5D dual receivers. My main cart is Cantar X3 based with three racks of Shure Axient Digital AD4Q receivers and AD 600 Spectrum Manager. All the frequencies were matched so we could drop the bag and go to the cart seamlessly. While filming in the bus, we would swap transmitters putting plants in different places and then hoping that the kids were going to do what they were supposed to. Paul had a great relationship with the kids, they all performed really, really well. We would do a take and then stop the bus or, if we're on the bus in the stage, Paul would come on and say, okay, this time I want you to do this and you to do that. So, Mike and Emily would be swapping transmitters to get what we needed. On the bus work, we used walkies with Comteks rather than a talk-back IFB system. It was so much more efficient as we had much better range. You can reach the utility and boom no matter where they are. RL: What was the most challenging scene for you? LP: It was the scene where the bus finally reaches the Evacuation Center. Paul wanted the bus to drive down a long block, then down a driveway and pull into in a very large parking lot, where all the parents, CAL FIRE, and first responders were all waiting. There were cameras inside the bus, on the road, and in the command area. It was a long sequence with action throughout over a long distance. The bus would finally come to a stop and then they (L-R) Shaun McKay, Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Kevin McKay, Author Lizzie Johnson, Director Paul Greengrass, Jason Dyer, Producer Gregory Goodman The Ritter 502 fan (L-R) Eva Rismanforoush, Lisa Piñero, and Emily Jane Price