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exterior and birchbark for the interior. Once again, we scouted and cleared a location for this village and started the build but were forced to abandon it and regroup a year later. The Frozen Finale A significant story point is when the Penobscot River becomes frozen solid as an artificially created fog and plunging temperatures roll across it, setting the scene for the showdown with Pennywise and the kids. Obviously, we did not shoot on an actual river, but this enabled some of our exterior shooting that was pushed from summer to the winter months to be able to match this concept. Our largest stage was only eighteen thousand square feet and was full of sets. This led to a difficult schedule since we had to shoot everything on that stage, then strike it, to accommodate the ice build. Supervising Art Director Colin Woods had to schedule the crew down to the hour. In two and a half weeks, everything was struck, a full ceiling had to be rigged and lit with soft boxes, and a faux ice paint treatment was applied to the entire floor. The final set piece was an ancient tree growing from a rock. We initially thought VFX would have to do a lot of cleanup to make the ice believable, but in the end, very little needed to be done to it in post. It was an epic final scene. The entire production period spanned more than two years, with strike delays and seven days of additional photography. With both main and second unit, we ended up with 152 shoot days, of which 66 were on stage and 86 on location. With Andy and I mostly coming from the world of feature films, we treated this production much like a very long movie. ADG C. PENOBSCOT VILLAGE BUILD ON LOCATION. SET PHOTO. D. FROZEN PENOBSCOT WITH PENNYWISE WAGON FINALE ON STAGE CINESPACE STUDIOS. SET PHOTO. C D