04/17/2026
A little lighting BTS from Company Retreat.
In this show, ONLY ONE person isn’t an actor- and that person has no idea that they are on a tv show! Breaking that secret would ruin the whole show and send 100+ people back to unemployment, so we had to be secretive with our lighting.
Definitely no visible “movie lights”. BUT, the special camera hides eat up over 75% of the light! For this night scene! We had to covertly pump a bunch of lumens into this restaurant without being obvious.
We went with a bazillion ol’ trusty china balls and then bought out 4 Harbor Freights of string lights to help it blend in with the decor. We used some “movie lights” on stage for the magic show.
🚨 At one point, something went wrong, so I had to send in Best Boy to intervene. He was all decked out in his usual Fun Ton film crew gear, so had to quickly change into Sagebrush Cantina wardrobe in case he was seen by “the mark”!
