The Film was written by Laura Pratt and Giovanni Rodriguez. The producers include Laura Pratt, Nicole Abisinio, Mike Dungan, and Giovanni Rodriquez. The Director of Photography Sonnel Valezquez.
Red Canyon is a psychological horror thriller with actors Christine Lakin (Regina), Norman Reedus (Mac), Noah Fliess (Harley), Justin Hartely ( Tom), Tim Draxi(Devon), Ankhur Bhatt (Samir), Katie Maguire (Terra). The Director of Photography Sonnel Valezquez.
Natalie Cass Utah Movie Photographer goes on adventure in the Southern Utah in the desolate Desert. Natalie did the behind the scenes photography, Behind the scenes video, and Cast interviews for the production.
My account of the Experience: A month in the Desert
“ It was a full crazy experience working on Red Canyon. Being out in the Desert in extreme heat, 12-17 hr days/nights, 6 day weeks, taxing terrain, isolation, intense and vile locations, along with the well written warped script made it challenging on all levels. The landscape is truly breathtakingly beautiful and changes frequently. The natural lighting along with the landscape was the best part. The crew came up with a name for this place The Republic of Caineville. There is a behind the scenes skit about how the Republic of Caineville came to be. The paper plates found on the Pratt Farm near the old school house. In the Republic of Caineville there is no god, no santa clause, no law, no gas station, no traffic, no contact with the outside world, no plumbing(two days without water), no caption over time, no labor day, no food, no safety, no laundry mat, no reason. There is alot of bugs, extreme heat, solitude, alcohol, drugs, one girl (me!) bats at the pool, coyotes, suicidal bunnies, humming birds, moths the size of my hand, the landscape is extremely beautiful and unforgiving resembles life on the Moon. At the end the cast and crew got t-shirts that said The Republic of Caineville.
The crew & cast really bonded being down there together. We were all at the same hotels and spent all day and night together. I got to know almost everyone on the crew, which rarely happens on Films. The crew was extremely talented in every department. These are the people to be stuck in the desert working on a film with. We all made lifetime friendships.
The most vile place I have ever worked in was this house in the middle of nowhere desert that production bought for the bad guys house(MAC). It has been uninhabited for 15-20 years and was rotting. When the art department got there they found a dead goat in one of the bedrooms with rats and miscellaneous animal feces all over the house. The goat and rats were cleared out by the time we were filming there. The dead goat head was left in the kitchen as a prop. We had face masks for breathing and I was still dry heaving. The grounds were weird. There was at least 15 upside down cars & trucks that had been stripped with pieces everywhere. It was an eerie dump yard on the moon lite with. This was the last night of shooting and I was relieved not to have to go to that place again.
Getting back to society was a shift. It was weird being around mass’s of people again and being in the city. I went to the spa two days in a row and slept for 2 weeks.
You may leave the desert but the desert will never leave you. The experience changed my life. Things that used to be crazy are no longer crazy. If I completed that job I can do anything! I am grateful for the experience and for the friendships I made.“
For additional information on Red Canyon please visit the official website http://www.redcanyonthemovie.com
