Army Wives - Behind the Scenes

While I've gone into detail before about Hunger Games and a couple other features, TV shows are a little bit different. I really loved working on Army Wives for a whole season, I was very lucky and blessed to be welcomed into such a fantastic cast and crew.

Army Wives was a different environment because essentially they are a family. Most of the cast and crew have been together on that show for six years now so it is a wonderful group of people.

You still have the same departments on set, the production crew, Electrics, Grips, Camera, Props, Set Dec, Greens, Paint, Hair, and Make-up. That never changes. You'll have those same on set departments on any feature, or TV show, with maybe a couple more thrown in like Specials Effects, or Visual Effects, or Construction depending on the nature of the production.

The cool thing about a TV show though is everything is mostly in one place. Near the home stage will be the rest of the departments, Accounting, the Production Office, Casting Office, Transpo Office, and each office of the on set departments. On Army Wives though, with the show and characters always growing and expanding, we have another stage that we film at pretty often too but unfortunately it's across town from the home stage.

Most of the locations for Army Wives are on sound stages. Of course we go on location once a week or so like any production, but the best days are when we are at the stages.  You learn pretty quickly the fastest way to get through the giant building quiet as a mouse. If the cameras are rolling, you learn how to have conversations without really speaking. You learn where to find each of the departments at any given time, and you learn the best spots for playing on bikes, skateboards, scooters, etc. (Not that I ever did that...too many times)

Aside from the playing around, I truly did love working on this show for many reasons. Because it's a TV show, it's constant and fairly steady. The schedule doesn't really alter too much, there's almost never any night shoots, and there were never many surprises. I made some wonderful friends that I really miss. I wish I could have done another season there but life is funny sometimes. I made tons of memories though, that I'll never forget! So with that said, enjoy the pictures  :)

On the set of Army Wives...

Michael came to visit one day.

The view from my office, pretty amazing right?

Fun with the "SWAT team" on set

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Stand By and Stay tuned, there's more to come.