Archive
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Doom Raiders Village
August 29, 2008
Paramali village was abandoned during the Cyprus troubles. Since then it has been used as a training ground for British Forces. Working closely with the Army, we were able to use the location for a weekend. This meant dressing the sets on Friday night, filming Saturday and Sunday, and clearing the location... [Read more]
Doom Raiders – Jungle – Scene 2
August 29, 2008
Just outside of Limassol near the huge salt lake is a tree plantation that was ideally suited for a jungle scene. This gallery is of just one of 7 locations used for the jungle sequence. Aug 18 – Sc 2 Aug 19 – Sc 2 [Read more]
Doom Raiders Kouros Dam – 23 Oct – Sc 14
August 29, 2008
With the help of the Cypriot National Guard, Kouros Dam was used during the truck chase. When the soldier is waving at the trucks to stop, he is actually shouting a football chant in Greek! [Read more]
Doom Raiders – Tomb of the Kings
August 29, 2008
Tomb of the Kings was actually a burial place for ordinary citizens, not kings. The tombs made excellent sets for the release of Sevenseas and the map room. Each set was then dressed to make it specific to our story. [Read more]
Doom Raiders Helicopters
August 29, 2008
For the truck chase and helicopter lift, we had to film on a day, time and location that the helicopters would be flying in. Working closely with 84 Squadron of the Royal Air Force it was very important that the RAF was not flying extra hours just for us; we had to coincide our shoot […] [Read more]