The erection of a large tent on a flat area beside the Wentzell House is tentatively planned.Īs there are only a few main actors, no extras are required. “They’re looking at setting up a tent and having their own big catering truck to prepare the food,” said Anthony. The lower parking lot will be utilized for filming equipment.Ĭlose to 70 people in the production crew will require three meals each day. Some of the parking space up the hill from the main parking lot at the Cape Forchu lighthouse will be used by the film company, also the Wentzell house (former gift shop) will serve as a comfort station for coffee or discussions. The production crew will be supplying their own power with a baffled generator and the noise level will be very low, says Anthony. The Cape Forchu lightstation will not be in any scenes. In the contract, the film company guarantees that everything will be taken down and things will be put back the way they were,” he said. The sets will be dismantled at the end of the filming as they do not meet the building code and could prove to be a danger over time,” says Anthony. There will also be a coal shed, a house with a breezeway to the mock lighthouse and two other maintenance sheds. They also liked the fact that there was a flat area next to a rocky backdrop.”Īnthony says temporary structures planned for the site include the shell of a 60-foot lighthouse built for the era of the film and a small boat launch for scenes of the lighthouse keeper departing and arriving by dory. “It’s the rock formation that they wanted in the Leif Ericson Park. “He was greatly impressed,” said Leland Anthony. The warden of the Municipality of Yarmouth has confirmed the temporary leasing of the Cape Forchu site to the film company and says the location scout was “very pleased with it.” The movie is about a Nova Scotia lighthouse keeper in the early 20th century and stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. ![]() Some of the filming will also be taking place in a large hangar at the Yarmouth airport. Signs are posted at the path entry stating the trail will be closed from March 1 to May 11 to facilitate the construction and filming of temporary sets. YARMOUTH - Set construction for the feature film The Lighthouse is underway on the Leif Ericson trail at the Cape Forchu lighthouse. This article originally appeared on The Chronicle Herald. Cape Forchu gets prepped with new lighthouse for Pattinson, Dafoe movie
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