Category Archives: River Movie-making safety services

[caption id="attachment_1567" align="aligncenter" width="360"] Magnificent Seven, Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam[/caption]

New Wave Rafting Co. River Movie-making safety services.
We assist movie and ad makers in a number of ways, such as: river location scouting, on-water camera platforms, river safety, river transportation and more. We have provided these services on over 15 occasions, for movies that include: “Lonesome Dove”, “Natural Born Killers”,  “The Missing”, “The Last Outlaw”, “Janes’s Got A Gun”, “Sweetwater”, “Reconstruction” and most recently, “The Magnificent Seven” remake.

[caption id="attachment_1234" align="alignnone" width="584"]Mike assists the actors along submerged platforms at the crime scene. Mike assists the actors along submerged platforms at the crime scene, “Midnight Texas”. Irrigation works north of Albuquerque.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1565" align="alignnone" width="960"] Britt, with a throw rope, “Jane’s Got A Gun”. Rio Grande at Santa Clara Pueblo[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1566" align="alignnone" width="960"] We constructed a raft bridge, for “Reconstruction”. Rio Grande at Santa Clara Pueblo[/caption]

In March, 2011, we worked for an NBC pilot, on the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers. We ferried a Tech scout group and then the Greens crew back and forth across a river channel on the Rio Grande river and then constructed a raft bridge across the same channel on the Rio Grande; our kayaker retrieved a costume hat on the Rio Grande several times; using throw ropes, our guides retrieved a stunt man and then an actor who had “committed suicide” in the Rio Grande river; we carried people and equipment on rafts across the Pecos River.

In 2012, we provided river safety services for the film “Sweetwater”, on the Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam, and in 2013 we provided river safety services for “Jane Got a Gun”, on the Rio Grande at Santa Clara Pueblo. In 2015, we provided river safety and river transportation services for the re-make of the “The Magnificent Seven”, on the Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam.

In 2015, we provided river safety for the re-make of “The Magnificent Seven”.

River Movie-making safety services

New Wave Provides Water Safety for “Midnight Texas” Movie Shoot

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New Wave Provides Water Safety for “Midnight Texas” Movie Shoot. The movie, a NBC pilot, is described as Twin Peaks meets True Blood in Midnight, Texas, a remote town where your neighbor could be a vampire, a witch, a werewolf, or even an angel. Mystery, horror and romance combine to both enthrall and frighten any outsiders who decide to venture into this unusual place. The New Wave staff that provided water safety services were Britt Runyon and Mike Boren. Britt was behind the camera, documenting our safety assurance activities.

We were on call for 3 days of shooting.

We were on call for 3 days of shooting.

One of the on land scenes we were present for at sunrise.

One of the on-land scenes we were present for at sunrise.

Several scenes were shot on land with New Wave merely an observer.

Several scenes were shot on land with New Wave merely an observer.

Mike assists the actors along submerged platforms at the crime scene.

Mike assists the actors along submerged platforms at the crime scene.

The scene of the crime.

The scene of the crime.

A camera man's bag of essentials.

A camera man’s bag of essentials.

One early morning scene was shot at the gates of an irrigation canal. This scene was one in which the sheriffs search the canal for the gun used in the crime.

Mike rigs the safety ropes for the police actors prior to their entry into the canal.

Mike rigs the safety ropes for the police actors prior to their entry into the canal.

The actors enter the canal with Mike directing.

The actors enter the canal with Mike “directing”. lol

Some of Albuquerque's finest actors playing the role of Roca Fria's Sheriffs.

Some of Albuquerque’s finest actors playing the role of Roca Fria’s Sheriffs.

The actors swept the bottom of the canal searching for the weapon.

The actors swept the bottom of the canal searching for the weapon.

The boom operator mistakenly got the $500,000 camera wet only once.

The boom operator mistakenly got the $500,000 camera wet only once.

No that's not the real name of the acequia, it's a Hollywood prop.

No that’s not the real name of the acequia, it’s a Hollywood prop.

A view from the other side of the canal.

A view from the other side of the canal.

Another view of the scene.

Another view of the scene.

The 70 foot camera boom over the Rio Grande.

The 70 foot camera boom over the Rio Grande.

Here’s a short video demonstrating the reason day two was cut short, and “wrapped” early

Midnight Texas Movie Set from New Wave Rafting on Vimeo.

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