Behind The Scenes

  • Casting

    Sian’s notes on Casting Dog Eat Dog: When it came to casting, I started out ahead, because Zach and I are old friends and this was his story.  Zach is a fantastic actor who is also brilliant with comedy and hasn’t had a lot of opportunity as of late to show his chops in this…

  • Finding Rizzo

      We start our journey at the North Central Animal Shelter, where we need to find a “Rizzo” for the shoot. WATCH A VIDEO: The Kennels Originally, we had thought we would used trained dogs (or Zach’s dog) and bring our hero animals into the cages.  However, after talking to the shelter, we realized that there…

  • Dog Shelter

    It was daunting to think about shooting in a dog shelter, using actual shelter dogs.  Especially since we were going through the city, dealing with the bureaucracy of animal services, etc… in theory it sounded like a nightmare.  It turns out that this location, the North Central Animal Shelter, was one of the easiest, most accommodating…

  • Dog Park Scouting

    We needed a dog park to shoot in – the question was whether we try to steal the shot in a real dog park, or permit and bring in our friends to create a dog park.  We decided to go legit.  The first park we found was in Griffith Park and was a little bit…

  • Oliver’s House

    We talked a lot about Oliver’s house and how we wanted to represent him as a character.  After scouting several locations of apartments, Sian and Kyle Kannenberg (Production Designer) came to the conclusion that rather than displace friends for the shoot, it might be better to displace Before the Door. Since the office is located…