The Edge Behind the scenes

we finished the production of the edge the most bipolar project I've ever worked on it was both exciting and stressful it was amazing yet the most difficult thing out there I worked with amazing people and yet we had to get all that talent to get together every single time we needed to shoot something and bem 2 years later we have the edge one of the most amazing projects to come out in the fir world ever I want to thank the for giving me the opportunity to be able to work on this project to be able to do this project to be able to complete this project together with the most amazing people out there first I want to thank my wife for being there for me for giving me permission to do it and helping out in so many ways rabman Seltzer you were the driving force behind this project rabman is the most talented person I know not only is is he talented he's a go-getter he's a pusher there's no such thing as a too list by him as soon as he wants to do something he just does it there's no such thing all right let me write it down there's no writing it down I remember one time when we were trying to get permission to be able to film in the aquarium in a lot he's like okay so well cool so I said all right I'll call them later on today he's like give me a second he takes out his phone and he's like you calling so he tells me I'm calling the aquarium let's find out he's an amazing person to work with he's done so many projects in his life the next person I went over to is AR n k from film dust TV a nen is definitely the most skilled person I know the most knowledgeable person I know regarding everything from Graphics to editing to special effects to After Effects he'll be able to tell you the lyrics of any song that ever came out he's the first person I approached and I asked him a are you on board and a came on board and he is definitely the one that made this production happen there's no chance it would have happened without him the next person nobody really knows about him because he was The Quiet One was Aon Aaron Troy he was production manager he was the one that 5:00 in the morning was making sure that everything was ready for the next day shoot nothing real would have actually came together without Aaron barem a short while after RAB Sala approached me we got the script and then we started off with casting we did our auditions and Keith gav he came on there's one word to describe gav he he's a rock star he is a rock star he's the most fun sport aside from his acting which is amazing he came on board and every minute that I spent with him and I spent a long time with him was a blast we were able to hang him off a bridge throw him into the water Heading by a car everything and everything was like yo let's do it again M let's do it again he is awesome G for every minute we spent together and I just hung up I just spoke to you a couple of minutes ago on the phone you're one piece of rockar the production was amazing the hardships that we found along the way and we were able to get past them so if there's a will there's a way and if you ever really want to do something you'll make it we had a robbery where a lot of the foot footage a lot of the equipment was stolen we had one of our hard drives broke before we were able to back it up and a lot more footage went missing tovia almost died on the waterfall and I had to fly back to Earth Isel and Keith flew back in from London to uh refilm that shoot just about every time we film something crazy happened but why don't we jump into the video right now and actually see a according to production scene by scene what went on over there yes we actually did blow up a real car the fire department came down they were not happy about it but yeah we blew up a real car um scene one itself took four days to film we had one day in the green screen which actually we did a blue screen Studio cuz the soldiers uniforms were uh green so we had to do a blue screen Studio we did two days filming out with the Drone and the terrorist and one day for blowing up the car yes it takes time to blow up a car but I think it's an epic opening of a movie it really starts the movie off with a boom the second scene was extremely difficult to film we did it in herzelia at a private beach it was a very windy day and there were huge waves we had to tie the the surfboards out in the ocean we we were trying we had weights on the bottom of the water we had our divers out there it was a very very complicated scene to film we filmed most of it using the Drone but all in all it ended up being a very complicated every time we got out there we tried to stabilize Keith on one of the surfboards he would fall off the waves would come up we were under the water it was it was a crazy crazy crazy scene keeping Keith's wig on was extremely difficult every time it jumped into the water or anything like that the surfboards kept them floating away from the buoys and everything was just very very wild it was also very difficult to communicate with the Surfers out in the water we were filming mainly with the Drone it was just very difficult scene to film and I am so happy that it ended up being an epic epic scene and it did give us a lot of bloopers too hold it like this wo to get what got to get we did the flashback scenes which rule very very nice we have the scene in Masada that happens to be I think the nicest scene in the entire film on the way driving down to Masada we actually had a very interesting story I went from gas station the gas station we were trying to fill up gas we could not find a single open gas station we ran at a gas near inti I drove up to kots angetti hoping we could find somebody there with Gaz with something and we found the security guard over there he was a bwin security guard or Drews one of those and he gave me his car I took his car we took all the equipment down nothing fit we didn't fit we had a big car and we we went into a small sports car we jumped in we pushed everybody the cast The Crew the actors everybody in we drove off and actually my Fillin I left it in his car that day I got home I I already put Onin we got home that night I was looking for myin I could not find it we had to drive back down meet him I have my now but that ended up being a beautiful beautiful scene and because there were no cable cars to take us up in the morning in order to make it up for Sunrise we had to hike up we all carried a bunch of very heavy equipment the drawing the tripods the dollies everything that we needed we carried it all up the sound equipment and I think that it is the nicest scene in the entire film the hospital scene we actually used the ICU of hadasa and Ken three it took a lot of and a bunch of connections but we actually used the neurology ICU of K they did tell us before we started filming in there if there's an attack or a big accident or something we're going to have to stop on the spot and get out of there it was a very very complicated day of filming because we couldn't take out the entire ICU the hospital SL us to run we couldn't get any patients into the picture obviously so we have to keep it exclusive to our cast and crew there were things going on there was makeup there was sound there were people walking all over the place we actually really did hook Keith up to all the machine and all in all it ended up being a very long day we were filming I think for about 16 17 hours straight and saying Karen the actors did a great job Dr Ari who's the father Keith's father it ended up being a beautiful day that scene that Keith tells his father that he plans on leaving ter to show was also really difficult because it was actually in the lobby of Adas and carera a brand new gorgeous Lobby and to keep the sound and everything on par was just a very difficult scene and we wanted to do it real we did it real we got the real Hospital the real equipment everything in there and it contributes to the professionalism of the edge we continue on toas the house is actually not inas it's in y the house that's my house officially um it wasn't my house we got it donated by a very um special family no they didn't actually donate the house that would have been very nice they let us film in there but the scenes that we you see us walking around SAS we walked and walked and walked and filmed and filmed and filmed was beautiful bar that scene where Keith is trying to give ese the estri to eat took us hours to film cuz ese refused to take the estg she took the bowl she took this she took that at the end we we put chocolate onto the EST rig we put peanut butter honey everything she refused to take it from Keith but at the end we got a nice shot moving on to Stalin we actually filmed in over there our biggest fear the entire time was that Keith sh was going to fall off we were sure it's going to fall off he was jumping all over the place but he actually met his old Mash over there that looks at him he's like gab what happened to you and he said listen you know I'm a university these days and whatever his re got a good scare but afterwards I think he told him listen um I'm just acting and I think isra be still confused Keith goes to Yesa the Yesa that we used was B they were very very nice to let us use it it happens to be a beautiful and amazing Yeshiva it's in the old city we filmed over there we tried to cramp all the filming into two three days which ended up being extremely long with lots and lots of actors with lots and lots of extras so we first of all no cars are allowed into that area everything is walking so we had tolep and slep we had so much lighting equipment and so much sound equipment and everything over there we had dollies we bought everything along to the Yesa cuz we wanted to get really nice shots it was a pain in the neck to shlep everything there we set up in the Yeshiva at ended up being beautiful we shot so much in the Yeshiva we probably took out five scenes that we filmed in the Yesa that are not in the film at all we filmed over there Rabbi SZ we filmed over there with Rabbi fer who is the Riva um it ended up being a beautiful beautiful part of the film and I really thank Yeshiva baso for letting us film over there in such a beautiful location we had a lot of fun over there on sat with all the extras with all the actors with everybody and ended up being a lot of fun and hence we have a lot of bloopers we filmed straight till 4:00 in the morning morning the first day of filming over there we were all tired we were all Zed we have an amazing product V it's Abra mhm and the year was expecting it's so cute okay would you like some help with that oh what you I learned that last year from Heaven well I guess if I just happen to walk in here then I guess I am Zach go yeah wo I was waiting for that I was waiting I was waiting for that busted Keith continues on to sh originally we were going to have computer generated girls voices over there and you'll hear Keith speaking to a computer sounding like a girl so you'll have Keith to a girl while we show the gorgeous scenery that we filmed on every day it was right before I came back to America when when we were done with filming and Rabbi Sela calls me once the sh he says bar I feel uncomfortable about doing it and I'm thinking about it I say you know something I think you're right there are people out there that are sensitive and in my community we happen not to date we happen to do the shows or whatever we don't don't discuss these things and we said we agreed upon that instead of actually having the boy talk to the girl we're going to have the boy talking to his Reby about the date so I quickly went to betar that's where the rashash RAB sh lives I went out to betar I recorded him then we went we recorded Seltzer and barem it may actually take away a little bit of the real of the film a little bit of the emotion of the drama but we wanted to stick with keeping it up to standard that it should be a production that everybody feels comfortable with and that's why we went along with that we go on keep finding out that he's not allowed to get married his aoms are very simple because his mother never got a get from her first husband before before she married Keith's father it was a mistake she thought she didn't know she wasn't from acting out drama scenes are very difficult it's because you're putting yourself in a situation that you're not in and that's basically what we did every drama scene we all got depressed we all got sad we all thought about sad things it was it was very very interesting the way we did our drama scenes Keith did an amazing job but it's awkward and we try so many different Expressions so many different emotions he goes he's banging the pillow you see at one point he he did so many different things we did many different things to see how we could get the right dramatic reactions and pulled it up I'm going to cry because it was behind you on my floor take care of you once you're L you're not being in the shot I'm not in the shot you're not in the shot okay move that way need to cry get me get back in bed you need to cry though start we move on to the bulldozer the bulldozer was actually Keith's father also an amazing actor Keith's entire family The Who family his mother happens to make big shows um amazing actors 3 action anyway to the casinos in we filmed it in a house around ches thank you El stansky for giving your house for that it was a very nice house he did a phen phenomenal job with acting it was on a m of chabas that we filmed those scenes straight till Sunday morning um but it was on a m of chabas and it was just a it was it was a lot of fun I think it was one of the most fun scenes very well very well like a baby's cheek you got to stop the scenee going like a baby's cheek are you taking action welcome in my V on you Kevin what happened that is the first time something everything is perfect this we move on we have toia which plays the part of Derek and we have meni which plays the part of Kevin is actually about cha I met him in and he was interested in acting Yakov puus which is actually the Arab Terror in the beginning he rev over there he told me that he has this guy tvia that's really interested in acting tvia is about ch right now right now he's married with a kid with a little boy he came a long way when I met him first he just started offing and now he's happily married with a kid they did a phenomenal job I'm not going to speak much about tuvia's past and how he knew how to act like a gangster so well cuz I'm not sure that he wants me to talk about that but tiia was great at doing what he needed so is meni who happens to be a personal trainer he's also a member of hatela and Israel they both did a phenomenal job beating Keith up after that we move on to the bulldozzer trying to get rid of Keith the first day that we filmed that scene we filmed two scenes in one day it actually took two days to film but we kept on mixing both those scenes up the scene where Kevin and Derek uh throw hold tovia over the bridge over there by Sho over here before our first shot we got stuck with a flat tire right in front of about a couple of thousand angry Arabs rioting all over here to my left um yeah and hopefully we'll continue soon our first shot on the way to film that we got a flat tire and we were stuck but where were we stuck there were huge Arab riots over there by sh and we were stuck in couple of in front of a couple of thousand angry Arab riers we had the police around us and nothing happened to us that scene that you have Keith walking away from the we actually blocked off the main road coming down to the k um but it was late late at night we threw Keith over that overpass over there we actually harnessed them up uh then we take out the string and post I think on one of the shots on the phone you could actually see the harness we harnessed them up but we actually put him over the bridge over there we went if you see from The Chase put him over the bridge it gets a lot lighter we were filming and all of a sudden it turned day on us we filmed straight through the entire night that happened many times to us and all of a sudden we see hey we got to stop filming it's already light outside it's not going to look the same say hi to the camera no how's your night how about you m hey one second filing the the river waterfall scene over there where they have the chase with the kayaks was a crazy scene to film first of all it was a packed Place obviously we got permission to film that we paid a lot of money to film over there but still he told me it's midseason he couldn't stop anybody from coming so there were a lot a lot of people over there and a we were running by and everything people were scared we we had to keep that to a minimum B uh uh we had to make sure that nobody that's not supposed to be in the film especially people that aren't dressed 100% the way they should be we had to make sure they don't make it into film so it was a difficult day once we got to the water it was crazy the current was very very strong we could not keep the boats together one second Keith you're overreacting a drop okay guys continue boy boy boy boy and we got stuck in the bushes have to stop at the end we nearly had a disaster tovia actually fell over tovia PL the part of Derek fell over the waterfall he got sucked down the waterfall isn't as big as it looks in the video but he nearly drowned we had to stop the filming for the day and a few months later I had to fly back to ER Isel to finish filming that scene so we ended up doing the entire scene twice it was probably the most difficult scene to film there was a lot of op obstacles there were many many obstacles pulling us down but at the end it is a crazy scene it's a phenomenal scene or as Donald Trump would say it's huge or something like that okay how was your experience almost dying that was scary sorry so very scary dragged on and smashed by rocks not good bro not good I'm still how you guys doing finished our day here Giant got hurt and Keith got a turtle you bye got Turtle we call him Keith from now on your day is your name is kid okay is it a turt or a giant Terin I'm not sure is it red underneath pick up and see if it's red underneath no it's not red underneath no it's a finally the whole I mean um D if you get your hands on K what would you actually do to him Keith then finds out that Nicole does not want to continue going out with him because she's afraid for him or that at least that's how Keith says it she's afraid for me she's afraid for me she's afraid for me she's afraid for me something like that yeah anyway that was a very challenging scene to film regarding the acting we filmed it straight through the night in front of America a very busy location it's the climax of the film regarding drama and it's a very emotional scene we had to get Keith and Zach both to try to be as serious as possible they're both extremely funloving people so that was difficult uh um it ended up being very dramatic very emotional after a lot of bloopers and the Drone actually while we were filming with the drone over there in that scene something took it over and flew it away somehow was a very funny weird story but it's the climax of the drama in the film and I think that everybody watching it really really feels with that part of the film saying goodbye is a difficult thing we all have to say goodbyes in our life and I think that's one part of the film that everybody feel I can't get married I I can't get married I can't have kids and he saying that God loves me God God cares about me I I'm done with this stupid dumb religion come back come back cut one action what are you doing I'm pretending I'm on just don't move don't move he was moving three two we would drop more to the side three two hold on second three two one action that cut cut cut the boom went right in front then comes the aot scene the scene in the oceanarium where we have Keith meets Zach for the first time in a year or whatever and it's also where the suicide bomber almost kills Keith and Zach this is the clim of the film and just like it's the climax of the film it was the climax of production first of all to get the aquarium to let us film over there took numerous numerous phone calls both I had to call and Rabbi Sala called many many times until we actually got permission they have thousands of people there every single day thousands of people one guy over one guy over one guy over and to give us permission so that we could film there we had to have lots of and we had to push and push and push until we got a connection to be able to film over there should be ar aren't looking the filming itself we had a very large cast and crew over there we had lots of people we had just three four cameramen just filming plus Sound and Lighting we had to get everybody together and it was a it was it was beautiful we we got there one day we all slept in a hotel together it was very very nice we were up 6:00 the next morning we were filming we had to get everybody together everybody worked as a unit now we had some really difficult challenges first of all you have the fight scene so Keith and Myon myON who is the terrorist a great great great guy they choreographed it with a martial artist for a full week and they practice the fight sequence over and over and over and the way we film it is they have the sequence and they throw the punches extremely close and they react according to what happens to them and we filmed it first from many different angles we filmed the entire sequence and then we got the closeup shots of every single move just just that took a long [Music] time one of the times Keith actually fell down and he hurt himself very very badly we were actually scared that we're going to have to stop filming for the day he was able to stand up and continue filming oh gosh down down sit down sit down sit down deep breath sit back deep breath hands up would you hurt solx we had another problem it's it's is we gave a scream terrorist and people ran people actually thought that there was a real terrorist over there as many times as we told them and we had the cameras and the lights and the drawer and everything else people still ran away so that was complicated and then we put the suicide belt onto myON the terrorist and they almost threw us out of the aquarium I was able to continue I asked them please this that [Music] we continued filming over there and the part where the terrorist jumps into gets thrown into the water we got no permission to do that they would never give us permission so we saved that for the end of the day at the end of the day we threw him in that's a place for IND dangered fish or something we threw him in we thought that it might be a shark tank but at the end it wasn't we threw him in over there and we had a plan to get him out but it turned out to be very difficult and it took quite some time to get him out of the water e [Music] come on hard just pull it up get where's the hook got to open it up from the side so really how how was it honestly much much less scarier than we all thought it would be it was just like jump and then you just hit the water I kind of lost my heart in the air over there get everything just dropped but s you're like dying in a terrorist attack I mean blowing yourself up yeah well at least you saved a lot of Jews over there now just so you understand what has transpired since we started working on the film till now and from noen con who is our cinematographer After Effects he was is our cinematographer effects artist and just about everything else graphic artist he's the one that made this film actually happen he got married and had two kids K since we started filming Zach is married with a kid iron arroy who's the manager of production has since gotten married with a kid Keith well he's still he's not sure if he's allowed to get married but we had an amazing amazing amazing time we've gotten together many of us I think all of us still keep in touch with each other it was huge the film and barem we have something that we never thought we could put together and it's called The Edge