https://johnlroman.com/2014/08/03/so-long-chicago-hello-la/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo3.jpgTaylor Kinney and John Romanhttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo2.jpgHouse 51, Report! from Chicago Fire2015-05-26T18:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/08/12/the-hollywood-life-of-the-cast-crew/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_04671.jpgShooting Chicago Firehttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0470.jpgMe with a gnarly burn victimhttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0472.jpgCostumes get prepped for shootinghttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0469.jpgShooting Chicago Firehttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0467.jpgShooting Chicago Fire2015-05-26T18:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/08/27/casting-the-crew/2015-05-26T18:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/09/07/you-are-prepping-a-story-not-a-budget/2015-05-26T18:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/09/15/make-me-a-church-burn-it-please/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nup_143119_0158.jpgLaw and Order Criminal Intenthttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-23.jpgphoto 2(3)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-13.jpgphoto 1(3)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1.jpgLaw and Order: Criminal Intent2015-05-26T18:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/09/24/yes-we-are-on-a-frozen-lake-and-no-were-not-happy-about-it/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fullsizerender.jpgYes, We are on a Frozen Lake and No, We're not Happy about it...As the light fades, Vern, Bob and I discuss the lake.https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_3545.jpgYes, We are on a Frozen Lake and No, We're Not Happy about it...On the ice just before nightfall, still high and dry… That’s Alicia Accardo, script supervisor and Art Seidel, our lovely UPM, with Director Vern Gillum, DP Robert Hudecek and me. Totally forgot who the guy on the left was. 2015-05-26T18:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/10/17/at-the-directors-elbow/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0345.jpgIMG_0345https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-copy-3.jpgOn set, Backdraft 2nd UnitStanding next to 2nd Unit Director, Todd Holland.https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-copy-21.jpgFullSizeRender copy 2https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-copy-2.jpgFullSizeRender copy 2https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3715.jpgAD preppingYou can tell I'm prepping because I'm not wearing a radio and I'm carrying the script. And smiling. That's Karyn McCarthy (now Producer/UPM), Location Mngr on the righthttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3714.jpgOn the setWith my old pal, Bobby Hudecek, trying to work out the shots on a poker game. Director Vern Gillum (Frozen Lake guy) is hiding behind the monitors.https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3687.jpgOn set, BackdraftIn the burned out mannequin factory. I'm standing next to my 1st AD, Bruce Moriarty who is hiding behind the tripod. Tom Ryba, Special Efx Coor. for 2nd unit is on the left. It was so hot, our protective gear-- Firefighter turnout coat, boots, helmuts, nomex (race car driver type protection from fire. Easier to operate in than firefighting gear) had to be taken off while we prepared the next shot or we’d pass out. https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender8.jpgFullSizeRender(8)2015-05-26T18:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/10/31/hit-the-ground-running-in-chicago/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender81.jpgFullSizeRender(8)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender7.jpgFullSizeRender(7)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender6.jpgFullSizeRender(6)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender51.jpgFullSizeRender(5)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender5.jpgFullSizeRender(5)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender4.jpgFullSizeRender(4)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender3.jpgFullSizeRender(3)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender1.jpgFullSizeRender(1)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_36301.jpgIMG_3630That's Propmaster Karen Holley giving me my birthday cake on the set of the Dolly Parton movie, 'Straight Talk'. Lovely set to work on--they get you a cake for your birthday. Nice to work on features.2015-05-26T18:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2014/12/06/stevie-spielberg-bo-and-me/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender7.jpgFullSizeRender(7)Cast & Crew. Takes a village to make a movie...https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender6.jpgFullSizeRender(6)‘Groundhog Day’ -- A shot from one of Phil’s many intros to Ned Ryerson outside the Tick Tock Diner. Yours truly is just right of Bill Murray. The guy in the down vest and white sleeves to the right of me is 1st AD, Mike Haley. https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender-copy2.jpgFullSizeRender copy2That’s Bo in the baseball cap. His wife and frequent collaborator Dorna is in the bg. in the black shirt with the white turtleneck. . The crew and bathing suit babes are from one of the first commercials we shot in our little stage on Superior Street in Chicago. https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender8.jpgFullSizeRender(8)2015-05-26T18:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2015/02/05/how-to-produce-and-not-be-an-asshole/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4490.jpgIMG_4490Producing requires some imagination. We needed to shoot in an opera house. Can't afford Lincoln Center. How about Rev. Ike's former movie palace church in Harlem. The Rev makes a lot of location fees for his church because he kept a lot of the old theater, including the lobby almost intact. https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender3.jpgFullSizeRender(3)I'm glad to see I am checking the script...https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender4.jpgFullSizeRender(4)But actually as a Producer you can be in very nice locales and you will find yourself on the phone most of the time...https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender5.jpgFullSizeRender(5)As Producer, you get to pose for silly pictures in the video village with your stars-- the very lovely Cheryl Ladd and Jordan Ladd who played mom & daughter. https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender6.jpgFullSizeRender(6)As a Producer, you get to pose at camera with your actor and the DP (my old pal Bobby Hudecek).https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender9.jpgFullSizeRender(9)https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender10.jpgFullSizeRender(10)For the Producer, the video village can be a lonely...2018-02-26T21:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/2015/01/01/hello/2015-01-01T18:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://johnlroman.com/contact/2014-08-03T20:50:37+00:00weekly0.6https://johnlroman.com/about/https://johnlroman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo.jpgGovernor Quinn Governor Pat Quinn and I walk the sets of Chicago Fire2014-08-03T20:49:33+00:00weekly0.6https://johnlroman.com/press/2014-08-03T20:47:18+00:00weekly0.6https://johnlroman.comdaily1.02018-02-26T21:16:28+00:00