Shooting “Children of the Corn” During Pandemic

02 July 2020

Looking back at his experience on the remake of Children of the Corn — Andrew Rowlands’ first feature film assignment as principal director of photography — the veteran camera operator is astounded by the biblical challenges the crew survived while shooting in Australia for 34 days earlier this year.

“Australia had just gone through massive fires and while we were shooting, this massive flood nearly wiped out our set,” said Rowlands, a Local 600 member since 1997 and a member of the National Executive Board (NEB). “The only thing we didn’t get were locusts.” Nor did anyone on set get the “plague,” which was significant since they were shooting during a worldwide pandemic.

By most accounts, the ability of Children of the Corn to successfully finish production was no small feat. Rowlands chalks it up to the extensive safety protocols in place in Australia and the cooperation of the Screen NSW (New South Wales) and SafeWork NSW agencies. So much of what made Corn work was the buy-in from the cast and crew and their determination to see it through, he noted.

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