Category: Behind The Scenes

The Eco Camp – built on a farm in rural Wellington When filming a series, one of the first things to do during Pre-production is to hire a Location Manager to find suitable locations for filming. If lush forest scenes are needed then the Location Manager will probably visit local forest parks and reserves to … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 34: Locations

The costumes in The Tribe are a huge part of the series. They’re wacky, creative and really funky! So here’s some trivia on costumes For every main character in the show they make two of the same costume. In case one gets something spilt on it or it gets damaged. Then they have a spare … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 33: Costumes

There is a lot of travelling done over the course of a production. Location location location It all starts when the location manager is given the scripts. He (yes, there are female location managers as well but we’re using the term ‘he’) gets to have a read through of the outline of the series to … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 32: Travel

There are billions of different ways a script could be written and a TV series or movie turn out and everyone has their own ideas as to what makes a good thing to watch. But the process of getting there isn’t as easy as some people may think and there are all sorts of external … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 31: Script Writing

Travelling on tour is a lot of fun and there are some great times to be had and some wonderful memories made. The last tour saw cast travel from New Zealand to Spain, Germany, the UK and the USA. With so much time away from home we have worked out some facts and figures for … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 30: Tribe Tour Trivia – Part 3

MIPTV Have you ever wondered what it means when we say the Sales Team will be heading to MIP? What is MIP? Where is this mystical place? Well even if you haven’t wondered, the area of Sales and the mysticism of MIP is still an interesting part of what goes on in the company and … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 29 : MIP TV

A lot of fans are interested in the glamour and glitz that go on in the world of showbusiness. But what you are about to read might make you think twice about becoming an actor! Cast are expected to get up at around 6am (sometimes even earlier!) to travel to work Days are usually 12 – … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 28 : The Cast House

Easter Trivia Perhaps the most famous of all Easter eggs are the ones that the Russian Czar Aleksandr III ordered through the renowned Russian jewellers Faberge in the XX century. These eggs were beautiful and made of all sorts of jewels and encrusted with sparkly gems. The eggs were made for Aleksandr’s wife Empress Marie … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 27 : EASTER

Beth Allen tells us some trivia facts about her character Amber. There are 12 zulu knots in Amber’s hairstyle   The make-up team use blond extensions sometimes for the knots.   Amber has had flings or relationships with Bray, Sasha and now Jay.   Amber’s latest costume includes Peacock feathers.   Amber has mostly been … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 26: AMBER

Thermal Blankets?!! YES! Its true, food and thermal blankets go hand in hand, besides thermal blankets and space ships!! When we asked Edward at the Cloud 9’s café about catering for the crew of sometimes 90-100 people, he said that they use thermal blankets to keep the food warm because there is such a large … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 25: Take 9 café and food for the crew!