Stage Four, swept clean and wired for games. Klieg lights on stands, painted flats stacked against the wall, and cable taped down the middle of the floor.

A backlot pinball table dressed with klieg lights, prop flats and a marquee that lights when the picture wraps.

A night shoot on the backlot: camera car flat out past prop flats and klieg rigs, five reels to bring home.

Climb the soundstage scaffolding to the top gantry while the rigging crew drops sandbags from the catwalks.

A rubber-suit B-picture shooting gallery — fog machines, painted swamp flats and one monster after another.
Games of skill · Personal best only