Tribe Trivia 4: How much paper is used in making a Tribe series – and what you can do with it

How much do you know about The Tribe? Did you know… The Cloud 9 production centre goes through a LOT of paper in the course of a production. Hundreds of people are involved in making each 52 x half-hour series. How much paper do they go through in a typical six-month production? Well… 1. Everyone … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 4: How much paper is used in making a Tribe series – and what you can do with it

Tribe Trivia 3: Time, computers, scripts,lighting and electrical power making the Tribe

How much do you know about The Tribe? Did you know… 1. It took over 250,000 people hours to make the first Series of the Tribe! It took six months for the production team to film the 52 episodes of Tribe Series One and another six months for the series to complete post-production. Before the … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 3: Time, computers, scripts,lighting and electrical power making the Tribe

Tribe Trivia 2: Behind the scenes trivia on people, film, food and drink and Bob the dogArchive Articles

How much do you know about The Tribe? Did you know… 1. There were about 400-500 people involved in making the first series of The Tribe This includes writers, actors, art and set designers, costume designers, make-up, lighting, camera people, directors, production crew, editors, music editors, sound effects, and administrative staff! 2. In the time … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 2: Behind the scenes trivia on people, film, food and drink and Bob the dogArchive Articles

Tribe Trivia 1: Making the idea for the Tribe real, trivia about the shopping mall

How much do you know about The Tribe? Did you know… 1. The idea and bringing the Tribe to television screens The Tribe officially started as far back as 1980 (!) when Executive Producer Raymond Thompson had the original idea. It was not until 1997 that the actual series came to life after Raymond Thompson … Continue reading Tribe Trivia 1: Making the idea for the Tribe real, trivia about the shopping mall

Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 5

TOUR DIARY FIVE – Monday 6th September 2004 A late start this morning which was good as it was a late night last night with the Masquerade not finishing until 11.30pm and then missing our bus ride back to the hotel! We all got up and had breakfast before heading down for our last autograph … Continue reading Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 5

Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 4

TOUR DIARY FOUR – Sunday 5th September 2004 Matt and the Tootsie Pop Rolls that Jessica kindly tracked down for him. A short lie in for us this morning and we got up about 8.30am. Danny and Emily headed off to do some filming and have breakfast while Matt and Tori headed to the Exhibition … Continue reading Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 4

Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 3

TOUR DIARY THREE – Saturday 4th September 2004 An early start this morning with all of us up before 7am. Everyone got into costume and makeup and headed down for a quick breakfast before meeting up for the parade. We met outside the front entrance to the hotel and saw four fantastic convertibles sitting there. … Continue reading Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 3

Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 2

TOUR DIARY TWO – Thursday 2nd September 2004 Wow what a trip! We left New Zealand on Thursday afternoon and flew 12 hours before reaching Los Angeles – a long queue through customs had us running a little late for our connecting flight but we made it! On to Chicago where our flight to Atlanta … Continue reading Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 2

Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 1

DragonCon is a HUGE event and is sure to be a thrill a minute for everyone attending. Daniel James (Zoot), Victoria Spence (Salene) and Matt Robinson (Slade) will be appearing at the convention and you can get up close at many different events planned throughout the 4 – day event. The cast are being accompanied … Continue reading Location Report: Dragon*Con 2004 – Tour Diary 1

Location Report: Cast Chat with Caleb Ross

Caleb Ross was in the studio today to do a live chat with fans from around the world. Here’s the transcript for anyone that wasn’t able to make it. Chatmaster Caleb isn’t here yet but he’s not far away. The weather is terrible in Wellington today – it’s raining and windy and there was even … Continue reading Location Report: Cast Chat with Caleb Ross