On the set of the movie Aquamarine

On the set of Aquamarine 

They're filming the American mermaid movie "Aquamarine" a few blocks from our house at the mouth of Tallebudgera creek. This Sunday we all walked down to have a look. They've built an amazing set on the sand that replicates a 1920s beach club. When Kelly first saw it, she was angry because she thought it was a real development on the beach. But the whole thing is hollow, and only finished on the outside on the correct camera angles. There's a sign letting everyone know that everything will be removed and the beach "revegetated".

It's amazing how they have made the paint look weathered and beat-up - up close you would swear the building had been there for 40 years. There must be a real art to that kind of antiqueing.