Creating Ghostbusters: Afterlife's On Location Set!

Adam is on location for the first day of filming on Ghostbuster: Afterlife's farmhouse set, and chats with Supervising Location Manager Bruce Brownstein to learn how the production team turned an empty lot in Calgary Canada into the Spengler family's Oklahoma farmhouse, cornfields and all!
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[@peterpain6625]

A timelapse of how they move/built something like that barn would be awesome. I can't imagine the ingenuity that goes in there to make it look old as time, yet safe for production...

[@astroneer7117]

I love your videos, I had a suggestion for you, the mechanist's helmet from fallout 4, it seemed like something you would like

[@mikeuk666]

Loved these thank you

[@Chungustav]

Watched it with my son the other night and we both lived it a lot. They did a great job for a sequel

[@jSwear]

Wow! Its always a shock to hear my hometown’s name from a creator who ive been watching for years! Great to have you hear!

[@fissionphoenix4995]

So often do we see interviews with cast members and creative directors, it's such a breath of fresh air to see some attention paid to some of the other work that goes into creating a collaborative piece of work such as a movie. Thanks Adam for taking the time to conduct this interview and thanks to Bruce for having this discussion with him.

[@TheEphemeris]

Bruce Brownstein is such a soft spoken, confident, and wholesome guy. I detect some kind of accent too. He has a great story telling voice that just takes me back to a child listening to my grandfather tell me stories. These little behind the scenes videos of filiming production have been awesome. Showing the general world what it's like behind the scenes of major film productions. It's an entire army of a world in of it self to just get the heroes filmed on screen!

[@skepticalbadger]

That would be a Canadian accent.

[@mooniejohnson]

I'd gladly have him be my internal monologue. 😉

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

The opening of this video, I don't believe that angle of the house/property was ever shown in the film. It's amazing how perfect it looks from all sides.

[@Mospen]

These videos on the behind the scenes production for Ghostbusters: Afterlife are amazing! So well done with great detail and insights! Love this stuff. Well done Adam and Tested crew!!

[@peterkelley6344]

Wondering if these videos will be with the DVD(?) when they are released.

[@robertbourgeois9565]

Way better than the actual movie 🤣

[@Mospen]

@@peterkelley6344 I am wondering the same thing. These videos would really be a great addition to the disc releases.

[@Mospen]

@@robertbourgeois9565 Everybody is entitled to their opinion. I thought the film was great!

[@annbrookens945]

Fascinating! As a person who LOVES the behind the scenes stuff and watched all 15 hours of the Lord of the extra features --several times, I just love this kind of content!

[@JamesFarrOfficial]

These are absolutely fascinating.

[@LeFroge]

I love Adam, my dad and I watched Mythbusters (now doing Ghostbusters!) every day when I was a kid. And I enjoyed ghostbusters way more than I ever I would, and I absolutely love seeing him cover this video and how much effort they put into a real set like this. You suspect everything is exactly as they found out, but they put such a huge effort into making it just as real as it looks. What an incredible job. I live in Calgary and it’s so cool it was filmed here!

[@soup2634]

Damn, Bruce Brownstein seems like such a nice guy! Also, people in the future will have such a unique experience being able to look back at all the behind the scenes for movies and not having to hope someone did a documentary.

[@manamedia]

Bruce is an absolute sweetheart! Met him many moons ago in Vancouver back when the boom in Canadian Location filming was happening back in the mid 90's.

Mr. Bruce Brownstein has such a calming voice I guess the "perfect voice" on how to comunicate and settle the things they need for his work to be done as best as possible. Regards from Tabasco, México [Land of The Olmecs]!

[@RJZII]

Enjoyed GB: Afterlife. Great to see this video. Loved the Ending

[@STRAKAZulu]

Getting these behind the scenes videos is a lot of fun. I love getting the “How” of moviemaking.

[@LirjCanada]

I live in Calgary and have set a personal goal to visit all the Ghostbusters filming locations. So far, this is the only location I hadn't been able to find-until now. With the address in hand, I'm excited to visit this spot soon!

[@dustincameron787]

I don't know which bothers me more. That they filmed a Ghostbusters movie an hour from my home and I missed it... or that Adam Savage was an hour from my home and I missed it! 😅

[@jackwriter1908]

Well, at least it isn't the fact that someone moved an entire barn an hour away from you and you never noticed 😂

[@dustincameron787]

@@jackwriter1908 Uhh... oh dear. Now I'm going to be wondering if I think it looks familiar because of the style, or because I used to drive by it all the time.

[@everestcomputer]

i missed most of it and it was within minutes all around me. mostly bummed about not seeing the house be for it was taken down.

[@markphilson6039]

Where is this??

[@dustincameron787]

@@markphilson6039 They only gave vague hints, but we do know they filmed the farm somewhere near Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

[@mog398]

What I think is awesome about Adam that I rarely feel from many other famous personalities is that he always seems 100% interested in what he's presenting. He doesn't have to fake any of this, because he's ACTUALLY excited, and real excitement is contagious.

[@77jamess]

The farmhouse was one of my favourite characters in the movie. I really wish we got to see more of the house. Such an amazing set. My favourite part of Ghostbusters Afterlife were the scenes in the house, where the characters are discovering new secrets and items,

[@johnabbottphotography]

Just saw it a second time a week ago. I'm so glad that everyone put love into this film.

[@Dude-oh8vq]

Amazing work from Bruce and his team. The farmhouse set was one of my favorite aspects of the film.

[@manupkp]

Very interesting, I could listen to Bruce for hours.

[@kadenunmuth5206]

This is like what you would find on the bonus features

[@james_halpert]

It is even much better than that. Typical bonus features just consist of shallow interviews hyping the movie you already bought, intermixed with trailer footage you already saw. These Tested videos are so much more interesting.

[@boriskourt]

This was super nice to see! Thanks for getting this out :) Amazing barn!

[@bacail]

Adam's eternal enthusiasm continues to amaze me

[@hotsupper1516]

Cool seeing how all of this was shot so close to home. I love these videos Adam!

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Behind the scenes videos which actually talk about what's behind the scenes instead of selling the movie are the best.

[@officialanimeboardgames]

💖We love how much detail and thought went into everything in this movie. From stitching down to the curls on the granddaughter's hair like Violet.💖 "A pure gem of entertainment to the memory of Harold Ramis and everyone involved in this production" - ABG Team❗🙏⛩

[@ThomCrawfordMusic]

This was one of my favourite episodes, I love getting to know more about different area's of motion pictures

[@billbrydon3725]

Wife and I just went to see this yesterday in the theater. Great sequel. The farm set is amazing.

[@cduncan3713]

I really enjoy seeing behind the curtain and finding out what it takes to produce a motion picture. The jobs that have to be done that you never think of.

[@CarboniteDreamer]

that is so cool. i love the little sneak peek behind the curtain. i love how this shows that story telling is so much more than whats on the screen.

[@00yiggdrasill00]

I think what I liked most was that they don't just leave a big mess but clean up after themselves. That and that they took the needs of the children into consideration.

[@dccinematicarts]

Mr. Brownstein is a great communicator.

[@GameDesignerJDG]

I'm from Calgary! As a kid in Scouts Canada there, I participated in this annual event called "The Great Escape" styled after the WWII movie by the same title featuring Steve McQueen. The older kids would go out and try to chase down the younger ones in the middle of the night in maybe a dozen square kilometers of pasture and harvest hay field in a massive and difficult game of tag. It's a great game! The farmers there are really nice about letting people use their land for things like this and shooting movies set in the American west. In fact, most westerns are shot around Calgary nowadays.

[@SJ-cy3hp]

Love the barns caved in roof!

[@nugget0428]

Hell yeah!

[@Windfire06]

Love this behind the scene of tour of a great movie. Hope there is more to come

[@crush41gb]

This was fascinating! Thank you!

[@brettbaratheon9776]

I love these Ghostbusters videos!!

[@NOTTHEOLDGUY]

I loved those big capacitor silos. Wish I had more views of it

[@wit6665]

the relocation of the barn and rebuild is just so amazing what a cool project.

[@adamspecht5150]

This was a fascinating watch. Thanks! (Oh, and more like this!!!)

[@davidsr9719]

Gonna treasure this movie even more.

[@aaronm1855]

This had to have been filmed I 2017 or 2018. So glad it has finally been released! Great work Adam and crew!

[@RabbitsInBlack]

Lots of Movies filmed so many years ago and left on the shelf. TV shows get filmed all the time and the general public never see them.

[@alicedavidson7361]

Hello from Calgary! Thanks for dropping by

[@zazoreal5536]

Love behind the scenes stuff.

[@danielreddington9305]

If that had been on my lamd id have asked for them to leave it all there! Cool video!

[@tinkmarshino]

Didn't think the movie was that spectacular (Maybe because of all the hype you gave it).. But watching little vide's like this one are fabulous..

[@paulstan9828]

Thanks Adam that was so cool.

[@XoXoDrxgstep]

I live and was born in Calgary, and know where this is! This is so cool!! We don't have this kinda stuff happen a whole lot lol

[@Snapkil]

Love my Locations Men and Women. Without them i would have no parking for my Trucks. Haha, Kudos on the content Mr. Savage.

[@dcb_75]

They really nailed the look. Having grown up and lived on the Prairies here in Canada, I have seen a thousand farms that look just like that, nothing seemed artificial about it. That barn is really what makes it work, the way the roof is caving in but it is still hanging on - many films would have done it with a full, solid roof but if it is supposed to be that old and clearly not being maintained, it should look like it is ready to collapse at any minute.

[@Pygar2]

Looks like the horse I backed in the Derby!

[@matthewsalomone3800]

Afterlife was very well done. I love the set and the behind the scenes info

[@dawntownsend1465]

I love that house so much!

[@rabidmonkey32]

Hey, thats where I live. Knew there was lots of Ghostbusters filming going on around the last while, did not know it included an Adam. Cool to know you stopped in.

[@captain_coleton]

I am Senior a BS degree in Industrial Automation and have recently learned about the uncanny valley. I like how Adam is using it in the broad meaning of it, which would be something getting past the phase of looking fake. For my degree I have learned the specific meaning is to describe the relationship between the human-like appearance of a robotic object and the emotional response it evokes.

[@KayOSweaver]

Great interview, a friend of mine asked me to join his locations company last year and this really helps me to visualize what it might be like. Also, I grew up in the area so it's cool to see it on film!

[@mjmcomputers]

They did an amazing job.

[@rtd1791]

In this video I can tell by the light that it’s not Oklahoma. But I don’t remember thinking that watching the movie. When I rewatch it I will have to pay more attention to the sunlight. Sometimes I can tell by the sunlight in a film that it is/isn’t actually where the story is set.

[@1st1anarkissed]

Ah, wonderful! I worked on A little Canadian flick called Summer Of The monkeys. One of the sets was an old wrecked Eaton house and leaning barn. We fixed up then broke down the house, the boffins righted the barn, using the before condition for the "after the tornado" scenes. This was on an abandoned farm near Dundurn, Saskatchewan.

[@Rocky_January]

I'm really enjoying all the behind the scenes for Ghostbusters hopefully after all these videos are released they could be put together into a documentary for Ghostbusters

[@scottscherer]

So awesome that I found him again

[@richardnewton9411]

Such a great movie. Watched it 4 times already. Amazing to see the work that went into making it great. 👻

[@quest900]

Bruce has such a pleasant manner of speaking. It's no wonder he's able to sell folks on the idea of lending their property.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

One can see, Adam & Tested Crew could easily have a whole extra career in Behind Scenes productions, doing the official add on pieces for the films promotions and websites, or Bluray extras, if people still buy discs.

[@peterkelley6344]

Personally I still buy DVDs.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@peterkelley6344 where I work, we still stock blank ones, not many sell, they do make an okay mid to long term storage option

[@M0UAW_IO83]

Oh I was so expecting 'who ya gonna call' when it came to moving the barn...

[@davidwarren9204]

The one odd choice was that in teh movie all the local people characters called the owner character "the Dirt Farmer", because "he never grew anything and the whole farm was dirt". ig thing about that. Yet the farm set itself was clearly a well-tended cornfield surrounded by other well-tended fields. Seemed like a strange inconsistency in the storyline.

[@nickpopelka]

He kept it dirt on purpose in the movie

[@megusto5712]

@@nickpopelka I think you’re missing David’s point, if he’s known only as the dirt farmer, only keeping dirt on his farm, what’s with all the perfectly kept and agriculture if egon only farmed dirt so to speak. Besides the films just two hours of fan service anyway, so forgettable.

[@mightymacaque]

I love this

[@off-road-everything7393]

Omg I can’t believe that Adam savage was right by my house I watched them build the set day after day of driving by also have a friend that worked on it

[@richardridley78]

Great keep the video’s coming!! 👍😉

[@TwistedShrapnel]

the fact they moved that barn. incredible. O_O

[@Rockhopper1]

that was a good interview

[@samforpanek8401]

i love bruce brownsteins music

[@lain2779]

I loved this video, hope they got to film more inside too.

[@garycheevers2671]

Damn! Wish we knew Adam was coming to Alberta!!

[@Plagues138]

these videos are the best part of the movie :P

[@Dantallica2002]

Adam at 2:58 you missed a golden Who Ya Gonna Call moment dude lol

[@tenlittleindians]

There's several places here in eastern Iowa with intact buildings that look even better. There's one so spooky looking that I've said to myself every time I drive by "That belongs in a movie." It still has old fashioned curtains in the windows and I think there's still people living in it. I figure they don't paint it to keep the property taxes low.

[@randamlife28]

This episode had me say to myself, "Amazing"

[@Mikebuster]

I am one of those fans of GB that has been waiting since the very early 90s for a GB sequel, and I'm glad we finally have one. It's not perfect, but its pretty close. I personally give afterlife a 7.5/10 only because it feels like its missing a "classic training montage" its very disjointed when the team just suit up at the end other than that I'm really happy we finally have a GB trilogy

[@idontwritecomments]

I count the video game as part 3. This was a nice homage to Harold.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

The montage is there, its the scene where, .. try to avoid spoilers, ummm. Where the car windshield gets broken.

[@peterkelley6344]

@@idontwritecomments My roommate seems to think there were four GB movies before Afterlife ... ?

[@flekkzo]

I hope this isn’t the last one. It feels like we can get 1 or 2 more movies with this crew. Some movies don’t make for good sequels, but this movie felt like it wants one. It’s more A New Hope and less Highlander.

[@idontwritecomments]

@@peterkelley6344 Nope. Just 2 movies and a video game.

[@mattmayo3539]

As a property owner, you’d be a fool to pass up on the honor of having your property used to film a blockbuster movie. Not to mention, it’s just a beautiful plot of land that will now be immortalized in film. Good times.

[@garycheevers2671]

That’s a cute attempt at a brag

[@mattmayo3539]

@@garycheevers2671 I’m literally just talking about my 3 bedroom house. Calm down.

[@garycheevers2671]

@@mattmayo3539 exactly. You tried to make it sound important hahaha

[@mattmayo3539]

@@garycheevers2671 it’s really not important. You just took it that way.

[@camrynhamme]

@@garycheevers2671 he’s not bragging he’s just saying it’d be cool opportunity to be given to let a movie be filmed on your land.

[@TheAngryCaptain]

Adam: I need a coat. Bruce: It's sweltering out here man!

[@171QA]

Cool.

[@Syberz]

God I hope that they recycle the barn's wood planks, they're amazing.

[@mkdrivingzone]

"Making good" was always a process, whether wanted or needed, that we went through when I did site investigation. We could cut a level into a hill for a rig to work on. When we were done we had to turn it back into a hill again. Regardless of what the land owner/user wanted.

[@bredlo]

"who ya gonna call -" ....to move a dilapidated barn? Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

[@Jemppu]

Came here for precisely this 😁👏

[@JustinCase1021]

This should be a weekly show....I would watch this show. This was fantastic and it make me want to see other movie sets. The logistics would be a nightmare but damn is this cool

[@darksidevenom6]

Lol my backyard thats fantastic.

[@TITAN_101]

Ha you were 3ish hrs from where I live, neat (I live a 3hr drive south from Calgary, a place called Medicine Hat)

[@ronch182]

The studio's marketing team should of worked with Tested to release these videos prior to the movie coming out, I watched the new film only because of these videos.

[@peterkelley6344]

But they are?!

[@bw5530]

Funny to be sharing this now as this is like...2 summers ago? Lol

[@narutobroken]

How do you remove roads? Never heard of that being done!

[@Nathan_Talisien]

It's about as simple as you might expect, actually... Bulldozers, bucket loaders, dump trucks, and time, lol. You plow the road up with a dozer and truck it away- often to be compressed as filler in the base of another construction project- and then truck in normal dirt to fill what used to be a road and is currently a trench half a meter deep. Lastly someone comes through with either slabs of sod or the seeds for some other growth, and then you let nature take over for the rest.

[@peterkelley6344]

@@Nathan_Talisien Mother nature does a great job at covering up things. Consider the civilizations of Inca, Aztec, and Mayan.

[@fredwaywalls4686]

I love the movie, it gave me the 80s vibe

[@jacobsimpson6278]

A bunch of this movie was filmed in my hometown! The high school is my school!

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Aw, was hoping it would stay up.

[@tjthrash0143]

Highlighting behind the scenes heros.

[@emiliolopez2023]

Its like DVD deep dive featurettes with out the dvd? I do hope with the home release has all of this on the disk with an audio commentary

[@Nekotaku_TV]

DVD? XD Are you stuck in 2000?

[@emiliolopez2023]

@@Nekotaku_TV you act like they don't still sell DVDs XD you can say I am stuck in the past when they stop printing them all together like vhs ;)

[@imwade3]

Love to see the way they moved and made the house?

[@ListerDavid]

The special features on the dvd are going to be hard pushed to beat these.

[@peterkelley6344]

Maybe these ARE the special features.

[@rgs4x]

My Uncle in Minnesota has a barn just like that. It is still standing. Their main house looked similar to the GB house. It was over 100 years old About 5 years the house was in such bad shape they had it torn down and put in a modular home.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

Bruce's voice sounds so familiar. Has he done narration or voice work for other productions (like "Movie Magic" or "Destroyed in Seconds")? I checked out his IMDB and he's done a ton of production work but no mention of voice work. Maybe I'm hearing things... lol