Copland is a film about
a group of NYPD officers who settle in and run a town called
Garrison, New Jersey. When one of the group kills a couple of
black youths on a bridge over the Hudson River, an
investigation by the local constable and internal-affairs is
launched. In the process some unsettling evidence is dug up
which points to the fact that the town and its residents are
anything but clean.
Animal Action:
There are several
scenes where a poodle is held by an actor or is sitting on a
bed. Another dog is seen barking and running from point A to B
in front of a gate as the sheriff walks by. For these scenes,
the trainer placed the dog with the actor, or on his mark, and
cued him with verbal and hand signals.
In another scene,
the sheriff is driving down the road when a deer darts out
from the woods and stands in the road. The trainer placed the
deer on his mark for the establishing shot. The vehicle is not
actually seen hitting the animal.
