Executive producer/co-creator Ann Donahue and producer Marc Dube have updated the CSI:Miami Writer’s Blog with some of their insights from recent episodes, providing the blog variety Corey Miller promised.

Ann Donahue reminisces about how CSI:Miami came into being. Les Moonves called the CSI producers to his office and told them he wanted to do a spin-off. Jerry Bruckheimer selected the city of Miami. Donahue and series creatorAnthony Zuiker flew to Miami for a crash course in the sexiest city in America. Once back in LA, they met with David Caruso, who ironically had just moved to Miami and had to fly back to LA for the meeting, and knew immediately that they had found their guy.

Donahue speaks affectionately of the cast, crew and writers. She notes in particular how funny the writers are. “You should have heard them putting together the t-shirt of the 100 different ways people have died on CSI:Miami. You’d think they were watching Jackass,” Donahue writes.

Marc Dube writes about his rise from the assistant ranks, alongside Corey Miller. Dube was Donahue’s assistant for several years before coming over to the original CSI in 2000, where Donahue rewarded him with several writing opportunities and ultimately a staff position at CSI:Miami.

Dube also describes a couple obstacles faced with the “Going Under” shoot. First, the Corner Shot System, which was a critical component of the storyline, was difficult to obtain. The Props Department had to negotiate with an Israeli gun maker who had taken cover in a bunker somewhere in the Middle East in order to get their hands on one. Second, the storyline that involved crashing a Hummer into a swamp with a lead actress behind the wheel posed it’s own special challenges. The pond used for the scene was only 3-4 feet deep – hardly enough to sink a Hummer in. The Director, Editor, FX team and camera crew used slight of hand to make that happen. The Emily Proctor part of the equation was filmed on their sound stages and then at a water tank facility.

To read Ann Donahue’s blog entry in full, head over to Writer’s Blog. For the full text of Marc Dube’s blog entry, click here.

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