Third Eye Blind Productions, a leading Ad Film Production House, had a great opportunity to work on a recent project, “The Train Hijack.” Yes, the name suggests the story. Well, we are not going to discuss the Web Series here. Here, we are going to talk about how Third Eye Blind Productions seamlessly executed this project from Pre-Production to production and with the very final touch of Post-Production.
Making an action-packed thriller is no joke as things that happen in the conference room are changed, solved, and even completed in the minds of our content team, why you ask? Our content team at Third Eye Blind Productions was given a tentative timeline to prepare concept notes for the project, Genre– Action, thriller, fictional. Project type- Mini-Web series. Releasing platform – VahaFlix. Device Screen ratio 9:16. Now let’s hop onto the process of Pre-Production.
The Beginning of Train Hijack with the Pre-Production Process
Pre-Production:- (Ideation and concepts)
The content team led by our Senior content writer rolled up his sleeves and took up the challenge of giving concept notes along with two junior content writers in the team. Our content team had a brief Google Meet with the client as the ideation for the concept notes is incomplete without the Dos and Don’ts for the project along with budget details. After this, our team had a meeting for the ideation of the concept note and prepared five concept notes within 48 hours.
A concept note is an overall rough idea about what the story is based on. Concept notes were ideas as per the brief provided by the clients. After the client shortlisted three concept notes, our editing and content team had a Google Meet with the clients to help them understand how we can craft this project with minute details and perfection. After a more than hour-long Google meeting, clients agreed on the concept note, “A Tangled Tale of Train”—now changed to “The Train Hijack.” After the deal was locked, our content team crafted an action-packed, thriller script for the project within a week, obviously with some changes from the clients. The script was ready to move to the next stage.
Pre-Production:- (Storyboard, Recce & Cast)
We at Third Eye Blind Productions, a renowned Ad Films Company in Mumbai, are blessed with a talented in-house production team. Our production team had an in-house meeting with our content team to fully understand the script and the location scouting. Our director appointed a DOP from the production team to manage and handle the recce, as he visited the location to finalize it while our other team members were actively working on the casting of the faces.
A list of actors and actresses was selected from our catalogs according to the roles and was given to the clients to shortlist and choose the faces of the roles. Our team made sure every face and talent justified the role, without any biases. Our DOP, who did the recce, helped our in-house team to ensure the ‘storyboard’ was pitch-perfect before the production phase.
Production:- (Mood board: baby steps towards Production)
After the pre-production was finalized with the set, cast, location, and the dates of the shoot, our in-house production team crafted a perfect mood board. A mood board is the plan of action where DOP decides and divides the scenes according to the scripts. A mood board is a visual representation of the tone and style of the whole script; it helps the DOP understand as it divides all the scenes into a simple and easy sequence.
In simple terms, it gives a rough idea to the DOP about what scene is supposed to be shot within walls or outside, daytime or at night, characters, etc. Once the mood board was finalized, our team hopped on to the next step.
Production:- (Lights, Camera & Action)
At last, the day was here. As the sun shined bright, the stage was set, cameras were charged, and lights were placed—the beginning of the shooting of The Train Hijack was slowly but steadily coming alive. Our team from Ad Production House in Mumbai ensured that every aspect was meticulously planned. Morning 7—our DOP, along with the production team, showed up to the sets with full energy. But would it last long? The shoot consisted of 18 hours of continuous shooting as Third Eye Blind Productions promised the client to finish the shoot within two days.
(Day 1) - (Challenges and chilling atmosphere)
Day 1- Morning sharp 7- It might sound weird, but to shoot in winter in Lonavala is no joke. In the winter season, the temperature drops as low as 10 degrees, but promises were made and commitment was made. Our team began to shoot at the chilling temperature to complete the first half of the shoot according to the mood board before 6 pm.
(Day 2) - (A promised day)
Day 2 started with a BANG! The cast was more charged than the cameras, and our team from Film Making Agency Mumbai managed to shoot all the action sequences before dusk.
Post-Production (The Final Battle)
The shoot was wrapped, but the real challenge had just begun. The raw footage was massive—hundreds of gigabytes of unprocessed data that needed to be converted into editable formats before the real work could even start. The editing team, led by our Senior Editor, knew there was no time to waste. The moment the data arrived, the process kicked off—day turned into night, and night into endless hours of painstaking edits.
Then came the unexpected blow—some shots had to be re-shot due to unavoidable on-set inconveniences. The team scrambled to arrange last-minute shoots, coordinating with actors and locations while ensuring the new footage seamlessly blended with the existing material. It was a race against time, but there was no room for compromise.
With the final footage locked, the next phase began—dubbing, sound mixing, and color grading. Every dialogue had to be re-recorded with precision, every background score had to enhance the tension, and every frame had to be color-corrected to bring out the cinematic intensity of the hijack. The editing bay felt more like a war room—phones buzzing, monitors glowing, and editors making split-second decisions to meet the deadline.
