WRAL gets peek 'Under the Dome'

WHAT IF YOUR TOWN WAS SEALED BY

AN ENORMOUS TRANSPARENT DOME?

UNDER THE DOME IS BASED ON A

STEVEN KING NOVEL, PRODUCED BY

STEVEN SPIELBERG.

>> RENEE CHOU WENT ON THE SET

AT WILLMINGTON SP TALKED WITH

THE -- AND TALKED WITH THE

STARS.

>> BEFORE THE SMALL TOWN OF

CHESTERSVILLE BECAME TRAPPED

UNDER THE DOME, IT SPRANG UP IN

THE MASSIVE WAREHOUSE IN

WILLMINGTON.

SPRING JUMP STUDIOS IS WHERE

THE SETS UNDER THE DOME COME TO

LIFE.

WE ARE DOING IT ON CBS.

>> THE FACT THAT BASED OFF OF

STEVEN KING NOVEL AND STEPHEN

SPIELBERG IS PRODUCING IT.

IT'S LIKE HOW MUCH BETTER OF A

SITUATION CAN YOU GET?

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS.

>> THE DOME IS BOTH A MYSTERY,

AND A METAPHOR.

>> IT'S PUTTING HUMANITY IN A

FISH BOWL AND SEEING HOW THEY

REACT.

THE IDEA BEING SNUCK A PLACE

THAT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF AND

WATCHING PEOPLE APPEAL TO THE

BETTER ANGELS OR FALL TO THE

LESSER DEMONS.

>> WHEN WE VISITED THE SET, ONE

OF THE CHARACTERS, ANGIE, IS

HELD AGAINST HER WILL IN A

BUNKER BY JUNIOR WHO IS IN LOVE

WITH HER.

AS THEY WORKED ON THE SCENE,

CAMERAS WORKED EVERY ANGLE.

IT CAN TAKE FROM 4-7 DAYS TO

SHOOT AN UP SOLD.

PEOPLE THINK BEING IN A

TELEPHONE SHOW IS REALLY

GLAMOROUS.

AFTER ALL YOU HAVE PEOPLE DOING

YOUR MAKE UP AND YOUR HAIR, IT

IS A LOT OF HARD WORK, THE CAST

AND CREW WORK 12-4 HOUR DAYS.

UNDER THE DOME SPECIAL EFFECTS

RIFLE ANY SUMMER MOVIE BLOCK

BUSTER BUT AT THE HEART OF THE

THRILLER, ITS CHARACTER DRIVEN

STORY LINES.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO, WHERE

WOULD YOU HOPE TO BE?

WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD YOU

BECOME?

THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE ARE

HOPING THE VIEWERS WILL GET

ENGAGED WITH AND ASK.

>> HAVE YOU HAD A BLAST?

>> I HAVE.

WE HAVE DONE FUN STUNTS AND

COOL FIGHT SCENES.

THAT'S THE FUN STUFF.

>> THAT'S GIVES YOU ADRENALINE

RUSH.

>> DRIVING THE CARS THROUGH

FENCES AND BIG BRAWLS AND FIRES

AND LOTS OF EXPLOSIVES.

>> JUST YOUR STANDARD WORKDAY.

>> DAY AT THE OFFICE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID

TODAY.

>> IT'S BEEN A BLAST.

GREAT CAST.

IT'S A GREAT CREATIVE TEAM.

>> EVEPISODE IS, THEY PUSH IT

FORWARD.

SOMETHING DRAMATIC HAPPENS AND

PUBS FORWARD AND PUSHES

FORWARD.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE LIKE WOW,

WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

>> IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF

IT, IT START JUNE 24th.

RENEE CHOU, WRAL WILLMINGTON.

>> I'M GLAD SHE GOT OUT FROM

THE DOME AND CAME BACK.

I THINK SHE IS BACK RENEE

CHOU'S INTERVIEWS WITH THE MAIN

CHARACTERS FROM UNDER THE DOME,

ON THE WEBSITE WRAL.COM.

>>> WE WERE WONDERING IS IT