Our Camp on Whistler Mountain
There's nothing on the frozen planet.
Josh Haskins about to shoot... WHAT - I can't tell you...
The Extras trying to stay warm.
Key Grip - Finn King, looking for something to keep him busy.
Part 2 of the super secret shoot had me in Whistler (mid May) to direct the "Grand Finale" of the clip. It was again FANTASTIC.
FIRST OFF - THANKS TO THE EXTRAS FOR STANDING AROUND FOR TWO DAYS IN THE SHADE... YOU WERE GREAT!
Again we had great weather - exactly what we ordered (cloudy, yes believe it or not, we wanted cloudy this time), what a great crew from Vancouver and Whistler, there is really top notch production crew folk up there and especially great in the mountains. Greg Dobbin the 1st AD (who I worked with years ago, 14 to be exact, we shot a segment for the Warren Miller ski film together at the Whistler Downhill) lead the huge crew of 120 (including 40 Extras), he really helped me deliver on my promises and kept our 2 packs locations days on schedule. I can't wait to share what this project is actually for - it's a great opportunity that (mystery client) brought to us at Warren Miller - someday in 2010 I can tell.
We cranked out two great days of shooting with camera's everywhere - Cineflex in the air and 3 x 35mm camera's on the ground, even a day of steadicam too. It was a tough one for me, in that I had to stay focused on the details of the shoot and didn't operate a camera, just directed this part, I trusted Josh and Scotty to nail it behind the camera's and Mark in the Cineflex - THEY NAILED IT. I was mostly on the radio while watching the monitors (not really my thing, I like the front lines)
In the meantime, thanks to all that worked so hard to make that shoot go from page to picture. Cheers! EP Jeff, Prod - Doug, Client - David A, Client - Ian, AD Greg,2nd AD Travis, PM-Matt, PC-Stu, PA-Hazer, PA-DW, Riders -Shin, Johnny, Kevin, David, Gaffer - Ian, Key Grip - Finn, Camera Department- Scotty, Josh, Logan, Stewart, Ian, Jeff, Cineflex - Mark & Kelsey, Crafty, Transpo, etc etc. AND THE PYRO CREW "C'est Magnifique"
