Sunday, February 12, 2006

The Baron's spot


The Tarantula and my hand.









Well, I've been editing this 11-minute spot for Baron's for about two weeks, now. It's coming along, just taking longer and costing more than we anticipated. It was also a real
bitch to shoot because I was suffering from some kind of illness due to taking Cipro. Hiking miles back into mountain canyons is no fun when you've got nausea, the trots, and are feeling less than 100%.

In any event, we got most of it shot, and had to do some pick-up's at Ed's house. It's looking pretty good, too. Still needs some major work, but coming together.

Here are some production stills pulled directly from my editing system. If the pointed mountain with me passing in front of it looks familiar, that's because it's the same mountain seen in the opening shot of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. It's called Anahola, and is on the island of Kauai, and is very well known. You can see it right from the road just outside Lihue. I've been there, but that was many years ago. This shot of me with the mountain is a composite. Still, we did it to pay homage to the Legend...