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I'm live photo blogging from my iPhone from an airfield in NJ shooting on Reds 6&7 from Offhollywood

Link is http://gallery.mac.com/mikedcurtis/100164#grid

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UPDATE 10pm - we got back, unpacked the van & vehicles after sprinting upstairs to the bathroom (Mark chanting "Mind over bladder." the last 30 minutes of the looooooong drive back), and got some pizza. Whew! What a day. We're all glowing...whether more from pride, satisfaction, or sunburn is hard to say.

Here's some stuff I wrote earlier:

Another great day - spent the day shooting with Mark, Aldey & Pliny from Offhollywood Pictures (& Offhollywood Studios) and a cast and crew of 20 shootin car stunts all day. If you haven't seen the pictures, they're posted, see link above.

I did a little prep work and was able to live photo blog from my iPhone (live photo blogging, from iPhone, about the Red Camera - isn't that some kind of a Geek's Hat Trick?).

As you can see, we had a lot to work with:

-two Red Ones *(6&7, the first ones not Jim Jannard's)
-stunt coordinator
-4 stunt car drivers
-6 stunt cars of the beater variety
-one shiny new white Dodge Charger
-camera car with crane
-several DPs
-4 HVX200 witness cams for BTS stuff (that in itself was kind of ironic - I talk to so many indies straining to shoot their piece with a single HVX, we had four...just for behind the scenes)
-about 10 more people to grip/gaffe/rubberneck/help/PA/etc.

...and everybody chipped in their time today off the clock - we all just wanted to get hands on and do stuff.

Fast moving white cars in broad daylight, not even clouds to help - excellent exposure test subjects. No dulling spray or any tricks, no time on this rugged run 'n gun indie style shoot.

We shot all kinds of fun dramatic stuff - burnouts, flying 180s, box 90s, multicar weaving shots, fishtails, etc., and much rubber was converted to airborne particulate.

I love the smell of burnt rubber in the morning. It smells like....money shot.

: )

More pics, more details, stills and footage to come, but for the moment, we need to head back into NYC, unload, unpack, duplicate all footage yet again to safe locations, see/call our women, and get some REST.

Stay tuned, I'll be back on the job tomorrow.

-mike

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