A few weeks back an old friend of mine hit me up to assist with a commercial he was producing for a private aircraft charter – who’s gonna say no to that? LOL. I remember back when he was doing BMW trailers for our meets in 2001 and now he’s working with Footlocker, LeBron (yeah, LOL) and some other high profile companies – so crazy and proud of him, and the work speaks for itself.
NOTE: All pics were taken with my iPhone out of respect for the cinematographer and photogs there, I didn’t want to be that dude who brings in his full gear LOL.
Call time was early – I’m a morning person so it wasn’t that big of a deal.
When I pulled in I had noticed a sweet white Aventador (provided by B&W rent a car) – even though I’d been to the pre-release of the car (before Geneva) and have seen it at least a hundred times since, it still gets me.
I entered into the lobby and was greeted by Brian and his staff. Man these guys have it together – breakfast, organization, details, everything to a tee. A very family atmosphere as well, which is awesome considering when you’re on a shoot it’s long hours and lots of people working together.
We hit the main hangar and checked out the plane that was scheduled for use – a pretty sick G4.
Even sicker when you pair it up with the Aventador in front of it with the sun rising behind.
I noticed the lift was up on the Aventador so we handled that pretty quickly, Brian joked that I’d be a great automotive consultant for films…HMMMMM…call me, maybe? hahahaha.
Directors perspective, Brian doing his producer thing (left) along with Paul (Director) on the right.
A lot was going on all at once, time is precious as well as lighting so it’s not unusual to see a lot of action in one area.
Another shot “behind” the scenes LOL.
RED Camera! 🙂 Johnny’s (Cinematographer/Director of Photography) personal tool I believe, this thing is awesome – you can either buy this or a fully loaded E92 ///M3 LOL. We all know it’s not the scalpel, it’s the surgeon – but I’m sure it helps when you have the coolest digital scalpel I’ve ever seen LOL! Along with awesome tools, Johnny and the crew re-iterated my belief that lighting is everything when it comes to images.
LJ:DIT – handling backups, transferring files on the fly during the shoot (Digital Imaging Technician) Techies note: He uses Lacie drives for backups.
View from inside the G4 – Big Riff:1st AD holding it down, apparently he was on a Justin Beiber shoot the day before. He was sincerely funny, kept everything moving while keeping things light – such a cool cat.
Had to take this shot of course LOL! For those that really KNOW me, you know I wouldn’t be down for this anyways LOL.
“I’m talking rich pal, rich enough to fly in your own jet, rich enough not to waste time, 50-100 million, a player Bud — or nothing.” – Gordon Gecko
Last shot of the day for me – crazy hot on the tarmac LOL. *Stark Industries cover shot LOL!
Before I bailed, Brian asked if I wanted to take a quick pic in place of one of the male models, I shy’d away at first (LOL) but then I see Brian talk to Paul/Johnny and next thing I hear is “Ok, John – swap with Albert – Albert you’re in” LOL!!! I didn’t have sunglasses so Paul was kind enough to lend me his, checkout that steez!! hahaha. If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at right? Pic courtesy of Johnny/Bri/Paul
I’ve had the fortune of being involved with some pretty awesome projects in my life which has allowed me to meet some sincerely awesome people as a result. Brian is definitely one of them- thanks for a good time man. Special thanks go out to Bri, Paul, Johnny, Big Riff, Amy, LJ and everyone who assisted that day. The amount of detail, hard work and execution you guys bring make me appreciate the film industry so much more, I’ll def stay for the credits from now on 🙂