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I was asked to "provide lighting effects" for a commercial shoot, with hundreds of lights strapped on my car.
They thought the small and rather low car would be easier to conceal behind an AMG GTS as it was driving through a long tunnel, at night.
I met with the rigging people a couple days before the shoot, to determine the best configuration.
The result was more than satisfactory.
So we met a couple hours early on the night of the shoot and installed the scaffolding, a total of 120 LED projectors and a couple of generators to feed the said lights.
The car looked like an alien spaceship.
And all that stuff was heavy.
My instructions were simple: "Tuck yourself right behind the AMG GTS, do not turn your headlights on, do not let the gap grow, do what the other car does.
The lighting operator was in the right seat. I mean, someone needs to deal with the mayhem mounted on the car...
What they did not tell me was how fast we were supposed to be going. "Just follow him, at 10 feet max."
So I lined myself up with the very very expensive car (about $700K over here) and tried to relax.
We entered the tunnel. Then I heard his engine come alive. I punched it. The light operator let out a muffled scream. I upshifted. The gap never grew.
The staging area was just under a mile away from the tunnel, next to a roundabout. We pulled in there.
The driver jumped out of the AMG, ran over to me and screamed "How in the hell is it possible you can keep up?"
They were under the impression my car was stock.
We then did a few more passes, entering the tunnel at about 40 mph, with exit speeds at around 120 or so.
Everybody was delighted.
The director was a very cool guy, and he asked if he could drive my car once all the stuff was removed. He just loved it.
Looks like I will be getting some interesting work in the coming days...
And, some horrible pics from the shoot (such intense red light makes it impossible to take decent photos in a hurry)
Damn I love that car. I contend it has the some of the best lines of any mass production car since the E-Type (considering what needs to be done for modern safety standards and such)
So clean yet excruciatingly vulgar at the same time.
PFM!!!!
You're my HERO GC!
BAD TO THE BONE Miata
The Mercedes was just a "reference point" for me in that vid.
The expanding light ring effect was AWESOME!
I wish you were in the US.
We NEED folks who can do stuff like that here.
Imagine if Ken Block added effects like that to his vids...
I know just the Miata that would have a chance!
I was asked to "provide lighting effects" for a commercial shoot, with hundreds of lights strapped on my car.
They thought the small and rather low car would be easier to conceal behind an AMG GTS as it was driving through a long tunnel, at night.
I met with the rigging people a couple days before the shoot, to determine the best configuration.
The result was more than satisfactory. ...
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Nice work GC.
Looking at this pic, I can't help thinking you could probably kill it as a DJ too.
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