by Dr Frigo » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:45 pm
Friday
Crew was based in a car park off Regent's park, great breakfast at 7.30am.
Half the "actors" so about 20 were chosen quite randomly to take part in the morning shoot, which apparently involved mostly standing in the cold while they were filming the main character, the "yellow jersey", jumper rather, guy. Paul T was told to put on, first a hoodie, then a suit (I have mobile phone pics but don't know how to dowload them), then for some reason known to the producers only had to swap the suit with Phil. Rest of us spent the morning in a heated double decker taking the piss of each other (and of the cycling policemen practising their - seemingly very poor - riding skills), trying out various unusual bikes and chatting to messenger guys and girls.
Great lunch, then afternoon shoot which was doing laps of Regent's park following closely Mr Yellow, a non-cyclist on a duff mtb, but never overtaking him, which proved harder and harder as the laps went by and he was getting knackered. Messenger bikes, Bromptons, cruisers, rickshaws, people of all ages and ethnicities made for a cool if somewhat clumsy peloton.
Final shoot was off Fitzroy park near Euston, once again Mr Yellow was the star, almost upstaged by Mrs Yellow a little old lady who we had to then follow in what seems to be the grand denouement of the script of the advert.
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