Oh, What A Circus #1
7:10pm Finally, on my way back to the car, I glanced back and saw this alternative shot of the high-rise block. The empty window you can see here had a camera crew in it earlier, looking down on the shots I saw. You can also see solitary blue barrel shown earlier if you look closely. The white netting over the low-rise block in front is there to protect it from splatters – this block is still inhabited, unlike the low-rise seen earlier.
The main face of the high-rise block
Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro @ 86 | ISO 400 | Av | 1/1600s f7.1
I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
very good pics, i like the way u got the shot of the man
Comment by karl — Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Great pics – glad I found your site. I read somewhere that this was the most expensive TV commercial ever made although I believe more money was spent on relocating families during filming and repairing the damage afterwards than making the actual film. The total bill was around £16m ($32m). Scott
Comment by Scott — Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Hi Scott – Thanks for your comments. As I understood it, no families were relocated. The two blocks which were “painted” were already empty and each has now been demolished, so presumably they didn’t require cleaning. Adjacent residences were covered in white netting (as can be seen in several of my shots) to protect them from the worst of any drifting paint spray. It was reported that a team of about sixty people worked for five days to clean up the mess left from the water-based paint. Additionally, the producers laid on several events for the residents to make up for the inconvenience. I recall hearing of a party in the local community centre and a trip to the seaside. I can’t see any of that amounting to a significant amount of the budget.
While it’s not too obvious, there was some post production CGI carried out – I’m sure the cost of that would have exceeded the cleaning costs, etc.
I don’t recall ever hearing a figure, but £16m does seem pretty high…
Comment by Gary — Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 2:18 pm