Comments on: Oh, What A Circus #1 http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/ Part photo gallery.   Part travelogue.   Part diary. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2970 Gary Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:18:09 +0000 http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/#comment-2970 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 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uzbecka/364492193/" rel="nofollow">demolished</a>, 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... 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…

]]> By: Scott http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Scott Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:42:13 +0000 http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/#comment-2935 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 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

]]> By: karl http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/comment-page-1/#comment-309 karl Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:10:58 +0000 http://www.viewsfromthekitchen.co.uk/2006/07/22/oh-what-a-circus-1/#comment-309 very good pics, i like the way u got the shot of the man very good pics, i like the way u got the shot of the man

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