16th March, 2007
Journey’s end.
Our final day of filming at the tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
We still had much work to do – record the voice-over, pick up some in car shots and I still had 8 months of
editing ahead of me – but this is where the adventure part of making Standing with Stones ended.
For the time being anyway.
15th March, 2007
We carried this camera boom all over the British Isles but this is the only time we got to use it.
This is at the little stone circle that has a road running plumb through the middle of it and it was great to be able to hang the camera out over the road as Rupert drove past.
14th March, 2007
We loved the Recumbent Stone Circles of Aberdeenshire.
It may not be clear what their purpose was, but it’s heartnening to find so many all together that clearly share a purpose. It must have been an important one: the size of those altar stones!
12th March, 2007
The friendliest chaffinch I’ve ever known makes a play for the remains of my pork pie. In fact all the small birds around this picnic area were this tame.
Nice.
12th March, 2007
I was determined to get some great Highland scenery to make a Scottish travel sequence for the film. Glen Affric is a beautifully photogenic area just North of Loch Ness and we spent two days tracking down the best shots we could – including getting lucky with a fantastic shot of a highland stag.
Here I’m making one of my many trips into the undergrowth to shoot the car travelling past.
10th March, 2007
The cameraman’s woken up again.
Just managed to fit in filming the Clava Cairns near Inverness before the light went – but only just.
10th March, 2007
The cameraman’s clearly had enough but Mr. Soskin, a.k.a. Indiana Jones, still has the true grit to be able
to put in a bit of Tomb Raiding – and photograph himself doing it at the same time!
10th March, 2007
With shooting at Maes Howe, Brodgar, Stenness, Skara Brae and the Tomb of the Eagles complete, the end of the film is in the can.
However, the work is not over as we now must pick up the sites we missed in the East on our way home.
8th March, 2007
Really I shoudn’t be here. Rupert and I thought we’d been given permission to go down into the houses to recce for filming but wires had got crossed and we got told off for being here. So don’t try this youself if you go to Skara Brae.
However, wires were uncrossed in the end and we were granted permission to film – although I had to stay up top in the public areas with the camera.
7th march, 2007
It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it!
