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> Is there anyone here who lives in the LA/Hollywood area who might want to
> come out and help me with a bit of a "guerrila filmmaking" project in the
> true Jittlov tradition (that is, totally devoid of both budget & permits?)
> I'll be shooting some brief scene establishing shots in front of
> recognizable famous "landmark" buildings & sites all over La-La Land on
> Wednesday 13 February, just a couple of weeks from now, and could probably
> use some assistance from anyone else who'd likle to re-live a bit of the
> "Broke Filmmaker's Lifestyle." The scenes will be edited into a short
> semi-pro not-for-profit fanvid set in the universe of the famous old
> BBC-TV series "Doctor Who", and will deal with the time travelling Doctor
> and his companions (original TV series stars Sylvester McCoy, Sophie
> Aldred, and John Levene are reprising their original characters from the
> show) will travel to 1982 Los Angeles and accidentally walk in on Federal
> agents preparing to execute the famous fake "drug deal" sting of car maker
> John Delorean, thereby tipping Delorean off to the truth, and preventing
> the sting from happening. They then travel 20 years into the future to
> find a world where the Delorean is now the world's most popular car, and
> John is still a hugely successful public figure. The scenes we're staging
> will be done without any of that newfangled CGI, no siree. We're going to
> make it LOOK like these cars are EVERYWHERE the old fashioned way, with
> the help of several local & national Delorean Owners groups turning out a
> (hopefully) massive number of cars to actually drive by in traffic in
> front of The Chinese Theater, Griffith Park Observatory, the LAX airport
> sign, the Hollywood sign, etc. I'm looking for help both on the day in
> coordinating and filming, and also between now and then to scout the
> locations and plan the advance staging of the cars at convenient local
> parking lots up & down the street from each filming location. If you're
> interested, e-mail me back directly at whocrui
...@aol.com (whocruiser AT
> aol DOT com) with your own contact info, e-mail & phone preferred, as soon
> as possible, and we'll take it from there. And, if you own a green
> jacket, bring it along for good luck;-)
eGhAD!!! That's some paragraph, old man. My mind blanches at the mere
sight of it.