| For another shot in the BMW campaign, we were setting up on a dirt back-road lined with majestic old oaks. The bike was to pass close to me from behind (our biker was a great stunt rider from BMW who I was instructed to trust) while I shot film of the rider speeding away from me down the road. We did a few passes when Marc, the art director said, "wish we could get him in the air". That meant that we needed a ramp ideally around 20 feet long, at least 24 inches wide with a heavily textured surface, made of steel so as not to flex when the bike hit it going 35 - 40 mph and we needed it immediately. A quick look at our rental truck made me realize we had exactly that. I instructed my crew to detach the loading ramp of our rental truck and propped up the end with several large logs. We set up and adjusted the timing on the laser delay trigger for the camera shutter and shot several rolls of film of the bike airborne in the perfect spot. |
