The test rider Conor and Fiachra, the sound man set things up.
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A lovely (cold but sunny) November 13th. 2001 morning saw Dylan, myself and the Goldwing at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin. I had agreed to loan RTE my GL1800 for an upcoming TV spot on motorcycles, as part of the "DRIVE" program. Dylan had a nice day off school for this. Here you can see the crew doing their thing. It takes ages to do even a small scene. Gerry, the director set things up several times until he was happy that the scenes were perfect.
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The test rider Conor and Fiachra, the sound man set things up.
Getting the lighting and white balance right just before shooting.
Dylan joins the crew for his line. They all made him feel a part of things
and Gerry explained what they were doing and answered the hundred and one
questions that all children must have. Ed the camera man (wooly hat) let
Dylan have a peep through the camera viewfinder.
All finished with us after two hours. I brought Dylan home and returned to my
own workplace, but the crew still had a couple of hours shooting left! Dylan had
to endure the schoolteachers quizzing him about events when he returned to
school the next day.