Posts with the tag of Shoots

Gadget’s New World

January 5, 2009 – 5:36 pm
[caption id="attachment_1401" align="aligncenter" width="611" caption="Starting Again (photo: Steve Payne)"][/caption] Over the holidays, the “Revenge” team spent time filming with Greg “Gadget”  Abbott as he moved into a cavernous new warehouse space in downtown LA. Gadget runs an electric car conversion company called Left Coast Electric.   He’s also the star of the TV shows “Smash [...]
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By P.G. Morgan | Posted in Production Diary, Production News | Also tagged | Comments (9)

Filming Tesla (2 of 2)

December 12, 2008 – 2:28 pm

Our co-producer continues her account of shooting behind the scenes at Tesla. As we captured key meetings with department heads,  Elon stressed his commitment to ramping Tesla up – and the fact that his role was hands-on. He reminded person after person that no problem or detail was too small. The buck stopped with Elon. [...]

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By Jessie Deeter | Posted in Production Diary | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Filming Tesla (1 of 2)

December 10, 2008 – 4:20 pm
[caption id="attachment_1089" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Tesla Roadsters awaiting final prep and delivery to first owners."][/caption] Let me just give it away now….the first day we filmed this fall at Tesla, we got to see not one, not two, not three, but, and I counted—over 40 production Roadsters in the Menlo Park buildings. There is something about [...]
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Postcard from Iceland (2 of 2)

November 4, 2008 – 12:06 am
[caption id="attachment_302" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Shooting in a rain storm at the Blue Lagoon"][/caption] It’s really hard to beat a week in Iceland.  With the conference over, we went on a tour tracking down electric cars and the clean electricity to power them. [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignright" width="200" caption="With our Icelandic Camera Operator Bjorn Helgason"][/caption] Highlights the [...]
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Postcard From Iceland (1 of 2)

October 10, 2008 – 3:31 pm
[caption id="attachment_105" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Bathers in the foreground, geo-thermal power plant in the distance"][/caption] The rumors are true. Iceland is beautiful. Sitting on the continental plates between Europe and North America, this volcanic island is home to a mere 300,000 people. I came as a guest for Driving Sustainability, Iceland’s conference for the future of [...]
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GM Detroit Shoot (1 of 2)

October 4, 2008 – 1:35 am
[caption id="attachment_123" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Interviewing GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz at GM's test track in Detroit"][/caption] General Motors invited me to Detroit to speak on a panel at its 100th anniversary along with a small group of other “outside voices”.  Since GM’s Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz planned to unveil the Chevy Volt production prototype, we [...]
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