Chris Hurd
August 1st, 2005, 09:00 AM
...or is this completely nuts? How do *you* drive your IMAX gear around?
http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=102748
http://www.tornadoalleyfilm.com/
Best images here:
http://www.mcgrathimages.com/Gallery/Collections/Meteorology/StormChasing/2003/20030522/
Charles Papert
August 1st, 2005, 09:59 AM
That is fantastic! What a hoot!
I don't know the two gents in the article, but I have worked with that production company on an IMAX film some years ago--yup, IMAX on Steadicam. It was the "little" camera, the 8-perf Iwerks--only 45 lbs (plus rig=80lbs+). They were a great bunch of guys, very enjoyable experience. Never saw the film, though. Thankfully, the subject matter was a bit more sedate than rushing into tornadoes...jeez!
Michael Gibbons
August 1st, 2005, 12:15 PM
If I were a superhero, I think that would be my car.
Mike Teutsch
August 1st, 2005, 01:41 PM
Wow, maybe a Sherman tank would be the ultimate camera platform! Replace that gun barrel with a lens mount! :)
Mike
K. Forman
August 1st, 2005, 01:46 PM
Listening to JohnBoy and Billy on the radio one morning, and they had a tornado chaser building something like this. He was even auctioning off rides in it, chasing said tornados...
Mike Teutsch
August 2nd, 2005, 06:27 AM
Listening to JohnBoy and Billy on the radio one morning, and they had a tornado chaser building something like this. He was even auctioning off rides in it, chasing said tornados...
Those guys are crazy aren't they! Great skits!
Mike
K. Forman
August 2nd, 2005, 08:30 AM
"Those guys are crazy aren't they! Great skits!"
They make a killer grillin sauce too :)
Steve McDonald
August 5th, 2005, 03:52 AM
This is just the thing to use to cover the next presidential political conventions.