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Sunday, August 17, 2008

"Commercial" traffic on scenic Rt. 5

This old highway was the backdrop for the filming of the TV commercial for CSX railways, this past Saturday. How cool. I watched for about 10 days prior to filming, while all of the railroad big wigs, location scouts, camera people, did their stuff. They had a little pow wow on the front porch at the shop , waiting for the director to come up from Catskill way. I met Bob from CSX, who tows the "Line" for the entire Mohawk Valley, and met the two Dave's from production. They selected our lovely stretch of 5 for it's straight line paralleling the rail line, out of many sites across the state.
Film crews, highway folks, state , local police and CSX workers
closed off the eastbound lane early Saturday morning to set up for the shoot. (My husband, Johnny" photographer climbed out to the rock ledge over the filming location to snap some great shots of the goings on, I will try to post on the website. )
Crew members and extras stopped in for some popcorn , ced tea, and some bargains in the shop. We made some new friends from New Jersey, Manhattan and other fun places, there are collectors EVERYWHERE!!!!!
It is amazing how much work it takes to do 1 shot for a 60 second commercial, that they will probably only use 15 to 20 seconds of film. All of the tractor trailers, camera boom, motor homes, food tent, extras...HUH. Downright mind boggling. Here's to all of the hardworking creative people who inhabited our normally uninhabited stretch of 4 lane highway.
Thank you all for closing the road so we could make some new friends. See you on the big screen!

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