last weekend i got the opprtunity to help my best freind make a music video at a place called whithorse ranch . the place was incredible, it reminded me of knott's berry farm in the 70's. http://www.whitehorseranch.com/
the owner of the ranch, "german pete" worked in hollywood as a stunt man for years and had his own stunt company, he built this set on his own property, and to top it off he's a liscensed gun dealer how specializes in western antiques and replicas.. here's some photo's of shooting, ther wasnt really a "plot" the video is in the theme of a trailer for an exploitation western, all killing, all fighting, shooting , explosions and downright badness..
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74.07 KBi've helped iain before on movies he's done, but this was his debut as a paid director, and the people he had working with him were professionals,
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thats me out of costume, it gets nasty in the desert and hot too, but not showering helps with the autheticity of the charater
the owners of the property gave me an open invite to camp there anytime i want, the only stipulation is that i might have to dress up and participate in reenactments withthem .. in all it was a pretty kick ass weekend ,
the name of the band is "dirty sweet"http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=3901223 they arent necessarily my cup of tea, but they are really good, and most certainly have more mainstream appeal than the stuff i'm into .. they can be googled, and they have other videos on you tube..
yeeehaw..