It was an atypical day in Southern California. It had just rained and Brian Deegan’s Temecula backyard was mushy. It was not a good day for him to ride. The clay-like mud would just muck up the gearing and it could also be dangerous for Deegan who was just coming back from his horrific crash on the ice at the 2004 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
As a TV Production Crew, Mark and I used to shoot interviews and B-roll for many segments on A Current Affair. It was a television tabloid news magazine series similar to Inside Edition. A Current Affair, like Hard Copy, focused on news and crime rather than Hollywood entertainment.
in 2004, just after “The Punisher” hit the theaters, Automat Pictures hired the Crystal Pyramid Productions crew to videotape interviews of comic book artist, Tim Bradstreet, who draws “The Punisher,” and Thomas Jane, who starred in the 2004 movie “The Punisher” as Frank Castle. Lions Gate wanted to create a Special Feature for the movie DVD called “Drawing Blood – An Interview with the Cover Artist.”
Celebrities have become the mainstay of the San Diego Comic Con. There is no doubt that the attendees of the Con would not have grown to such massive numbers if there was not some sort of pay-off for them. What’s the pay-off? It’s hope. The opportunity to catch a glimpse of a beloved celebrity. The possibility, no matter how slim, of getting up close and personal. The potential of asking a burning question during a panel. The idea of perhaps shaking hands with a screen star, someone bigger than life.
In 2019, our crew traveled to Palm Springs for the 2019 American Kennel Dog Show. With three Camera Ops manning live-stream cameras, the world was able to watch 4-1/2 hours of handsome canines trot alongside their trainers.
The jangling phone woke us early one Saturday morning. It was our producer friend at Inside Edition. “Can you guys get your video production crew together and head up to Lake Elsinore to videotape some lingerie sky divers?”
Um, YEAH!