Buckles Blog: Spec #2

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Spec-2, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Chic Silber said...: The big film light on the scaffold

on the right is a 24" carbon arc

fresnel called a "Brute" which is

still used in film production but

now has a xenon lamp inside; 25 May, 2011 10:14
Anonymous said...: Yeah, that's nice Chic, but who's inside the big bird suit??? ~frnak; 25 May, 2011 14:21
Harry Kingston said...: I bet this was a shot the second unit director did with the light tower with the brute on it as DeMille the perfectionist he was would have never done this.
Harry in Texas; 25 May, 2011 16:02
Mike Naughton said...: I'm guessing it is Paul Wenzel in the bird; he was a master of building wire framed props.; 25 May, 2011 17:54
Roger Smith said...: As I recall, there is a brief shot of Paul Wenzel getting into his Mother Goose creation.; 26 May, 2011 01:21
Anonymous said...: Mike -
Paul was one of the most underestimated Joey's on the show. I loved the stuff he would come up with for the walk-arounds. ~frank; 26 May, 2011 10:19
Anonymous said...: Mike & Roger,
I agree that this is in fact Paul Wenzel.
Incidently the Mother Goose head, minus the hat is currently at the Circus Hall of Fame in Peru. We hope to restore it if we can figure out the best way to do it.
Dom; 27 May, 2011 22:56

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