James Bond in my backyard - a podcast by Mr B A Aird

Todays Podcast features a conversation with three young freelance Camera assistants who have been seconded to the filming of the Ski scenes for the James Bond movie Spectre in Austria. The location is Obertilliach in Eastern Tirol. We met at the        https://www.dolomitenhof.net/en/

In the buildup to the recording made on 17th January 2015 Bernie outlines his family background with both parents coming from villages close to Obertilliach where the Spectre main action scenes were filmed, firstly St Lorenzen in Lesachtal ( father), and Sillian Osttirol ( Mother). " My Dad would have been intrigued"! 
Bernie explains his growing up in the 60's in the UK, and how the pop music, and the film theme tunes had a big effect on him. 
The travel industry continues to occupy my time but my main hobby has always been to create music,playing guitar and Piano, livestreaming and amateur movie making on Periscope and Facebook. 
During the year 2014-15 when it became clear the Spectre film production team were coming to Austria to film in Sölden and Obertilliach, my livestreams on Periscope became very Bond like, adopting the name 'Bernie Bond' for several of my livestreams to try and capture the excitement. 
Making repeat visits to Obertilliach I was able to see the progress of the building work going into the re-assembled barn specially constructed for the Spectre film, the barn that the aeroplane flys into after shredding its wings in the forest. 
Meeting with the three young camera assistants in Hotel Gasthof Dolomitenhof.    https://www.dolomitenhof.net/en/
Talking about several aspects of Blockbuster movie film making with the three camera assistants 
Phil the eleder of the three is a technician for Panovision  https://www.panavision.com/history  One of Phils bigger assignments was working  on Avengers 2 movie in South Korea. https://youtu.be/PrivUeJLE70
The boys had never been to Austria, I made sure they ordered Schnitzel for their late afternoon supper, with cranberry jam of course! 
The lads all arrived in Obertilliach the day before and found the only spare beds in the village, the mian crew had taken the rest! 
Phil had been in Sölden ski resort Austria with the main Production unit. The main production unit were all housed at the Wellness resort Tuffbad in St Lorenzen Carinthia Austria whilst filming in Obertilliach. https://www.almwellness.com/en/
## Correction, in the audio I explain that the Barn was built from wood shipped over from Pinewood studios, in fact the Barn had been brought over from Styria ( Steyrmark) and re-assembled in Obertilliach. https://youtu.be/NJfHChWGjag
Who was our favorite 007? 
The camera assistants are expecting to have to fly to Mexico for other scenes for the Bond Spectre film.
The whole production crew, several hundred in total in Austria had all been issued with Helly Hanson protective winter wear.          https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1176167619064814&_rdr#


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