New Zealand soaring movie

I just noticed in "Windborn" that the glider flown and forced to land on the beach was a Janus M. Isn't that a motorized Janus? Maybe they pieced together clips from several flights?

Congrats on the nomination of "Cloudstreet"
Michael

On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 8:34:25 AM UTC+12, Duster wrote:
I just noticed in "Windborn" that the glider flown and forced to land on the beach was a Janus M. Isn't that a motorized Janus? Maybe they pieced together clips from several flights?

Yes, the film was made over a number of flights, and certain things were staged for dramatic effect. Shhh!

Victor Quebec was later owned for several years by a member of my club (Wellington), before being sold to the Whangarei club. You can hear Rob G make radio calls from her at 0:42 in my video http://youtu.be/kJD395MgJBo

On Sat, 03 Sep 2016 14:56:35 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

Yes, the film was made over a number of flights, and certain things were
staged for dramatic effect. Shhh!

An excellent film.

I notice that some scenes were shot at the Southland Gliding Club but it
doesn't appear in the club list on Gliding NZ, so I assume its now an ex-
club. Do you know what its current name is or where its airfield used to
be?

I noticed a series of shots where Lucy's hat changed several times in the
course of a scene. Nice: it reminded me of "Plan Nine From Outer Space"
though of course Windborn's production values are somewhat better!


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On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 10:38:55 AM UTC+12, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sat, 03 Sep 2016 14:56:35 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

Yes, the film was made over a number of flights, and certain things were
staged for dramatic effect. Shhh!

An excellent film.

I notice that some scenes were shot at the Southland Gliding Club but it
doesn't appear in the club list on Gliding NZ, so I assume its now an ex-
club. Do you know what its current name is or where its airfield used to
be?

I think it was shot all over the place! Many of the early gliding scenes look to be along the side of the Remarkables, with Lake Wakatipu in the background and even one or two glimpses of Queenstown.

Other scenes are obviously shot at Omarama, including the interview with Ray Lynskey with the Buscott ridge and Mt Benmore in the background.

I've never flown there, but the aerotow practice and first solo look to me like Te Anau. I'm not entirely sure what strip they're using, but I think quite possibly a now defunct one he




I noticed a series of shots where Lucy's hat changed several times in the
course of a scene. Nice: it reminded me of "Plan Nine From Outer Space"
though of course Windborn's production values are somewhat better!

I believe the changes of clothing and hats are intended to artistically indicate the passing of the months :-)

On Sat, 03 Sep 2016 16:34:56 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

I think it was shot all over the place! Many of the early gliding scenes
look to be along the side of the Remarkables, with Lake Wakatipu in the
background and even one or two glimpses of Queenstown.

Other scenes are obviously shot at Omarama, including the interview with
Ray Lynskey with the Buscott ridge and Mt Benmore in the background.

I thought some hills looked vaguely familiar.

I asked because I was trying to work out where the flight to Milford
Sound was supposed to have started.

I've never flown there, but the aerotow practice and first solo look to
me like Te Anau. I'm not entirely sure what strip they're using, but I
think quite possibly a now defunct one he




OK - at the start I was also looking to see if any of the historic clips
were taken on the original club strip at Omarama but didn't see any.

I believe the changes of clothing and hats are intended to artistically
indicate the passing of the months :-)

Fair enough, and I did notice one or two faces got older in the course of
the film.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
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"They modified the canopy opening side for continuity after the glider was seen flying left to right in virtually every shot (except where a chase plane crossed from one side to the other)"

A reasonable assumption Bruce, but not quite. They were contractually obliged to shoot René Russo from her "good side", flipping the canopy to make it happen.

There are also interesting stories behind the producers wanting to cut the wings off the Duo to get the camera dolly closer, a replica that was made in the space of days and some amazing flying that never made it into the final cut.

Source: Tom Knauff, the pilot responsible

Le dimanche 4 septembre 2016 16:56:29 UTC+2, a écritÂ*:
"They modified the canopy opening side for continuity after the glider was seen flying left to right in virtually every shot (except where a chase plane crossed from one side to the other)"

A reasonable assumption Bruce, but not quite. They were contractually obliged to shoot René Russo from her "good side", flipping the canopy to make it happen.

There are also interesting stories behind the producers wanting to cut the wings off the Duo to get the camera dolly closer, a replica that was made in the space of days and some amazing flying that never made it into the final cut.

Source: Tom Knauff, the pilot responsible

I heard another version still: it would have been to emulate the original movie with Steve McQueen, where the canopy opened to the right instead of the standard (for the 1-23) left...