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Show . If ' :;.V L'- U V vv, v I i 1 1 r 'I : W I ij-- : v. .J j Sill '5?'v 3Lx - r; A " j! ,' ;' y 15; f ' Kandy Dunn, St. George, wipes the fret dry of Cricket, a dog used in the filming of Chevy truck commercials to be released in September or October. Oc-tober. Dunn works for St. George- based Cinema Casting, a motion picture service which provides props and all the help necessary for film crews which come to southern Utah to film. Cinematographer Michael Murphy (left) and assistant cameraman Cal Roberts are working on some interior shots for upcoming Chevrolet truck commercials. With rainy weather outside, film crews moved inside the Brian Head Fire Station to shoot interior footage of the trucks. Chevy truck commercials Filming crew shoots in southern Utah BRIAN HEAD - The commercial arm of Columbia Pictures, EUE-Screen EUE-Screen Gems, was here last week shooting commercials for the new line of Chevrolet trucks. In an exclusive Record interview, Producer Denise Feathers explained ex-plained how the Brian Head area was selected to be used as the setting lor the commercials and the production process. Leaving her home in Los Angeles, she flew to Detroit to attend a preproduction , meeting with the agency contracting con-tracting Screen Gems to shoot the commercials. In Detroit, she met with Chevy's advertising agency representative, Campbell-Ewald's Al Schacherer, to find out what type of shots were wanted for the commercials. com-mercials. He explained Chevy needed, and wanted, a Fred Gee (left) watches director Barry Dukoff make final camera adjustments for a Chevy truck commercial recently shot at Brian Head. The door of the truck is removed and a camera is securely fastened to get shots of the truck's driver and interior as it drives along different roads in the area. dry rugged look, a lake, a forest and a river for their new commercials. The question then was where to shoot to find the necessary look, and the film boards of Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, Montana, Washington and Colorado were contacted, and the decision was made. "We selected Utah because it had the best in terms of typography and easy access for us, so we decided to come here," commented Feathers. The 30-member company began shooting in the St. George area with a day and a half of shooting in Snow Canyon. Feathers said they went to Zion National Park to find a rugged forest, but "there weren't any trees, at least not like what we wanted." She said she was worried at first, but thanks to the cooperation between St. Geroge and Cedar City, a site was found which was perfect. She said that Royce Jones, St. George, contacted con-tacted Garth Jones, Cedar City Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, and that by communicating needs and working closely together, a place was found. The lake to be used is Navajo Lake, the rugged forest is near Brian Head and Cedar Breaks National Monument. The only thing they couldn't find is a "good, clean river." After rejecting a few choices, they decided to shoot the river sequence at Currant Creek near Heber City. The filming crew spent six days in Utah filming different shots to be used in four Chevy truck commercials, one 60 second .and three 30 second commercials. Schacherer said that while they were here they would also be shooting some "extra footage" to use in future commercials. com-mercials. The entire filming crew came from the Los Angeles area with the exception of three people from Cinema Casting, a motio picture services company based in St. Geroge. According to Feathers, everyone who has helped her ' group shoot the commercials has been very helpful. She said that "Cinema Casting has helped every step of the way providing props and everything we need." She also thanked the many people including caterers, hotels and many more for their cooperation. The commercials will be released in the fall, probably around September Sep-tember or October she said. |