Author Topic: TV advert on Skye! (Read 3833 times)

fiestyredhead331 · « **on:** June 17, 2015, 09:38:17 am »

calling all Skye crofters!
Anyone else involved in the filming of a TV advert next week?
Sounds fun if not a little weird, involves sheep, goats are Sir Ian McKellen!

Creagan · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2015, 10:48:28 am »

Not involved myself, but I did see that someone was looking for a photogenic goat suitable for filming!

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2015, 02:52:29 pm »

All goats are photogenic

Hamish Crofter · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2015, 01:38:09 pm »

This is being filmed just down the road from us. They have been there a few days. I'm not sure what the foreign tourists are making of it as between takes all the crew and cast go off set and leave a flock of sheep grazing and they all have large boxes with hotel advertisements strapped on top of their backs. It looks very funny.

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2015, 03:13:22 pm »

we've been getting some very strange looks, we wrapped yesterday at 6pm after going over schedule for a day.
i'm trying to get the pics off my camera and then you can see up close about the boxes or as they art dept called them...costumes...

there were 2 flocks, one lot in the fank and a flock of supposedly 'tame' sheep doing other things on the hillside
It was good fun but a loooooong day 8am unit meeting then up on the hill til 10.30pm on Friday night and back again at 8am Saturday!
They wanted my black Shetland Oprah to run in a reasonably straight line from point A - B but the director wanted to know how they could 'motivate' her to do what they wanted!! Leave it to me I said.....bucket of feed and me at point B

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2015, 06:15:32 pm »

a couple of pics from yesterday :-)

Hamish Crofter · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2015, 06:54:21 pm »

Yes.....having been in the film industry many years ago I recall the long days and downsides of an industry that people assume is glamorous. I now give a wry smile and a very wide berth to the many requests we have on Skye for film extras.......I think many of the locals on Skye know exactly what I mean.

Bionic · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2015, 07:57:23 pm »

The sheep don't look overly impressed

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2015, 08:06:28 pm »

the novelty had worn off by day 2 as had some of the paint etc

my goat Skye just wanted to eat her costume!

fiestyredhead331 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2015, 04:43:08 pm »

the ad has now been televised, caught it on STV/ITV on Christmas Day, seems to be on afternoon/evening so keep an eye out for it, its Kayak and you can't miss the sheep if you're in any doubt

for anyone not caught it yet I have included a link here for the production company
http://lsproductions.com/about/our-work/case-studies/kayak