ARCHIVED FORUM -- March 2012 to February 2022READ ONLY FORUM
This is the second Archived Forum which was active between 1st March 2012 and 23rd February 2022
No offense, found it on the net, must share.
//Bo.A long list...
soundproof: Finns are great. Hardy, resilient, reliable and fun - as well as crazy. I've been fortunate to have worked with Finns for a number of years, and also to have done projects for some excellent companies (iittala, Amersports Group brands, etc). A very long time ago, as I was starting out making commercials, I was shooting one in the Turku Castle. There were pillars supporting arches there, and the whole place looked impossibly photogenic. We had set up a "crypt" inside this location and were about to film. When I noticed a large dark smudge on one of the pillars. The photographer confirmed it would show up on film, and we couldn't mask it. So I told the set designer to just paint over it with white, which was promptly done. Turku Castle is a national treasure, the oldest building still in use in Finland. As the crew were wrapping up, the custodian noticed that the "smudge" on the pillar had been painted over ... Turns out it was a pillar that had been "touched for luck" over the ages, and that was the reason for the now no longer to be seen smudge. We made the national news as despoilers of the national heritage of Finland.
Finns are great. Hardy, resilient, reliable and fun - as well as crazy. I've been fortunate to have worked with Finns for a number of years, and also to have done projects for some excellent companies (iittala, Amersports Group brands, etc).
A very long time ago, as I was starting out making commercials, I was shooting one in the Turku Castle. There were pillars supporting arches there, and the whole place looked impossibly photogenic. We had set up a "crypt" inside this location and were about to film.
When I noticed a large dark smudge on one of the pillars. The photographer confirmed it would show up on film, and we couldn't mask it. So I told the set designer to just paint over it with white, which was promptly done.
Turku Castle is a national treasure, the oldest building still in use in Finland. As the crew were wrapping up, the custodian noticed that the "smudge" on the pillar had been painted over ...
Turns out it was a pillar that had been "touched for luck" over the ages, and that was the reason for the now no longer to be seen smudge.
We made the national news as despoilers of the national heritage of Finland.
Bad Karma!
Too long to list....