Jan 15, 2009 19:26
It was an exciting day at the lab today. We're in the Axon building at uni, and our lab (on the third floor) looks out over the alley in between Axon and Hawken. As usual, I went in through the door that doesn't face Hawken. I walked in to the lab, and the people who were already there asked me if I'd seen the people filming.
Until about 3pm, a scene from the upcoming K-9 series was being shot outside and under our window. Depending on where they were shooting and what was going on, sometimes we could see it well, and sometimes not at all. We heard them when they yelled, though. And they repeated the same thing over and over again. I only noticed three distinct scenes all day. There was the "get your hands off me!" one in the morning, then the one around the corner with the dog (we could use the door facing Hawken during that, and a bunch of people from our building were standing out there watching and talking to someone involved in it for a little bit), then the "no!" one, which they repeated many many times and filmed from at least two directions. Apparently they were there from 7am. I think the lady said it would total two and a half minutes of screen time.
It was heaps of fun, really. Every now and then we'd hear a crash, or a "no!" or "action!", and between bits and pieces of my work I went and peeked out the window.
These are the same people who borrowed all the good-looking robots from our lab. Perhaps they'll be back sometime (the lady said they wouldn't finish filming until April).