df564 THIS DAY IN LED ZEPPELIN
sd 23rd December 2011
loc Stuff Studios, Los Angeles
pc Dickfilms
dir Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Canon XF300 HD
art Art D. Wrecktor
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt “And if I say to you tomorrow…”
df563 THIS DAY IN BOB DYLAN
sd 19th December 2011
loc Stuff Studios, Los Angeles
pc Dickfilms
dir Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Canon XF300 HD
art Art D. Wrecktor
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt The Gibson acoustic last appeared in df 525.
df562 PEPSI – Music / Ali Zafar
sd 29th, 30th November 2011
cast Ali Zafar, Mathira, Mad Sally
loc KL Live, Jalan Suldan Ismeil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
pc Applebox Asia
dir Nigel Dick
ep Mr. Khoo
ad/ep Farah Fatah
pro Josephine Ong
dp Chin Chen Fong
cd Leon Choy
cs 35mm
ed Ann Foenander
tc Alan Mittlestead
pfx Peter Reil (Basecamp VFX – Kuala Lumpur)
dirt Ali Zafar’s greatest musical influences? Floyd, Zepp, Queen
df561 JOURNEY TO A DREAM – Garmin Cervelo Team Presentation
sd 12th – 17th November 2011
cast Alex Howes, Peter Stetina & Jonathan Vaughters with Tyler Farrar, Ryder Hesjedal, David Millar, Ramunas Navardauskas, Johan Van Summeren, Christian Vande Velde
loc Various, Boulder, Colorado
pc Dickfilms
dir / pro Nigel Dick
cs Canon XF300HD / 30p
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt Ryder probably hates me now…I made him chat to me for 30 minutes and didn’t use the footage.
df560 THIS DAY IN PINK FLOYD – App
sd 23rd October 2011
loc Stuff Studios, LA
pc Dickfilms
dir / pro Nigel Dick
cs Canon XF300HD
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt My proudest achievement – I’m an incorrect answer to one of the trivia questions.
df559 THE TALKING DOCTOR – id’s
sd 22nd October 2011
loc Stuff Studios, LA
pc Dickfilms
dir Nigel Dick
pro Lennie Appelquist
cs Canon XF300HD
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt Note to self. Don’t agree to shoot dialogue in a hotel next to a runway.
df558 DAVID PAICH – Africa (U.N. Edit)
sd 15th September 2011
loc Stuff Studios, LA
pc Dickfilms
dir Nigel Dick
cs Canon 7D (25)
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt What they said when it was screened at the U.N.: “people were standing up, I’m talking Presidents of over 40 countries were going nuts!”
df557 HUES CORPORATION – Rock The Boat Medley
sd 3rd September 2011
loc Marriott Hotel LAX
pc Dickfilms
dir Nigel Dick
dp Nate Anderson
camb D. P. Quickly
cs Canon 7D (30), Contour HD, Pansonic HVX 200
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt Their big closing number is not, as you’d imagine, “Rock The Boat” but “Love Train” originally performed by the artists I worked with on df. 294.
df556 LEANN RIMES – Give
sd 17th, 18th August 2011
cast Alyssa, Antonio, Cat, Chandell (Mickey), Crystal, Dexter (Twin), Don, Jamal, Joloni, Keith, Miguel (Shaggy), Patricia, TB, Tonii & many more…
loc West Addison & area, Chicago, Illinois
pc DNA Films LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Paul Bock
ad Michael Phillips
dp Greg Ephraim
camb D. P. Quickly
cs Canon 7D (23.97)
ed Stefanie Visser
tc Mark @ Sunset Edit
mv 335
dirt A big thank-you to the homeless kids of Chicago for their honesty and their time.
df555 LEANN RIMES – Live Concert (Good Hearted Woman / Bottle Let Me Down)
sd 15th August 2011
loc Joe’s Bar, Weed Street, Chicago, Illinois
pc DNA Films LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Paul Bock
dp Greg Ephraim
cops Nathan Anderson, Greg Ephraim, Jeremy Jackson, D. P. Quickly, Marcin Szalkowski, Ashlee Wells
cs Canon 5D, 7D, GoPro, Contour HD, Panasonic HVX 200a (23.97)
ed Eddi Ackit
tc Shane Reed, Company 3
mv 333, 334
dirt I’d pay good money to hear LeAnn cover some Etta James tunes.
df554 TARGET – Happy Birthday Tony
sd 1st, 3rd August 2011
loc Cine Magic Stage, Elizabeth St, NYC; Red Studios, Cahuenga Blvd., LA
cast Jackie Evancho, Josh Groban, Alejandro Sanz, Carrie Underwood.
agc John Lick, Gary Tassone (Target)
pc DNA Films, LA,
dir Nigel Dick
pro Heather Heller
dp Russ Swanson
cs Red Epic
ad Ken Stapleton (NYC), Matt Smith (LA)
art Clayton Keiber (NYC), Phillip Duffin (LA)
ss Andrea Fontaine (NYC), Edye Rice (LA)
ms Rick Meyer @ Rumble Music Minneapolis
ed Brian Slater @ Fisher Edit
dirt Hard to grasp how universal the Happy Birthday tune really is. However the Spanish version is quite a mouthful.
df553 JENNY CRAIG – Carrie Fisher Live Weigh, Disappear, Door Knocking
sd 28th July 2011
loc Royal Alexandra Theatre, King St. West, Toronto; Pie In The Sky Studio, Donlands Ave., Toronto, Canada
agc Ray Connolly, Chris Toffioli @ Y&R
cast Carrie Fisher, Gwenlyn Cumin
pc DNA Films, LA,
lpc Luper Films, Toronto
dir Nigel Dick
pro Lewis Weinstein
agp Laura Keseric
pm Ken Caines
dp Marc Laliberte Else
cs Canon 7D
ad Jeff Cowan
art Michael (Spike) Parks
fs Joan Tsooulias
st Mindy Saad
mu Tracey Peart
hr Chris Ibbetson
ss Gwen Wellman
ed Tad Fatum @ Cut & Run, Los Angeles
dirt A very confusing day. Just when you think you’ve seen it all…We had two ladies on set called Gwen.
df552 TOTO – Live Concert
sd 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th July 2011
loc Straubing (Jazz an der Donau) Germany; Ulm (Kloster), Germany; Zurich (Live @ Sunset), Switzerland; Castello di Scaligero, Villafranca di Verona, Italy
pc DNA Films LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Steve Tobenkin
cops Tim van der Voort, Merlijn Dielemans, Peter D Greeneveld, Kees Patijn, D. P. Quickly, Bart van Rijn, Harriet Sheard, Menno Teunissen, Steve Tobenkin, Nick Wheeler, Justin Wysong.
cs Sony HDC 1500, Canon 7D, GoPro, Contour HD
ed Nigel Dick
dirt Calling the shots on this show was the fastest 2 hours of my life.
df551 KIM KARDASHIAN – True Reflection
sd 9th July 2011
loc Oakland Street, Pasadena, CA.
lpc Maze Productions
dir Nigel Dick
pro Fuliane Petikyan
pm Joshua Martinez
dp Omer Ganai
ad Lennie Appelquit
st Eric Berg
mu Mario
art Liz Kay
cs Arri Alexa
pfx Arsenal FX
dirt We decided the look should be somewhere around 1958, but when I saw that gorgeous ’60 Corvette I put that plan in the trash.
df550 THE BRILLIANT THINGS – Something To Say
sd 17th June 2011
loc Film Base, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
lpc Speers Film, Dublin
dir Nigel Dick
pro Ned O’Hanlon
pm Dara McClatchie
dp Ciaran Tanham
ad Sandra Corbally
lm Maria O’Connor
mu Love Hawkridge
art Daragh Lewis
cs Canon 7D
ed Eddi Ackit
mv 332
dirt How many female bass players do I have on my reel? One now.
df549 CHEAP TRICK / PLEAD THE FIFTH – Live Concert
sd 15th June 2011
loc Olympia Theater, Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland
dir Nigel Dick
pro Ned O’Hanlon
cop Ciaran Tanham, Tom Speers, D.P. Quickly, Richard Doyle and…
cs Canon 7D, Canon 5D
dirt It’s been 309 dickfilms since I last shot Cheap Trick.
df548 TOTO – Tour EPK
sd 24th-27th May 2011
loc Power Plant, Hinds Ave., North Hollywood, CA
dir Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic DVX200, Canon 7D, GoPro, Contour HD.
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt They played live versions of both df179 & df 180.
df547 CARL VERHEYEN – Dean Markley Strings
sd 13th May 2011
loc Stuff Studios, Los Angeles, CA
dir Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic DVX200, Canon 7D
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt My neighbors were most impressed by Carl’s noodlings – and thought it was me playing guitar. As if.
df546 DAVID COOK – The Last Goodbye
sd 5th, 6th May 2011
loc Harvard House Motel, Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles / Sycamore Cove, Malibu, CA
pc Bikini Films
dir Nigel Dick
pro Jeremy Sullivan
ad K.C. Grim
dp Jessica Young
cs Canon D5, Canon D7
art Michelle Daniels
st Brandy St. John
mu-hr Courtney Herrera / Tara Loren
ed Eddi Ackit
tc Cory Berendzen @ New Hat
mv 331
dirt DC’s plunge into the waves was entirely voluntary.
df545 YEAR OFF – Part 2
sd 2nd May 2011
loc Woodland HIlls, CA
cast (incl) Haddon Cord, Carl Verheyen, Dave Marotta, Walfredo Reyes Jr.
dir Nigel Dick
pro Cord Pereira
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic DVX200, Canon 7D
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt Shot in the cleanest rehearsal space I’ve ever seen.
df544 WONDERLAND – Starlight
sd 13th, 14th, 15th April 2011
loc Salton Sea, Brawley, Glamis, CA
pc Bikini Films / DNA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Josh Martinez
dp Adam Santelli
bcop D.P. Quickly, Phil Barnes
cs Canon D5, Canon D7
art Michelle Daniels
st Michelle Featherstone
mu-hr Kerry Herta
ed Eddi Ackit, Warren Meneeley
tc Martin Southworth @ Nice Biscuits (London)
mv 330
dirt We used some of the same locations as df.166.
df543 LOUIS ARMSTRONG – Boxed Set
sd 21st March 2011
loc Louis Armstrong House, 34-56 107th Street, Corona, NY
dir / pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt In which I learned that ‘Satchmo’ got his nickname from a British music journalist who used to write for Melody Maker.
df542 THE WANTED – Gold Forever
sd 1st March 2011
loc 33 Portland Place, London W1
pc Bikini Films
dir Nigel Dick
pro Malachy McAnenny
dp Jake Polonski
ad Rawdon de Fresnes
sc Gerry Vasbenter
cs Arri Alexa
art Sam Tidman
ch Beth Honan
ed Clayton Coop
tc Matt Turner @ Rushes
mv 329
dirt Shot in the location where Geoffrey Rush taught Colin Firth to stop stuttering in The King’s Speech. It was previously owned by the Sierra Leone government and then purchased by the infamous “Fast Eddie” Davenport.
df541 CLIVE GREGSON – Bittersweet
sd 17th January 2011
loc Ready Mix Music, Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA
cast (Clive’s band) Mark Griffiths, Andy Murray, Chris Parks, Andy Roberts
dir Nigel Dick
ep Andy Murray
pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Canon 7D
ed Eddi Ackit
mv 328
dirt CG sings in the room in which Jackson Browne wrote ‘The Pretender.’
df540 3 BOXES – Wranglin’
sd 13th-14th January 2011
loc Capra Road & Placerita Cyn Road, Santa Clarita, CA and Longview Rd, Pearblossom CA
cast Nicole Woodard (Spirit of the Desert)
dir Nigel Dick
ep Andy Murray
pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Canon 7D, Panasonic DVX200,
ed Eddi Ackit
mv 327
dirt In which the sidemen of such bands as Pink Floyd, The Scaffold, Richard Thompson, Nanci Griffith, The Shadows, Hank Wangford & The Liverpool Scene get to strut their stuff in the high desert.