January 4, 2005

• Wrapping up Fiji – Part I

  
  

  Here’s the last of my Fiji Photos – just a mish-mosh of random images on the island. 

  
  

  This was from one of the uninhabited beaches we visited: www.batiluva.com.

  
  

  The photo I took before I settled in this hammock is postcard material and looks like it should be the art for a Corona advertisement.

  
  

  The photos below are from the First Landing Resort’s bathroom (shower floor and wall respectively) where we shot at.  It inspired me to smash up some tile and mosaic one of the bathrooms in my new house.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  This was the beach in front of the First Landing Resort where you’ll see in the film.  It’s where my co-stars and I make our first appearance when we get off a seaplane (which will be computer generated behind us). 

  
  

  So when we were shooting the scene without the plane and just wading knee deep in water holding our luggage, I asked the director, “So, did we just swim here from America with our luggage or something?”

  
  

  And when I was told the seaplane and pilot would be later inserted behind us, I asked, “So then shouldn’t one of us be flipping off the imaginary pilot for not sending us to shore on a dingy?”  Gotta always be thinking about the reality of the scene… even in a SaberTooth Tiger movie.

  
  

  The photo above shows the beach at high tide and the one to the left is of the low tide.  My co-stars, Billy and Amanda, are sitting where all that water was and picking out seashells. 

  
  

  The pictures below were taken at Traveler’s Beach.  A popular hangout for backpackers and known for their great shows at night.  This was a competition between 5 fire twirling guys. 

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  

  
  

  The guy pictured here was really good but I also have video footage of the next four guys accidentally setting themselves on fire, dropping the flaming sticks toward the audience, etc.

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  Check out the crazy roots on this tree.

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  I love this photo of all these kids just hanging out.  The guy in the cap on the right was like the “Godfather” of these guys just snoozing away while the others played around.  It took him forever to wake up for this photo op.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  The photo on the right is of a typical market in Fiji.  I have no idea how they stacked those tomatoes but everyone did it like it was no big deal.  But I just kept thinking, “Geez, everyday they’ve got to stack ‘em up and then take ‘em down.  Stack ‘em up and then take ‘em down.”

  
  

  I had to post one more photo of this kid intently watching our FX guy mixing some more fake blood.  We’ve probably traumatized him for life. 

  
  

  And I would be irresponsible if I didn’t mention that beautiful communities such as these have been drastically altered in SouthEast Asia from the Tsunami 2 weeks ago. 

  
  

  In fact, had the tidal waves gone East of Sumatra instead of West (towards Africa) these Fijian Islands would’ve easily been submerged while we were still there.

  
  

  Start off the year with any size contribution to: www.redcross.org to help pitch in the effort towards getting some sort of normalcy back in these people’s lives.  Stuff like this could happen to any one of us. 

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