Wake up at 3:30 AM. Pack up equipment and leave motel by 4:30. Arrive at the old city, and set up our cameras, do make up, and be ready to start at 6 when Mathieu showed up.
And everything went perfectly. All that nervousness, all the images of being shut down by police, or people getting angry, it was all for nothing. It was hard work, and everyone was exhausted by the end of the day, but we were ahead of schedule the whole time.
Today was special. Everyone rose to the occasion and gave it their all. Thanks to all the hard work that went into planning the shots last night, we were able to show up, set up, and get right into filming, and be done in what felt like no time. We moved from Place Royale, to the fortifications, to residential streets, to various chase inserts seamlessly.
After we were done, we headed back to the motel to get changed and look quickly over some of what we'd filmed. It was amazing seeing what we'd been doing translated onto the computer screen. It looked cinematic, professional, and above all, special. We felt so proud of what we'd done. Bert hadn't had extensive experience with a glidecam before this trip, and everything he's filmed, especially what he captured today has looked incredible.
We then met up again with Mathieu, following his car on what felt like a wild goose chase through the rest of Quebec City, adding more and more cars to a convoy that ended at his apartment in the suburbs for a brilliant BBQ with new friends, fantastic steaks and pork chops and salads, and a beautiful dog.
We're going to bed feeling on top of the world. It's been a long day, but we're done the chase scene, it looks amazing, and tomorrow morning we get to sleep in.
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