00:00 - 00:05 | So I knocked on Brian's door, "Hey, Phil, comin. I've got some news" |
00:05 - 00:07 | "Disney just called and they want us!" |
00:07 - 00:10 | I couldn't believe it.. Disney.. The Mouse! |
00:11 - 00:16 | We opened up the brief to see where in the world we be going to make the next greatest Disney installment.. |
00:17 - 00:21 | .. and they wanted to go to China! |
00:21 - 00:24 | China..!! |
00:26 - 00:28 | Wait, there's more.. |
00:29 - 00:31 | ..they want to film animals! |
00:31 - 00:34 | ...Wild ones!! |
00:38 - 00:40 | Not in a zoo, where you can get in, get nice close ups and give them a little cuddle.. but in the wild |
00:41 - 00:47 | Cranes. Monkeys.. Some kinda antelope! |
00:47 - 00:50 | Wild pandas! and.. and snow leopards.. |
00:50 - 00:56 | .. and they wanted the snow leopard |
00:58 - 00:59 | ..to be the main character!! |
00:59 - 01:01 | you should've seen my face. |
01:04 - 01:06 | A 70 minute film, with snow leopards! |
01:06 - 01:08 | I looked at Brian.. |
01:13 - 01:14 | He was on the floor! |
01:14 - 01:16 | He'd fallen off his chair! |
01:16 - 01:20 | We'd just finished filming with Terramater, and now we're off to China! |
01:21 - 01:27 | But we could't say no.. |
01:35 - 01:36 | ..Disney came in with suitcases, filled with dosh, and just dropped it at the door. |
01:36 - 01:39 | So I thought "OK! We can do this!, we have a unique opportunity.. |
01:41 - 01:44 | ..a chance to change the world!..and with Disney on-board, it's a no brainer' |
01:44 - 01:47 | |
01:47 - 01:49 | so we took it on.. |
01:50 - 01:53 | ..only to find out we've got one year to bloody film it! |
01:54 - 01:56 | ..a year! |
01:56 - 01:58 | 5 animals in 4 seasons.. |
01:58 - 02:02 | it was hopeless, we'd need a miracle, a divine intervetion.. |
02:05 - 02:07 | and you know what we got?.. |
02:10 - 02:11 | Disney got us.. |
02:11 - 02:13 | they got us Lu Chuan! |
02:15 - 02:17 | |
02:17 - 02:20 | |
02:21 - 02:28 | |
02:29 - 02:30 | |
02:30 - 02:32 | |
02:36 - 02:39 | |
02:40 - 02:42 | |
02:50 - 02:55 | God, take me back to the BBC.. |
02:56 - 02:58 | 'So you went ahead and made the film?' |
02:58 - 03:03 | Yeah, of course, there was no choice - we got out first shoots out, hired a world-class team.. |
03:03 - 03:05 | ..made a couple dress up as pandas.. |
03:05 - 03:09 | ..got some great footage and found out that China has 2 Septembers!.. |
03:09 - 03:11 | Christ.. 2 Septembers. |
03:17 - 03:18 | So All Good Then? |