I worked as a location scout/manager for Original Films out of LA on a commercial for Dunkin’ Donuts titled “Chairlift”. The spot starred 2006 Olympic snowboard silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis directed by Rob Cohen (Stealth, The Fast and the Furious). 2nd unit director of photography was Chris Patterson (Warren Miller Films). It was an action packed day and with the cooperation of the Snowmass/Aspen Skiing Corporation we rigged two 35mm Arriflex cameras 60 feet above the slope. Running on wires between the lift stanchions, parallel to high-speed quad chairlift cables, the cameras traveled alongside Lindsey and an actor as they rode the chair. Between takes on the chair lift the second photography unit worked with Lindsey, and her stand-in-double, riding her own stunts before the camera.
