Once again, I feel cheated as my '14 Days with Larry' has officically been reduced to 11 days. Given our good fortune with the weather, we were able to complete the shoot without any 'weather days'. The good news is that we are all able to return home to our families early and for me this means celebrating Ella's birthday a day late rather than four days late.
Our last day at Jack's Point in Queenstown went very smoothly. There were brief interruptions from planes dropping human cargo (sky divers) and occasional screams from falling passengers, but all in all our day was largely uninterrupted. The 'Rapp' party commenced early Tuesday evening and ended late on Wednesday morning. The Kiwis were tremendous hosts and are clearly gifted at celebrating life to its fullest. No doubt, the 36hr trek home will be more difficult for some than others.
We leave New Zealand with a greater appreciation of the land, people and culture of the Kiwis as well as a few new phrases to enhance our vocabulary at home. Expect me to throw these out in future meetings:
"full-on" = over the top
"sweet as" = absolutely, that's cool, I agree
"rippa" = great (e.g. that was a 'rippa' of an idea)
"slapper" = women with loose morals (maybe not this one)
"how ya going" = how are you doing?
"heaps" = lots (but they use it all the time)
- I've got a bunch more in my notebook...
Special thanks to Ken Arlidge, Arrow productions, Robber's Dog film company and especially Peter, Dave, JC and Sarissa at Ogilvy and Paula, Carol, Alison and Mike for their efforts in bringing us this far. We look forward to seeing what becomes of our '11 days with Larry' and hope they will result in a brilliant and immensley effective new campaign.
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