"There is a nod to Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise in this
photograph. The iconic girl power movie from 1991 has been a material
prompt for me - especially in terms of using the grandeur of the
American West as a layer of narrative in car stories. The addition of
police cars to this set makes the nod even more emphatic.

"Location
scouting is an integral part of visual storytelling and more often than
not, a possible location we have discovered during desk work, does not
pass the test when we do a site visit. That’s good, as there needs to a
be high bar in what we perceive to be a strong contextual background. We
are greedy operators when it comes to filling the screen.

"The
Trona Pinnacles are remote and that always helps to provide some
privacy in what we do, especially if we film in the early morning in the
off season. I can’t really remember scheduling a shoot in the American
West in the summer months; it just gets more complicated.

"Road
trips are good for team bonding; it gives us time to think and reflect
on what we can do better in the creative process. Being out and about in
the great American West should always be more productive than sitting
behind a desk. I do think I mentally land on some of my better
conceptual ideas when looking out from a car window." - David Yarrow