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After founding Otherworld,
Travis rarely took outside work, but in 1991, Bo Svenson asked Travis to
do a breakdown, schedule and budget for his action adventure Winter War
epic to be shot on location in Finland and Russia! “Bo's knowledge
of his subject was impressive, and we share a meticulous attention to detail.
The Otherworld library had pictures of the actual Soviet armored vehicles
and planes that took part in the campaign, but were there any left and
if so, where? Were they operable or would they all have to be recreated
for the film? Bo chased the money, action props and locations while
I chased the figures until we were both confident in the multi-million
dollar budget and 18 month shooting schedule. |
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Travis, Peter Anderson and
Britt Lomond go over the figures for “MORNINGSTONE” at Otherworld
Cottage. Travis had consulted with Line Producer Britt Lomond and
Director of Photography Peter Anderson before he launched Otherworld Entertainment
Corporation in 1988. Now, back from his first UK recce, Travis had
complete locations and facilities reports for the production and the schedule
and budget had to conform to the new reality. The then $20 million
musical was a genuine bargain and went straight to the top of the Otherworld
Entertainment property list! If the movie was only moderately successful,
the income from the music could bring in enough money to fund the other
projects Travis had in development. |
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In 1994, when Britt Lomond's
Lisada Ltd. Productions had to suddenly deliver breakdowns, schedules and
budgets for three multi-million dollar pictures; a contemporary terrorist
thriller, a WWII adventure based on a historic submarine attack on British
Home Fleet HQ and the biography of the man who designed German warplanes
in WWI, Britt turned to Travis. “It was a thrill to help Britt prep
his projects,” Travis says. “He'd been helping me prep mine for ten
years! Our previous history enabled us to work swiftly and accurately,
with each checking the other. It takes a certain mindset to deal
with big, period, special effects productions, but he'd trained me well.” |
