Another feature film and an automobile commercial also are set to record footage there during the eclipse. An exception was the 1961 religious movie Barabbas, which used actual footage from a solar eclipse in a climactic scene depicting Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Case plans to aim one camera skyward to film the eclipse and keep another focused on the reaction of three actors watching it unfold, he said. Several producers of TV commercials have requested permission to shoot in Oregon and Wyoming during the eclipse, local officials said. In Oregon, authorities granted permits weeks ago for a handful of projects to film on Monday, the executive director of Oregon Film, Tim Williams, said.

Source: CBC News August 18, 2017 15:01 UTC