Man gets stuck in airport overnight, makes spectacular music video
Celine Dion proves the perfect soundtrack to an abandoned boarding gate
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.When hit with flight delays, most of us tend to just idly wander around the departure lounge staring blearily at oversized bars of Toblerone and deciding whether to blow the last of our trip money on a U-shaped neck pillow that will in no way improve the chances of sleeping on the plane.
Scroll down for the music video
But not Richard Dunn, when stuck overnight in Las Vegas' McCarran Airport he busied himself making a music video for Celine Dion's "All By Myself", complete with improvised dolly tracking shot and bottom of the escalator 'fall to knees' for the crescendo.
Dunn admitted to having actually had a 'quite fun' time (the first recorded instance of this in an airport), getting behind the Delta check-in desks, crooning in those massage chairs no-one actually uses and utilising the inherently cinematic horizontal escalators.
Explaining how he filmed himself despite being all alone in the airport, he wrote on his Vimeo page:
"I had a person behind a ticket counter give me a roll of luggage tape before she left. I then used a wheel chair that had a tall pole on the back of it and taped my iPhone to that. Then I would put it on the moving walkway for a dolly shot.
"I also used the extended handle on my computer bag and taped the iPhone to my handle. I would tuck different stuff under the bag to get the right angle.
"For the escalator shot I had to sprint up the steps after I got my shot so the computer bag didn’t hit the top and fall back down. Quite fun!"
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments