Julie Andrews was paid a flat sum of $225,000 for both her appearance in The Sound of Music , and her next film with Fox. Not a huge sum by today's standards, but her value rose dramatically after the phenomenal success of 'Music'. The Julie Andrews Sound of Music Opening Sequence is surely one of the greatest and most memorable beginnings to any movie. It was also one of the most complicated location scenes to shoot. It was shot on a mountain in Bavaria called Mehlweg , near to Salzburg. The weather was poor for several days, keeping Andrews and the crew on the mountain waiting for a break in the clouds. When the time came to film this scene, Julie is singing The Sound of Music with a smile on her face dancing and twirling in the alpine meadow. However, by the end of the shoot her patience was close to running out. " I will never forget it, there was a large helicopter coming towards me through the mountains with a brave cameraman hanging out the side. We shot the scene many times, and at the end of each take, the helicopter would circle round. The downdraught nailed me flat onto the grass, and a couple of times I bit the dust. At first it was funny, but after several times I began to get very angry." Julie Andrews The Julie Andrews sense of humor As well as a musical, The Sound of Music also has some light