Filming location
A filming location is a place where some or all of a
Types of locations
There are two main types of locations:
- Location shooting, the practice of filming in an actual setting
- Studio shoots, on either a sound stage or back lot
History
Video cameras originally designed for television broadcast were large and heavy, mounted on special pedestals and wired to remote recorders in separate rooms. As technology improved, out-of-studio video recording was possible with compact video cameras and portable video recorders; a detachable recording unit could be carried to a shooting location. Although the camera itself was compact, the need for a separate recorder made on-location shooting a two-person job.[2]
Substitute locations
It is common for films or television series to be set in one place, but filmed in another, usually for reasons of economy or convenience, but sometimes because the substitute location looks more historically appropriate.
Some substitute filming locations, and the corresponding film setting, include:
- Almería, Spain - Southwest US (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as numerous other Spaghetti Westerns)
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- Hawaii - West Africa (Tears of the Sun), Brazilian Amazon (The Rundown)
- Doctor Zhivago)
- Malta - Ancient Sparta (Troy); Ancient Rome (Gladiator); Rome, Beirut, Cyprus, Tel Aviv, Athens (Munich); Sweethaven (Popeye)
- Matera, Italy - Jerusalem in (The Passion of the Christ), (Mary Magdalene) and several Jesus-time movies
- , 60's Western movies
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- St Pancras Hotel, London - Arkham Asylum, Gotham City (Batman Begins); Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire (The Secret Garden)
- Various locations around Thailand have been used for many films depicting the Vietnam War era, including The Deer Hunter, The Killing Fields, Casualties of War, Air America and Operation Dumbo Drop.
- Woodstock, Illinois - Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Groundhog Day)
Image gallery
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The house used in the 1985 teen film Weird Science as well as the 2001 films Not Another Teen Movie and Donnie Darko.
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The house used in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The house was also used in the 2001 film Not Another Teen Movie and the 2002 film Red Dragon.
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The house used in the 1999 film American Pie.
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The house used in the 2001 film Donnie Darko.
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Mount Carmel High School, the school was demolished at the end of Rock 'n' Roll High School.
See also
References
- ^ "What is a filming location?". Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Separate camera and recorder; First VHS-C camcorder". 2007-09-14. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2020-11-02.