Hollywood Megamercial

[Saharanturtle]

Starting around 5 minutes, is that a whole empty city set? Wtf? they actually build little city sets like this to film in? I thought for big studio films they just get a random city to close down a street for them to shoot any outdoor scenes?

 

[Pookie]

Starting around 5 minutes, you actually get a lot of CGI and post FX.

Never believe what you see....

 

[Jawa Ex Machina]

I thought they were using the Universal back lot or something...

 

[Terry_Lasater]

I thought they were using the Universal back lot or something...

I concur.

 

[Postmaster]

Woah!

Tell me about laying some rubber.

And yeah, definitely the Universal back lot.

Frank

 

[Saharanturtle]

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/74183


This is what I was talking about^^^ It's fake buildings but it's still pretty damn awesome that they actually have that whole set built so they can shoot outdoor scenes there instead of actually shooting in NYC. Very cool

 

[Tony B]

Went to Universal last year.
Really neat seeing a lot of the same things I saw while there.

 

[Batutta]

There are several backlots in Hollywood, and I can always tell when they are used. This one in particular I fist noticed in Back to the Future, which I remembered from Gremlins a year earlier--

 

[Jawa Ex Machina]

Yeah the Gremlins / Back to the Future square is a classic.

I'm surprised no one's making miniatures of THAT to sell to geeks.

 

[ilauzirika]

Yeah, last year i visited Universal studios and I went on the tram tour 3 or 4 times hahaha I love how nice the building in the europe zone look. Last year they were filming something in the giant bluescreen, something that look like medieval, but I still don't know which film it was.....

 

[Gary Huff]

Your Highness?

 

[ilauzirika]

Your Highness?

Don't know, maybe if you have a look at the photos...

 

[Erik Olson]

WTF is all that about? It's like a $3M viral spot. All Universal Studios as was said. The new NYC and surrounding post-fire standing sets are really beautiful.

 

[Postmaster]

I think they sell shoes.

 

[Saharanturtle]

Edited the first post. I knew it was a set, I just didn't know they built sets this big, I thought for city shots they just shot in real city's where the studio gets the city to close a street or a city block for them to shoot