I stumbled across this film shoot a couple of weeks ago, which I think might have been for a television commercial. It was shot behind the Australian Steamship Navigation Company building at The Rocks, that I featured yesterday. The usually quiet Circular Quay West was transformed into a busy city street involving a number of cars and people, with a fake street light, bench, payphone and zebra pedestrian crossing markings. The set up must have taken a really long time and I saw the performers waiting around for quite a while. The cameras only rolled for about two minutes and then everybody scattered. I took these photos from Elevated Road which connects to the Overseas Passenger Terminal.
That is very cool! I've seen shoots before. Lots of sitting around and not a whole lot of "lights, camera, action"
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of "The Killing of Angel Street" which I saw once on tv in the UK many, many years ago. I have tried and failed to get a DVD copy for my daughter who now lives in Sydney but it seems unobtainable. I wonder, with your knowledge of Sydney and possible connections, can you help? Best wishes, Marie.
ReplyDeletewe've stumbled on film or TV shoots several times in our travels. We always gawk -- and we're always amazed at how long it takes to get ready for a short few minutes of "action."
ReplyDeletePretty cool! I love watching all the setting up and things that are involved into filming.
ReplyDeleteelegancemaison, I'm not familiar with that movie. It's very hard to get some movies on DVD, especially the obscure or less popular ones. There are fewer and fewer music and DVD shops these days too because so many people download stuff these days. I can only suggest that you try purchasing a copy from the internet or trying a DVD kiosk that will help you search for a movie and download it onto a disk.
ReplyDeleteSurreal - inviting to take more than two looks, to see whether the people are real.
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Then you should have got a job as an extra, at least.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Saw one in Hyde Park that turned out to be for Coke, totally different when finished to what I saw.
ReplyDeleteThe shot was part of a course I did. We were trying emulate a series of shots by someone famous, might be Max Dupain but I can't find a link to the particular photos.
Ann, yes, I know the Diet Coke you're talking about in Hyde Park. It's interesting to see the difference on screen. I saw them filming a scene for the BlackJack telemovies in an laneway near my work and it looked so different when I saw it on television.
ReplyDeleteHow cool! I want to stumble upon a shoot too. Do you know if this was a movie shoot?
ReplyDeletethat's so cool, you've seen anyone known or familiar?
ReplyDeleteThe main part of filming is waiting. Great shots.
ReplyDeleteLindz, I didn't see anyone familiar there. The cameras seemed to focus on the blonde girl at the front and the boy holding the two drinks.
ReplyDeleteEwok1993, when the action started, the girl was dancing and trying to attract the attention of the boy. That's why I thought it was most likely a television commercial.
It's fun to watch film shoots. I have seen them now and then around the Los Angeles area and a few other places. But...the "action" is rather slow moving, though.
ReplyDeleteIt reminded me of a similar experience I had in Vancouver years ago. Only the shot was to be of someone throwing himself off the station roof!
ReplyDeleteI love this area. I always stop to look when I stumble upon film shoots, but so little usually happens :). Nice photos Jim.
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ReplyDeletecool shots! i stumbled on a shooting of a TV ad a couple of times and it was boring.:p i prefer to watch the "finished" product.:p
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Love the shot on the left - the stonework shows up nicely in all those stage lights.
ReplyDeleteWow, that must have been very interesting and doesn't happen every day !
ReplyDeleteAlways exciting to come across something like this.... you will be looking out for the ad on TV!
ReplyDeleteThat would have been fun to watch. Bill would have been excited as he makes videos himself.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting and neat to watch the filming. Great captures!
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool!
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i so loved sydney when we were there in december 2009, what a great city, it has everything.
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