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A filming location is a place where some or all of a film or Television show, television series is produced, instead of or in addition to using Set (film and TV scenery), sets constructed on a movie studio backlot or soundstage. In filmmaking, a location is any place where a film crew will be filming actors ''and'' recording their dialog. A location where dialog is not recorded may be considered a second unit photography site. Filmmakers often choose to shoot on location because they believe that greater Realism (arts), realism can be achieved in a "real" place; however, location shooting is often motivated by the film's budget. Many films shoot interior scenes on a sound stage and exterior scenes on location.
File:Weird Science house north view.JPG, The house used in the 1985 teen film ''Weird Science (film), Weird Science'' as well as the 2001 films ''Not Another Teen Movie'' and ''Donnie Darko.''
File:Ferris Bueller house northeast view.JPG, 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 (2002 film), Red Dragon''.
File:American Pie house west view.JPG, The house used in the 1999 film ''American Pie (film), American Pie.''
File:Donnie Darko house northwest view.JPG, The house used in the 2001 film ''Donnie Darko''.
File:Mount Carmel High School (Los Angeles) pic.JPG, Mount Carmel High School (Los Angeles), Mount Carmel High School, the school was demolished at the end of ''Rock 'n' Roll High School''.
File:ChaplinIdleClassThenAndNow.jpg, Charlie Chaplin in the 1921 film The Idle Class, filmed on location at Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California, Beverly Hills, California and the same location today.
A filming location is a place where some or all of a film or Television show, television series is produced, instead of or in addition to using Set (film and TV scenery), sets constructed on a movie studio backlot or soundstage. In filmmaking, a location is any place where a film crew will be filming actors ''and'' recording their dialog. A location where dialog is not recorded may be considered a second unit photography site. Filmmakers often choose to shoot on location because they believe that greater Realism (arts), realism can be achieved in a "real" place; however, location shooting is often motivated by the film's budget. Many films shoot interior scenes on a sound stage and exterior scenes on location.
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 backlot, 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.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 (province), Almería, Spain - Southwest US (''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', as well as numerous other Spaghetti Westerns) * Cadiz, Spain - Havana, Cuba (''Die Another Day'') * Hawaii - West Africa (''Tears of the Sun''), Brazilian Amazon River, Amazon (''The Rundown'') * Madrid, Soria, Spain - Moscow, Russia (''Doctor Zhivago (1965 film), Doctor Zhivago'') * Malta - Ancient Sparta (''Troy (film), Troy''); Ancient Rome (''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator''); Rome, Beirut, Cyprus, Tel Aviv, Athens (''Munich (2005 film), Munich''); Sweethaven (''Popeye (film), Popeye'') * Matera, Italy - Jerusalem in (''The Passion of the Christ''), (Mary Magdalene (2018 film), Mary Magdalene) and several Jesus-time movies * Gran Sasso, Italy - Ladyhawke (film), Ladyhawke, Red Sonja, 60's Western movies * Prague, Czech Republic - Medieval England (''A Knight's Tale''), Renaissance Italy (''Borgia (TV series), Borgia''); 18th Century Vienna (''Amadeus (film), Amadeus''); 18th Century France (''The Affair of the Necklace''); 19th Century England (''From Hell (film), From Hell'', ''Shanghai Knights''); 19th Century Vienna (''Wiener Mädeln'', ''The Illusionist (2006 film), The Illusionist''); WWII-era Dresden (''Slaughterhouse-Five (film), Slaughterhouse-Five'') * St Pancras, London, St Pancras Hotel, London - Arkham Asylum, Gotham City (''Batman Begins''); Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire (''The Secret Garden (1993 film), The Secret Garden'') * Thailand - List of films that use Thailand as a location, Various locations around Thailand have been used for many films depicting the Vietnam War era, including ''The Deer Hunter'', ''The Killing Fields (film), The Killing Fields'', ''Casualties of War'', ''Air America (film), Air America'' and ''Operation Dumbo Drop''. * Woodstock, Illinois - Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day'')Image gallery
See also
*Location shooting *Location manager *Location scouting *Location library *FilmmakingReferences
External links
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