Studio Backlot...
Dec 4, 2019 18:59:56 #
Good day UHHers…
For those of you who may not be familiar with the term, a "Backlot" is an area constructed to be used for movies and television shows. They are normally not so big and maybe have a few buildings or set. "Gilligan's Island", for example, was filmed on a backlot in Los Angeles (and interesting trivia, in occasional shots, you can get a glimpse of the LA Freeway in the background, and filming often had to stop because of vehicle noise and horns blowing). Anyway, here in China there is a small city (6 million people) of Wuyi (woo-yea) which has seven magnificently large backlots that replicate "old China" very exactly. And when they are not in use, the lots are opened up to the public for exploration. One of the lots contains buildings from the Forbidden City and many TV shows and movies (The Chinese LOVE the dynastic period and many shows revolve around this time period) as well as smaller "village" scenes are commonly filmed in these locations. My wife and I visited here and spent the day looking around and exploring the different buildings. One of the "humorous" things that I saw was a pseudo production set, complete with lights, dolly track, set and an BetaCam that had to be 30 years old. I imagine that the average person wouldn't know the difference, but was funny to me. One of the more famous films made here was the 1987 film "The Last Emperor", and if you look at images from the movie on the internet, you will see the same in the images shown here. A really interesting place to visit, particularly since I teach film, and what made it better is that my wife is like a little, cute encyclopedia when it comes to Chinese history, so she made it that much more interesting. Anyway, hope you enjoy and have an awesome day!
Mark Lent
For those of you who may not be familiar with the term, a "Backlot" is an area constructed to be used for movies and television shows. They are normally not so big and maybe have a few buildings or set. "Gilligan's Island", for example, was filmed on a backlot in Los Angeles (and interesting trivia, in occasional shots, you can get a glimpse of the LA Freeway in the background, and filming often had to stop because of vehicle noise and horns blowing). Anyway, here in China there is a small city (6 million people) of Wuyi (woo-yea) which has seven magnificently large backlots that replicate "old China" very exactly. And when they are not in use, the lots are opened up to the public for exploration. One of the lots contains buildings from the Forbidden City and many TV shows and movies (The Chinese LOVE the dynastic period and many shows revolve around this time period) as well as smaller "village" scenes are commonly filmed in these locations. My wife and I visited here and spent the day looking around and exploring the different buildings. One of the "humorous" things that I saw was a pseudo production set, complete with lights, dolly track, set and an BetaCam that had to be 30 years old. I imagine that the average person wouldn't know the difference, but was funny to me. One of the more famous films made here was the 1987 film "The Last Emperor", and if you look at images from the movie on the internet, you will see the same in the images shown here. A really interesting place to visit, particularly since I teach film, and what made it better is that my wife is like a little, cute encyclopedia when it comes to Chinese history, so she made it that much more interesting. Anyway, hope you enjoy and have an awesome day!
Mark Lent
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Dec 5, 2019 08:16:53 #
Pixeldawg wrote:
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Did the young lady say anything about the mixing of some of the styles?
I've recognized some as being the sets of a few movies from China I caught through You-tube.
Thank you for sharing.
Dec 5, 2019 09:00:52 #
"Young Lady", I am assuming you mean my wife? :-) No. The buildings are identical to the smallest details with the "real" ones.
Dec 5, 2019 09:41:55 #
Pixeldawg wrote:
"Young Lady", I am assuming you mean my wife? :-) No. The buildings are identical to the smallest details with the "real" ones.
At my age, they all are becoming *young* ladies.
Interesting. I thought so. "Artistic licenses" have been taken when producing some of the movies.
I appreciate your come-back. Can you attach the shots for download? It would help us appreciate the images more. If not, what you send to us is still appreciated.
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Dec 5, 2019 15:21:07 #
Pixeldawg wrote:
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Wow...mark these are incredible Back drops.........what a great presentation you provided. More please if you have any.......very nice and so attractive as well.
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Dec 5, 2019 19:09:32 #
Stephan G wrote:
Can you attach the shots for download? It would help us appreciate the images more. If not, what you send to us is still appreciated.
Thank you for your kind remarks. Since this is how I make my living, I generally do not allow for the downloads here because in the past, and one of the reasons I got away from this site for a while is that an individual took my image here and used it in their advertising on a commercial web site. When I contacted the individual and asked them to stop using the image or to pay my normal fee, they were quite rude and told me that "Since it is on the internet, it's 'fair use' anyway...", which is absolutely NOT true. My images are register copyrighted with the U.S. Government and internationally as well. My lawyer ended up sending them a letter, warning that they would be sued and the user finally relented. I also sent them a bill for $1500 for their previous use, which was never paid, and I turned them over to creditors after a full 6 months. The bottom line is that I enjoy showing my images, discussing photography and looking at other people's work- which I get a great deal of inspiration from. But outside of that, I have to have a certain amount of control over my work. Hope you can understand my reasoning.
Dec 5, 2019 19:55:31 #
Pixeldawg wrote:
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Sadly, with the Internet the attitude that everything is free for the taking permeates deeply. I am sorry about your experience and I appreciate your reasoning.
I appreciate all that you have shared.
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