LAist: Synchronicity with "The Shield"

tomdog

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:15:03 -0800

I love the Shield, easily one of the best shows on TV the last couple years. So lucky for you to come across a shoot, possibly the only thing other than missing my friends in LA is the ability to see film shots.

Jen

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:23:02 -0800

Any time I've worked on sets in LA, the movies have been about suicidal sub-cultural American revolutionaries, or rabid pirates humping and chopping each other's legs off, or people taking a shit on the floor. So as you can imagine, the rules are different, if there are rules at all. I am actually more curious about how things work in the "normal" scheme of things. So thanks for the advice!

Plague

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:46:08 -0800

I live right there. You kids GET OFF MY LAAAAAAAAAAAAWN!

Doug

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:38:07 -0800

I must advise you: Don't watch the filming! Even though it's allowed - it must be - and it seems interesting in theory, because, hey, we like TV (or movies, or media stuff in general), you will soon find the mind-numbingly dull process of actually shooting the footage... over and over... puts you at risk of not liking it. Was Dorothy really happier to see what the Wizard really was? Of course not. As I alluded in a recent post on my site about some filming I encountered down in Long Beach (for the movie Spring Breakdown, nothing takes the luster off seeing a movie being made more than seeing a movie being made. Our love of entertainment springs largely from our illusion of its glamour; don't ruin it by throwing reality into the mix. My suggestion: You're already on the couch. Just watch the nicely edited final result. The remote is right next to you. Leave the sycophantic antics to the tourists. That's what they're here for. (I should admit I am a native Angelino; perhaps I am overly jaded about such things.)

LA City Nerd

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:38:39 -0800

Jen/Kitty- the Streets are yours for the gawking. You can't disrupt the film shoot, but you can stand at the edge of their permitted area and watch, as long as you're not blocking the sidewalk or "loitering" (which means an adjacent property owner or occupant has asked you to leave and you refuse). I say, go enjoy your streets and the "production value" added by living in LA.