First they went by Eastern State Penitentiary and found the TF2 production crew preparing Cell Block 7 for filming for Friday. The block had been closed so that the electronic rigging could be done (as the photos below show) and also just some picks to give you an idea of the area. After that they swung by the Free Library to show the stairs which were part of a shoot last Saturday night after the library closed. Nice old fashion steps so they could be an exterior for many things.
Last was Philadephia City Hall where they found a French Cafe set in the courtyard with tables and a red moped with yellow French license plate outside of it. Apparently the scene involves Sam's parents, the hilarious Kevin Dunn and Julie White (confirmation of her return), as they are on vacation in Paris, France. They believe this indicates that Rittenhouse Square might be a red herring location as the actual filming is going to occur 5 blocks from there. By nightfall they basecamps signs ("E7") where removed but still places for crew parking where marked off.
One last note from Cheeseburger as she found out a chase sequence was filmed on Front Street that involved Bumblebee, a green car, and an orange car. Sadly no pics as didn't find out about until after they where done. The green car could be the same Chevy Beat spotted at the Smithsonian. I believe this is the first time an orange car has been mentioned in assocation with the TF2 filming.
Thanks for the pictures and work Cheeseburger and BP.
Just so there's no confusion - they were pre-rigging the lights in the cell block, not electronics (as in sfx or art dept). The guys that were in there were the rigging electricians. They are led by the rigging gaffer. They were lighting the cell block so that when Bay and his team comes in to shoot all they have to do is tweak the lighting for the actors, as the rest of the building is already lit.
ReplyDeleteWhere are they filming at the next few days? Like Thursday and Friday?
ReplyDeleteOrange Car? HOT ROD maybe?
ReplyDeleteChevrolet does have a paint code for Orange that belongs to the new Corvette. This should look really good.
I have photos on my site www.PhillyChitChat.com of the set at City Hall on Tuesday and on Wednesday after they started setting up.
ReplyDeletean orange nsx sounds tastey *imagining*
ReplyDeleteThere is a thin line between orange and red, maybe it was a red car...
ReplyDeleteno it was an orange car
ReplyDeleteToday they should be in Rittenhouse Square. On Friday, they definitely are going to be at Eastern State Penitentiary.
ReplyDeletewell in regards to the comment of a chase sequence that was filmed involving bumblebee and the chevy beat and some orange car i hope i got the answer i entered this site called egmcartech.com and found 2 photos of the camaro and the chevy beat and a little cool car chevy calls the trax and it looks very orange to me you guys be the judge they look cool...
ReplyDeleteHey!! Thats me standing on the 2nd level of the prison waiting to pull up more banded.
ReplyDeleteI.A.T.S.E Local #52(east coast hands) and Local #728 (west coast hands) and the Rigging/Electrics Crew RULES!!!!