So the following pictures are from the Prop department at Warner Brother’s Studio. There were far more props than I could ever take pictures of, so I mainly looked and snapped just a few that I thought were interesting.
A Good Day (Part 5)
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A Good Day (Part 4)
In the afternoon we were taken to the vehicle room. Here they had on display ‘hero’ vehicles used in WB productions. By hero vehicles they mean the car and such that were used in normal shots, not in stunt photography. These vehicles were the actual ones. not reproductions.
Here is a car and a flying vehicle used in the movie A.I. I’m a genre fan but it is a film I have never seen.
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Here is the Batmobile used in the two Tim Burton Batman movies.
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The Sunbeam convertible used the feature film version of Get Smart.
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Here is the Tumbler used in Christopher Nolan’s reboot of the Batman franchise, Batman Begins and again in The Dark Knight.
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And the Batpod also used in The Dark Knight after the Tumbler is destroyed.
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Here is the Gran Torino from Clint Eastwood’s film, Gran Torino. Beyond you can the General Lee from the film version of The Dukes Of Hazzard, and beyond that a hint of the sedan from the Matrix films.
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Our tour guide in front of the flying car — it doesn’t really fly of course – from Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.
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The Mach 5 from Speed Racer.
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Hugo Weaving was filming some Matrix related materials and showed up in the vehicle room. No, he didn’t – this is a Hugo Weaving dummy. They made a lot of these for the duplication scenes in the recent Matrix films, but it looked too good not to get a picture of it. Â There were more of these in the museum, but I discuss that and the prop and costuming departments in my next post.
Too sick
Too sick to post tonight. Got something bothering my throat and I am light headed.
A Good Day (Part 3)
As I mentioned before there were plenty of area where no camera were allowed on the tour. Included in those area we the sound recording studios. We visited two sound recording studios.
In the first, and smaller studio, we watched a audio technicians laid tracks for an upcoming episode of the TV show, “Crash“. We stood in the back very quietly watching and listening as track upon track was melded together working towards a final mix. Of course we didn’t see more than a few minutes of the work and that represented a tiny fraction of the work that would be required.
After that we were taken to the Eastwood Sound Studio. It’s named after Clint Eastwood who championed its restoration about a dozen years ago. Beyond film scores — the room will hold a 124 piece orchestra — this studio is a favorite of the music industry. It boasts superior sound qualities and design. The studio itself goes back to the 30’s and it was there that Max Steiner recorded the music for Casablanca.
Tomorrow more on my trip and more pictures, a couple of props from the Prop department and some famous cars preserved on the lot.
A Good Day (Part 2)
So here continues my report on my day At Warner Brothers Studios. Again most of this is behind the cutout to save space for people who don’t want to see my attempts at photography.
A good day (Part 1)
I took more than two hundred pictures yesterday, but I will not be posting anywhere near that number. Still the number of pictures I am going to post from my day of fun will be sizable so the posts will be behind cutouts and it will be multiple posts.
For those interested in my day at Warner Brothers Studios and Medieval Times follow me past the jump….
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A bit of Funny
Though I expect that there are some for whom this bit of video will seem offensive, I found it amusing and wish to share it with you.
H/T to Dispatches From The Culture Wars.
Down and Safe
Back from my day at Warner Brothers Studios and Medieval Times.
Will post tomorrow.
A DAY OFF
Tomorrow I’m not likely to post anything. I’m taking the day off from work and heading north to Los Angeles. For the daytime hours I will be at Warner Brothers studios taking their intense five-hours tour. Then in the evening it’s off to Medieval Times for jousting and dinner, then back home.
I plan to take lots of pictures and will share any decent ones.
I am defeated
I am conceding defeat to my muse and to A Taste of Tears and Blood. The werewolf story has kicked my ass and I and throwing it aside. For whatever reason I can not make decent progress on the short story and any more effort spent on it will simply be wasted.
In addition to that muse in my ear simply will NOT shut-up about Cawdor. My mind returns to the plots and characters like a pundit to a scandal. My mind refuses to let go and let me work on other things. So be it. I’m throwing myself fully into my next novel, Cawdor.
It’s time for Mutiny, Murder, and Madness.