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vitoscotti · 04-03-2021, 09:47 AM

Reading "School Bus" trivia a trick to reduce the sun's glare. The camera technology apparently couldn't do it at certain situations. See it a lot on TAGS.

stevea · 04-03-2021, 04:57 PM

On establishing day shots, particularly later, the streets and sidewalks are always wet. I never knew why until i read that same info.

In the Soup has a lot of on location scenes like School Bus does, and I think you can really see it on the street in that, too .

GentlemanJim · 04-03-2021, 11:17 PM

And never a flake of snow, not even one.

vitoscotti · 04-04-2021, 12:04 AM

And, sitcom homes don't have a screen window behind the glass window. Just open it up and let all the bugs in.

Cx · 04-04-2021, 01:38 PM

Other than some stock footage they show from time to time, the super sterile, fake looking back lot sets that are supposed to be the downtown area.

stevea · 04-04-2021, 03:44 PM

The one i dislike is the night in the woods episode (not the actual episode, but using the soundstage rather than on-location). The set designers did the best they could (I think they did a really good job on the cliff--maybe it existed for a past movie) but I sometimes think it'd be easier to just go to a real wooded area.

Then again I'm sure production people would come up with 1001 problems that would entail, particularly with child actors.

Cx · 04-04-2021, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

The one i dislike is the night in the woods episode (not the actual episode, but using the soundstage rather than on-location). The set designers did the best they could (I think they did a really good job on the cliff--maybe it existed for a past movie) but I sometimes think it'd be easier to just go to a real wooded area.

Good observation, and I like that episode as well.

I wonder if the canoe launching scenes at "Miller's Pod" was on a set or soundstage. The camera angles are tight enough conceal if they used an artificial "pond". Same with the scenes at the lake in the 'Happy Weekend' episode: The scenes of them at the dock and fishing in the rowboat were shot tight enough to be encompassed in a small area. They show some establishing panoramic vistas of a lake in the mountains, but that's about it.

'Friends's Lake' is tougher to figure. They show establishing shots of a real lake, and in one scene on 'Borrowed Boat' we see Beaver and Larry floating there and being waved toward shore by the police. Can't do that on a soundstage, but now that I think about it we don't see them in the boat and the police on shore in the same take, though for the scene they just needed to have a police cruiser and two cops waving from shore across a body of water. They could do that in a few seconds.

stevea · 04-04-2021, 07:31 PM

The Happy Weekend pond is probably some small pond on the back lot someplace. In Borrowed Boat they do appear to be on a larger lake. When the cops are waving from shore I'd have to see it again to see if they show the rowboat and the cops on the shore in the same shot.

When Beaver "rescues" the canoe, I'm not sure. It looks pretty small yet Mr. Watson comes around in a small boat with an outboard motor. A small shallow pond and an outboard motor don't compute.

I do give the show credit because there is significant location shooting throughout the series. Some single camera shows don't go on location at all, and of course multi-cam shows, almost never.

Cx · 04-05-2021, 02:18 PM

'We'?

What happened to the thread title?

stevea · 04-05-2021, 02:22 PM

The OP could have changed it. Only others who could have would be me (I didn't) or TJ (I doubt it). Or it could be a glitch of some kind.

Was the title something like Wet Streets on a Sunny Day?

No, it must be a glitch. The post wasn't edited. I'll change it.

04-03-2021, 09:47 AM	#1
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,084	Wet Streets on a Sunny Day Reading "School Bus" trivia a trick to reduce the sun's glare. The camera technology apparently couldn't do it at certain situations. See it a lot on TAGS.
	Last edited by stevea; 04-05-2021 at 02:25 PM. Reason: corr. title due to glitch

04-03-2021, 04:57 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	On establishing day shots, particularly later, the streets and sidewalks are always wet. I never knew why until i read that same info. In the Soup has a lot of on location scenes like School Bus does, and I think you can really see it on the street in that, too .

04-03-2021, 11:17 PM	#3
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	And never a flake of snow, not even one.

04-04-2021, 12:04 AM	#4
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,084	And, sitcom homes don't have a screen window behind the glass window. Just open it up and let all the bugs in.

04-04-2021, 01:38 PM	#5
Cx Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 01, 2020 Posts: 209	Other than some stock footage they show from time to time, the super sterile, fake looking back lot sets that are supposed to be the downtown area.

04-04-2021, 03:44 PM	#6
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	The one i dislike is the night in the woods episode (not the actual episode, but using the soundstage rather than on-location). The set designers did the best they could (I think they did a really good job on the cliff--maybe it existed for a past movie) but I sometimes think it'd be easier to just go to a real wooded area. Then again I'm sure production people would come up with 1001 problems that would entail, particularly with child actors.

04-04-2021, 07:31 PM	#8
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	The Happy Weekend pond is probably some small pond on the back lot someplace. In Borrowed Boat they do appear to be on a larger lake. When the cops are waving from shore I'd have to see it again to see if they show the rowboat and the cops on the shore in the same shot. When Beaver "rescues" the canoe, I'm not sure. It looks pretty small yet Mr. Watson comes around in a small boat with an outboard motor. A small shallow pond and an outboard motor don't compute. I do give the show credit because there is significant location shooting throughout the series. Some single camera shows don't go on location at all, and of course multi-cam shows, almost never.

04-05-2021, 02:18 PM	#9
Cx Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 01, 2020 Posts: 209	'We'? What happened to the thread title?

04-05-2021, 02:22 PM	#10
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	The OP could have changed it. Only others who could have would be me (I didn't) or TJ (I doubt it). Or it could be a glitch of some kind. Was the title something like Wet Streets on a Sunny Day? No, it must be a glitch. The post wasn't edited. I'll change it.