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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - The Industry

Gee, movie studios are picturesque, or something.  This is Stage 29 at Paramount Studios, on Gower, just north of Melrose Avenue - looking just like a movie studio should, what with the palm tree and all.  What do you suppose happens here?

Well, Stage 29 was used in the 2002 production of Star Trek: Nemesis - the large two-story set representing the bridge of the Scimitar was in there.  Does anyone at all remember Solid Gold (and the Solid Gold Dancers)? That ran on television from 1980 through 1988, and the last four seasons were produced here. No one remembers The Arsenio Hall Show (no one remembers Arsenio Hall) - here from January 1989 to May 1994. 

This part of Paramount is not used much for movies. 

Now Stage 29 is home to Doctor Phil - the "tough love" self-help guru.  His thirty-eight-year-old son, Jay McGraw, is President and CEO of Stage 29 Productions, and his executive producer. It's a living.

No line this date - taping resumes in August.  Solve your own damned problems.

Stage 29 at Paramount Studios, on Gower, just north of Melrose Avenue
tage 29 at Paramount Studios, on Gower, just north of Melrose Avenue

Looking up gritty Gower from Stage 29 - the glamour is elsewhere.

Hollywood Sign from Gower at Melrose

But wait - a most important shoot to the west, Melrose Avenue at Curson. A major motion picture?  A television show? No, actually they're shooting a Verizon commercial.  The location manager, Michael Daniel Levy, had more than enough time to chat.  No glamour here, really.  But they had lots of cool equipment.
Verizon commercial, location shoot, Melrose Avenue at Curson, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Verizon commercial, location shoot, Melrose Avenue at Curson, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Verizon commercial, location shoot, Melrose Avenue at Curson, Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Verizon commercial, location shoot, Melrose Avenue at Curson, Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Just another day in Hollywood.

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.
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