Famous Ankles

Every so often when you’re walking around, you run across a film crew. This happened last weekend when I was on 6th Avenue near 52nd Street. I was on the west side and I noticed a huge group of people on my side looking directly across the street. I looked and saw the following sight:

Yeah, it doesn’t really stick out that much, does it? If you look a little closer, you can see a cameraman and some guy holding a big reflector. Okay, I did a little zooming in.

The next shot is actually during some of the filming. It only took about a minute and then they started to just sort of standaround and discuss whatever it is that they needed to talk about.

I tried to figure out who they were and whether it was a movie, TV, or commercial. I seriously doubt it was a movie. Generally, you can spot the trucks and the caterers and all those guys just up from the filming. It’s possible they were around a corner, but if it was a movie then it may have been some ancillary shots or maybe a smaller budget shoot. I’ve seen some movie stuff where there were entire semis stationed around all over the place.

It could have been a commercial. If so, its the one of the first times I saw any action on a commercial. They do a lot of preparation.

My guess; a TV shot. Maybe Law and Order or something like that. In any case, it just goes to show that we are all unreasonably besotted by the entertainment business. There wasn’t really anything to see but we all stood and watched; and I even got a post out of it.

Whatever.

Minor point: the area they were filming in is filled with tall buildings and several big plazas. I’m sure it was put to good use. If I ever see it on the screen, though, I guarantee that I won’t realize that I may have seen the live version.

-H

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