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In this shot from the TV series "Manifest", you can see two of the same cars in the same parking spots as in Google Street View (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by jxk@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Link to Google Maps: https://www.google.be/maps/@40.747266,-73.7835991,3a,58.3y,324.02h,100.58t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEnmYWlPQY5u4GQxYwMfvXg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-10.577169572137095%26panoid%3DEnmYWlPQY5u4GQxYwMfvXg%26yaw%3D324.0208751825494!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTEyNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D This is Season 3, Episode 7 "Precious Cargo"

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[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 65 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s almost like they live there and own cars for longer than 6 months

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is probably dependent on location, but IME they close street parking for filming.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They may close streets but it makes sense to save money to just film the cars that are there if they're just doing a short wide shot of the street.

Seems like overkill to hire 20 cars just to fill a street for a TV show if its a single establishing shot. Although no doubt they would do that for any scene being taken from multiple angles for continuity.

[–] xploit@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I've also seen them slap fake number plates on parked cars. E.g. when they were filming in Metro Vancouver area, for some US movie/TV show, they put California plates on all local cars that were parked on streets/driveways

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, definitely depends on how much/if they care about randoms moving about the scene.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

That’s true for the filmings that happened in my street. But they didn’t go to the extent of asking to remove the cars from the driveways. Side note: it’s actually very annoying having a filming crew at your street. When they’re filming, you can’t go outside or leave your own house, and you can’t come home. At least they don’t close down for long.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Also the green truck down the street, and the blue car in the driveway.