Last Sunday morning while on a break in London there was some filming being done on Duke's Road, Camden. I took these photographs on Sunday 16th October 2011.
Anybody know who this actor is and what they are filming? Looks like its set in the 1940s, I don't recognise the actor. Could be a film or a TV series. I'm sure someone out there will recognise this.
Who is this actor ?
More photos of the filming :
Filming taking place in Dukes Road, London in October 2011
Filming taking place in Dukes Road, London in October 2011
Filming taking place in Dukes Road, London in October 2011
The filming was attracting lots of attention from passers by, The only reason I spotted it was because of the old bus.
Duke's Road is a side street off Euston Road which is the main road that runs past St Pancras International railway station.
If you know my other websites then you will know I used to run one of the most popular UK TV advert websites ten years ago, before such things as online videos took off. Im still a fan of some adverts, these days they are very polished productions. One TV advert which caught my eye recently which I like a lot is a Lucozade one where this band are playing music while rolling down a very steep hill. A great idea and a nice track too.
Here is a screen grab of the band as they come down Albion Hill and take the corner down Grove Hill. Below the screen grab is the same location as captured by Google Streetview. As you can see looks like they painted the yellow Lucozade sign on that house, or perhaps they did it with C.G.I.?
Here is the video - Lucozade TV Advert 2011 - Feeder's 'Buck Rogers' by The James Cleaver Quintet. See if you can spot the parts of the road as the band rolls down the hills.
The video starts on Albion Hill about HERE where Maud E Licious starts to play his guitar.
Filming location for the Lucozade TV advert. I have found the location that this great music video was filmed, its on Albion Hill and Grove Hill in Brighton, UK. Here here a link to the Google Streetview of this bend in the road.
I always enjoy finding the locations of where films and videos were shot, You get a real "eureka moment" when you are able to see the very same place that something was filmed. A few weeks ago I found the building used as MI5 in the TV Series Spooks. There are a few books you can get on finding famous filming locations :
If you own a smatphone (iPhone,HTC etc) then tap HERE and it will launch your mapping application so you can find the exact location where this music video starts. The end of the video is on the roof of the building HERE.
I hope you found this of interest. If you have never seen my UK TV Adverts page before then have a look at it now. Its been featured in Web User magazine, Internet Video magazine and even in the MSN Entertainment Top 30 TV and Movie Sites !
I have just returned from a visit to London and while there I tracked down the location that is used for Thames House (MI5 base) in the BBC TV series Spooks. If you have never seen Spooks then I recommend it, its yet another great production by Kudos. They are the production company that made Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes Hustle and The Fixer amongst others.
The building they used as Thames House is actually a Freemasons' Hall located on Great Queen Street in London. It felt very strange seeing this building in real life after seeing it so much on the TV show.
Here is my photograph of the building and below it I have taken a screen grab from the DVD of Spooks so you can see its the very same building.
There have been 9 series of this great show so far and [Spooks] is set to return soon. Series 10 of Spooks starts on September 18th 2011.
If you want to catch up with series 1 to 9 before series 10 starts then you can get them all on DVD now. You will have to watch 80 episodes though so you best get watching today ! This will be the very last ever series of Spooks so I hope its a good one.
If your a fan of this TV series then you may already know about this location but if not I hope you found it of interest.
If you own a smart phone then you can use my drop pin to navigate to this location using your mapping application. Simply click the link below while viewing this blog on your phone :
I have just been given some absolutely amazing rare cine film footage of the Allenton and Osmaston areas of Derby during some snow in 1965. This was filmed by Dave Upton. www.daveuptonphotography.co.uk I would like to thank Dave for allowing me to share this footage with a greater audience. I really enjoy watching old local video like this, I could watch it for hours. I find it really interesting trying to work out the locations and all the little details that have been captured. If your not that old (like me) then you won't remember such things as Trolley buses and you probably think the "Spider bridge" at Allenton has always been there. Well here in this video you will see a different era to the one you may know.
The driving footage was filmed from an Austin 10 van Information about the locations in this video: 0:12 Here we see a shot of Osmaston Road (I think) 0:25 The Mitre Island (Where the Spider bridge is located today) 0:35 Closer view of the Mitre Island 0:42 Nice shot of the Mitre Hotel (built in 1930). You can also see Allenton Market in the background to the left of the pub. Google Streetview relates to about 0:45 in the video. 0:47 Driving along Osmaston Road from the Mitre Island. 1:04 On the left is a post box and red phone box, The post box is still there today and the red phone box has been replaced with a modern glass one. Google Streetview of post box and Phone box. On the right is the turning for Ascot Drive. 1:07 On the left is a Trolley Bus picking up passengers. 1:47 On the left is Abingdon Street. 1:56 On the left is Cotton Lane. ---------- The video footage is copyright www.daveuptonphotography.co.uk
Are you a fan of the TV series Flashforward? I was wondering where that building is located that is used as the FBI building, it seems to be floating on water. I have found the building, its actually The Department of Water and Power and is located at 111 North Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2607. You may remember episode 15 "Queen Sacrifice" where Marcy and Janis have a fight in the water around this building when they uncover her as a mole in the FBI.
If you have not seen Flashforward and are into Sci-fi stuff then try and check it out. The basic plot is.. A mysterious event causes nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for 137 seconds, during which people see what appear to be visions of their lives approximately six months in the future. This tells the story of those trying to uncover what happened, with very unpredicatable results. The next episode is on Sunday 7:00pm 9 May 2010.
