If you’ve been anywhere near the water or the Seaport these past two nights, you must have noticed a whole lot of light. They are filming and escape from New York scene for I Am Legend, a new Will Smith movie. It’s more impressive than my picture shows. I need to work on my nighttime scenery shots. There are some better pics over at Gothamist.
If you have a good camera, this is definitely a once in a long while chance to shoot the Brooklyn or Manhattan Bridges at night. There is a huge spotlight on the latter. The crew also has lit up the buildings (including The Watchtower) on the Brooklyn side of the river. It’s amazing that they can change a whole skyline just for a shot.
UPDATE: 1/26 – They filmed a scene until twelve last night that involved two Blackhawk helicopters swooping up the East River. To do this, the helicopters hover over the lower part of the river, right outside my window, and then on what must be a radio cue, they charge upstream just over the two bridges. It must cost a fortune to set this up, so the director wanted to be sure it looked right and had them do it AGAIN and AGAIN. I felt like I was living near good breakers in Apocolypse Now.
If you’ve been anywhere near the water or the Seaport these past two nights, you must have noticed a whole lot of light. They are filming and escape from New York scene for I Am Legend, a new Will Smith movie. It’s more impressive than my picture shows. I need to work on my nighttime scenery shots. There are some better pics over at Gothamist.
If you have a good camera, this is definitely a once in a long while chance to shoot the Brooklyn or Manhattan Bridges at night. There is a huge spotlight on the latter. The crew also has lit up the buildings (including The Watchtower) on the Brooklyn side of the river. It’s amazing that they can change a whole skyline just for a shot.
UPDATE: 1/26 – They filmed a scene until twelve last night that involved two Blackhawk helicopters swooping up the East River. To do this, the helicopters hover over the lower part of the river, right outside my window, and then on what must be a radio cue, they charge upstream just over the two bridges. It must cost a fortune to set this up, so the director wanted to be sure it looked right and had them do it AGAIN and AGAIN. I felt like I was living near good breakers in Apocolypse Now.
