KevinL
11-14-2010, 03:47 PM
If you're not familiar with the terminology, a backlot is an open-air part of a film studio where standing sets are used to represent locations which can be used in multiple films; things like European city streets, new-world cities, rural villages, etc. Generally these are expensive to establish because between productions, the sets stand empty and are really only useful in studio tours and the like.
Pinewood Toronto has a new approach to the idea (http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/realestate/article/890265--toronto-streets-to-be-living-movie-set): they plan to develop a section of waterfront adjacent to their enclosed studios in the backlot style, representing the look of New York, Chicago and London, but make it a real mixed-use residential development. Its residents will know upfront that their lives will be regularly invaded by film crews, but that's easier to live with than having a regular neighbourhood, which would not expect it, closed off by a crew for filming.
I think this could work very interestingly, but having a single landlord with a fixed vision may add an unexpected element. Any thoughts out there?
Pinewood Toronto has a new approach to the idea (http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/realestate/article/890265--toronto-streets-to-be-living-movie-set): they plan to develop a section of waterfront adjacent to their enclosed studios in the backlot style, representing the look of New York, Chicago and London, but make it a real mixed-use residential development. Its residents will know upfront that their lives will be regularly invaded by film crews, but that's easier to live with than having a regular neighbourhood, which would not expect it, closed off by a crew for filming.
I think this could work very interestingly, but having a single landlord with a fixed vision may add an unexpected element. Any thoughts out there?