The Essex Serpent - filming
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Stumbled on a film set being built in Maldon today - Apple TV adaptation of The Essex Serpent. Mega money production! I've seen sets before and they often bare little resemblance to what you see on the screen but what they're doing here really does make the Quay look like the 1890s.
Unusually for TV 'people' the crew were quite chatty and welcoming so if you're in that neck of the woods, drop by and see what they're doing - rather interesting.
(That's salt by the way, just in case you thought Maldon was the epicentre of the cocaine trade in the 1800s!)
Unusually for TV 'people' the crew were quite chatty and welcoming so if you're in that neck of the woods, drop by and see what they're doing - rather interesting.
(That's salt by the way, just in case you thought Maldon was the epicentre of the cocaine trade in the 1800s!)
Acting against a rudimentary backdrop. Like a school play lol.
Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
Fundoreen said:
Acting against a rudimentary backdrop. Like a school play lol.
Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
Digital cameras means a lot more footage gets shot = more time shooting and editing.Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
I don't imagine there'll be many whizz-bangs in this production.
Roman Rhodes said:
Fundoreen said:
Acting against a rudimentary backdrop. Like a school play lol.
Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
Digital cameras means a lot more footage gets shot = more time shooting and editing.Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
They've finished the set today. A friend tells me you would honestly think you've been transported back 120 years. I'll try and nip over a grab a couple of more photos.
There’s a lovely view in your first pic of the housing estate on the Heybridge side of the river. They will have to be careful there. The Queens Head in the corner of the second pic is my favourite place to go for haddock and chips, so they’d better be out of there when lockdown ends.
Roofless Toothless said:
There’s a lovely view in your first pic of the housing estate on the Heybridge side of the river. They will have to be careful there. The Queens Head in the corner of the second pic is my favourite place to go for haddock and chips, so they’d better be out of there when lockdown ends.
Is the housing estate where the log cabins used to be - until the land owner decided there was way more money to be made out of development?Roofless Toothless said:
I don’t know about log cabins I’m afraid. I’ve been in the area six or seven years so you may be going back before that.
I wonder if they will have continuity problems with those barges bobbing up and down with every tide?
Yes, the tide makes a big difference - mud to water in quick time.I wonder if they will have continuity problems with those barges bobbing up and down with every tide?
OT but you got to the cabins by going down Hall Rd past The Maltsters Arms and keep going. You get the reverse view back to the town from there. You're right - I think they were all gone by 10 years ago - if not more. They were there from the early 1970's. Family that owned the one I used to go to as a kid had it relocated and its still going strong!
StevieBee said:
Roman Rhodes said:
Fundoreen said:
Acting against a rudimentary backdrop. Like a school play lol.
Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
Digital cameras means a lot more footage gets shot = more time shooting and editing.Gone are the days of your kubricks that insist on building a 100% authentic town. Even the bits you cant see.
It must be hard to get excited jumping over a few boxes etc even if the final result is some sort of spectacular chase scene.
Its hard to believe modern TV and Film budgets when they use digital effects and digital cameras.
They've finished the set today. A friend tells me you would honestly think you've been transported back 120 years. I'll try and nip over a grab a couple of more photos.
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