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Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Animats wrote: post #36

The US military builds dummy towns for training purposes. This is called "MOUT" training, for Military Operations in Urban Terrain. The current ones look like towns in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA has the biggest one.[1] (There's a very good reason for that sort of thing. Most infantry casualties are among soldiers new to combat. Very realistic training means that most…

So this is where Tackleberry trains now, not that old strip with the fake houses…

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Animats wrote: post #36

The US military builds dummy towns for training purposes. This is called "MOUT" training, for Military Operations in Urban Terrain. The current ones look like towns in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA has the biggest one.[1] (There's a very good reason for that sort of thing. Most infantry casualties are among soldiers new to combat. Very realistic training means that most…

You can sometimes see some of these on the 5 when passing through Camp Pendleton in north San Diego County

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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drexlspivey wrote: post #64
Someone wrote: post #60

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> his other films took quite an interest in perfecting the settings. Kubrick took quite an interest in perfecting all aspects of his films. https://collider.com/stanley-kubrick-the-shining-scene-guinn... : “Stanley Kubrick movies are notorious for having multiple takes. One instance is in Eyes Wide Shut, when Tom Cruise's Dr. Bill Hartford walks through a door. He just walks through a door. That's it. 95 times Cruise…

The scenes shot with these Zeiss lenses look gorgeous. The whole scene is lit up by the candles only, he needed super fast lenses to capture enough light. The whole movie actually is only shot with natural light. https://youtu.be/KT7IYpjcpD4?si=bmDsRtDhclICdHTU

To this day I cannot think of any other movie that is exclusively shot with natural light.

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by bonestamp2 »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #76
bonestamp2 wrote: post #24

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Yep, there are several in LA: Warner has two. Sony has one. Paramount has one. There is one outside the city too.

If you go hiking about four miles into the santa monica mountains, you can visit the M*A*S*H set and see some of the left over trucks and some historical markers.

Yep, that's Paramount Ranch for those interested. There's not much left of it after the last fire that went through there though (Woolsey fire I think it was).

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On the other extreme, if you ever want to see the actual (charming) city where Brazilian tv and cinema productions portraying the colonial period (16th-19th cent) are filmed, it’s called Tiradentes, in Minas Gerais. Definitely worth a trip if you are in Rio or Sao Paulo.

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Post by shepherdjerred »

Eduard wrote: post #87
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #46

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This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties. Once the panic response sets in, it is likely that they will fire on anything without fully assessing. Training in similar environments can help soldiers avoid a panicked response and more logically assess the situation.

this is so grotesque to read. Imagine a fake all-American town constructed in China, and someone commenting "This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties."

What's the alternative?
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