YOUTUBE vlogger drives by Castle Rock Studio's White House movie set at night and sees all the lights on inside. (In part 3, workmen say that production is completely shut down and the building, underground, and a building nearby are all under construction.
The project is expected to be finishe and ready for filming April 1). There were more lights on when she arrived but by the time she parked and began filming, these were the only ones left on. She said she's lived in the area for 30 years and has never driven by at night and seen the lights on.
She said the center portion of the building has portraits of presidents (is a set) and the sides are actually offices.
She ends part 1 with comments about faith, God Bless America, WWG1WGA.
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PART 2
She said different lights were on and that the upper story window is just reflecting lights from the street.
She drives around the building (block) and the lot is closed, and heavily under construction and the studio gates were fenced off. Says she worked in the industry and had worked there before. The entire lot is being torn up and re-done.
She wonders if they knew the pandemic was coming because the plans for reconstruction would take extensive planning and it's normally active with movie production. It would have disrupted significatn projects if the Covid shutdown had not been occuring.
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She films the outside of the building to the left of the White House Set (posted immediately below) and, noting that the window (drapes closed) and wall bows outward, wonders if the interior is used to fim the Oval office.
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PART 3
She returned to the White House set during the day because in Part 1, production lights were on in the White House (filming, not construction) and she could see presidential portraits hanging on the wall, "Kind of like a hot set" (e.g., live, working set, preserve continuity by not touching anything). She wonders if they filmed the EO signing ceremonies far in advance.
At the 13:00 minute mark, she says the girl in the white dress, guy in the blazer with the red tie who seemed to disappear behind Biden during his "inauguration" was a break in continuity. She said it's impossible for them to have moved that fast and that generally, in her working experience, the directors assume people don't notice the background.
She gave an example of when she was filmed delivering the same line from two different sides of the room) and she was told it would not be corrected (people don't notice). She says the inauguration was definitely pre-filmed and some discussion here. She wonders if it was filmed at the Culver Studio set below. She also suggests that perhaps Melania redecorated the Rose Garden to break continuity (the studio would have the old rose Garden so any pre-filming By Biden's gang there would be obsolete). I checked and Melani renovated the Rose garden last August.
First lady Melania Trump unveils White House Rose Garden restoration - ABC News (go.com)
According to workman passing by, the property's owner has a $700 million dollar project renovating the Castle Rock's White House replica. Construction includes renovations underground and to the building across the street.
They say there is no production going on but that they job was expected to be finished by April 1. The man who owns it, Michael Ackman, just bought Manhattan B Studios (Not sure if I heard the name correctly). He recites, "CBS, one in London, (around 2:08 in the 23 minute video) and says Ackman just bought all the Sony buildings "over there".
The yard is being landscaped:
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This is the bowed front of the building to the left of the White House set that had a bow front (she wondered if the interior was used for the Oval office). It looks like one story though so it would have to be CGI above?
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She said she'd never seen anything go on at the location before - it was always the same, like a historical monument.
She had worked as an extra and had worked there before. A workman on the construction at the back of the "white house" said the project has been going on for about 2 years. The entire lot is shut down to all but construction.
LIVE Part 3 at CASTLE ROCK STUDIOS WHITE HOUSE in Culver Studios February 1, 2021 - YouTube