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  • Go behind the scenes to find out how period movies turn back the clock on city streets.
    Rena DeAngelo is the Oscar-nominated set decorator behind this year's "West Side Story" and Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch," both set in the '50s-to-'60s time period. In this episode of "Movies Insider," she breaks down how she'd transform a contemporary New York City street to look like a 1957 time capsule.
    Rena takes us through Eclectic/Encore Props in Long Island City, Queens, and shows us the period products and street dressing she would use to rewind time on a modern city. Find out how set decorators dress windows, create fake storefronts, and cover up modern signifiers to make filming locations resemble an era of the past.
    Rena has worked on a long list of period pieces, from "Mad Men" to "The Help." She is a frequent collaborator of Steven Spielberg's, having worked on three of the director's historical dramas: "West Side Story," "Bridge of Spies," and "The Post."
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  • @thedarlingsparrow
    @thedarlingsparrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4004

    I walked by a set in NYC at 3am where they changed all the signs to look like the past and made it rain. So cool to witness. Also interesting they film so late at night so no people get in the way

    • @jumbomuffin1316
      @jumbomuffin1316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Waste of water

    • @brianaguilar8283
      @brianaguilar8283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      That’s probably why they film late

    • @ravitejaknts
      @ravitejaknts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      @@jumbomuffin1316 They dont use drinking water

    • @frostxxiv6576
      @frostxxiv6576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jumbomuffin1316 🤣

    • @daveteves
      @daveteves 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Are you sure you didn't enter into the Twilight Zone by walking into the past?

  • @LUckygem33
    @LUckygem33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    "Here is a newspaper stand"
    Me: flashing back too like five different movies where I saw that stand and realizing it's probably been the same one this whole time lol

    • @thebrokegirl
      @thebrokegirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      same.. like those silent prop brown bag

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Guess you were right lol

    • @k.k8791
      @k.k8791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kidding!

    • @hangedman8250
      @hangedman8250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why don't watch these things

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1072

    It always impresses me that they manage to find period-accurate consumer electronics that aren't all beat-up and worn-out. Unlike cars, these are the sort of things people back then wouldn't have cared too much about if they got scratched or the plastic yellowed. I'm surprised they're able to find ones that still look fresh, and not like they've been sitting in a pawn shop for the past 50 years.

    • @inigojuancarlos
      @inigojuancarlos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      That’s what cultural historians, archivist and preservist do for a living. There’s actually companies based out in LA that caters to the film industry. They used to be extension of big studios back in the Hollywood golden age now they’re separate and completely independent.

    • @rogink
      @rogink 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I always wondered about cars. No doubt those vintage cars have been lovingly restored to as good as new. So what happens if it damaged or worse on set?

    • @panda5122
      @panda5122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      They do CGI or take the chassis of a more modern car and build a shell of the older car.

    • @ShalmendoGlineux
      @ShalmendoGlineux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Today, with 3d printing, you could fake a lot of it. You could scan parts of old TVs and make a new design that matches the stylings of the era you're going for, then you just have to treat the 3-d print so it looks like it's made of the old plastic or wood from the era. 3D printing is going to go a long way to make these people's lives easier! You can get a good combination of authentic design without having to dig through flea markets (which takes paying someone to do it!) and other antique sources and purchasing those items. You could easily take scans of real objects and build up a library of printables you could produce as needed, then have a 'treatment' process to get them into the condition and look you want, whether that's BRAND NEW shiny 1950's electronics, or older beaten up ones... or even destroyed versions! Imagine DESTROYING a beautiful piece of vintage tech because the movie calls for a burned out TV or an explosion or something... 3d printing means you could just print and paint as many sacrificial props as you need, and I imagine it would cost a lot less then sourcing the real thing.
      That said, I'm very impressed by all the historical work that goes into making sure every detail is right and sourcing proper period pieces, or using cover up wraps and such, all to make it perfect. As a movie watcher I likely wouldn't notice if a particular sign or lamp post was a decade off, but it's nice to see this attention to detail! Kudos to this amazing lady!

    • @LilAssTonkaTruck
      @LilAssTonkaTruck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s not that hard or serious

  • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
    @user-vm5ud4xw6n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1329

    Love videos like this. Sometimes “behind the scenes” can be more interesting than the movie itself! Makeup, set dressing, how stunts are done always fascinated me. The level of detail is amazing!

    • @ganeshsonawanemail
      @ganeshsonawanemail 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed

    • @LilAssTonkaTruck
      @LilAssTonkaTruck 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trippin

    • @atifanwar398
      @atifanwar398 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are on the same page. Blessings from India.

    • @melo27
      @melo27 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      & hearing intelligents commentators like you exspressing yourself like this is more amazing & interested! 📹❤

  • @peterbumper2769
    @peterbumper2769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    about 20 years ago , they closed off a major intersection in my town for the final crane shot of a movie that was set 120 years ago
    concrete gutters were covered in rubber cobblestones, the road was covered in gravel to remove lines, balsa wood doors covered glass doors, traffic lights were removed
    It was interesting seeing the work that went into 20 seconds of film

    • @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices
      @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's kinda surprising they didn't just use a set. But I guess that just proves the devotion of the film makers?

    • @MaraMara89
      @MaraMara89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices it probably is still cheaper to use streets etc. than build whole set, especially for short shot. I don't have experiance with movie sets but I do work in theatre and decorations and costiumes are expensive and time consuming, so finding period pieces is sometimes easier and cheaper than designing and making them

    • @ebanksstudios
      @ebanksstudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If it was marvel it would all be cgi including the actors clothes 😂

    • @rayvega3163
      @rayvega3163 ปีที่แล้ว

      what movie may I ask?

    • @peterbumper2769
      @peterbumper2769 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rayvega3163 Ned Kelly with Heath Leger. The corner was Sturt and Lydiard streets Ballarat, looking north

  • @jashanestone
    @jashanestone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    I've been inside her business a plentiful number of times when I worked with a certain company that's located inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She's an artistic historian herself and a lovely soul. When she was not too busy she loved explaining EVERY piece. I adored her. 🤗🤗

    • @FrankFurankisanBall
      @FrankFurankisanBall 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guess you mean Steiner Studios. Were you there for Greatest Showman. It was great working on that and see history come to life. It's amazing on how they work on this.

    • @silverhawkflash
      @silverhawkflash ปีที่แล้ว

      This job is clearly a passion for her.

  • @whatdadogdoin_
    @whatdadogdoin_ ปีที่แล้ว +80

    she has like perfect pitch for street decoration eras. it's amazing how she can point something and knew the year they belonged to. amazing years of research!!

    • @ImpaledBerry
      @ImpaledBerry ปีที่แล้ว +3

      * taps crate *
      yep, 1960's

  • @thedollbabys1073
    @thedollbabys1073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    SHE NEEDS A TV SERIES FOLLOWING HER SETTING UP MOVIES! LOVE THIS! My fave type of films and series are period ones. Esp 70s/80s disco era excess.

    • @ShalmendoGlineux
      @ShalmendoGlineux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This would be so good!

    • @liquidbraino
      @liquidbraino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most of the movies she works on wouldn't allow that. Any time you work on a major production you have to sign NDA's (nondisclosure agreement) plus a secondary film crew would just get in the way. That's more people that the first team now has to be responsible for meaning extra liability on set.

    • @thedollbabys1073
      @thedollbabys1073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@liquidbraino ugh thank you for ruining my day lol!

    • @simonrussell4986
      @simonrussell4986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would have settled for more of her talking about her interesting job and less voiceover, but yes. I'd watch that.

  • @ljsong1
    @ljsong1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    6:00 I found it interesting that you said that sodium vapor lamps give off an "icky" orange glow, whereas I tend to think of the orange glow as calming and gentle rather than the harsh and stark green/blue/whitish light of LEDs. Nothing more to comment on my side, set design is set design of course!

    • @lisaw150
      @lisaw150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      So true! It's much nicer light imo. Cooler light also disturbs the bio-rhythm of animals and the sleep of residents (if they can't block out the light entirely at night).

    • @ericaobrien1563
      @ericaobrien1563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The sodium vapor lights are different from warm lighting vs led cool lighting. It really is bright orange, like a neon peach. If it was really over cast, like fog or snow, the sky would glow orange.

    • @67tr876
      @67tr876 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was completely worng with that. The 1950s all the way too the late 80s you would have seen Mercury vapor lamps which are blueish green in color. The high pressure sodium lamps came in the 80s but you would still see tons of Mercury vapor. Don't believe me ? Go watch any 70s or 80s movie when they show streets at night and you will see all the blueish lamps.

    • @scotdor
      @scotdor ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@67tr876 NYC started using HPS in the 1970s, so having them in 1981 isn't wrong.

  • @robsmithracing
    @robsmithracing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Fun fact: my late grandma’s house hadn’t changed a bit since she moved there in the 50’s, I mean everything was perfectly preserved and as if it was still new. So much so that her house interior was used on the U.K. film from 1990 The Krays.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Major kudos to Rena and other set designers for successfully transforming the location to befit the time period. I never realised that amount of time and effort that goes into making everything look authentic, but it's certainly an Amazing accomplishment! 👌☺️♥️

    • @juliansenfr
      @juliansenfr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think what's harder than preparing the set to look the era, is to make sure no odd contemporary item/vehicle/utility structure is within a shot.
      Because a 99% periodically accurate set can be absolutely tainted by one random starbucks cup for example (coughs* GoT)
      I cannot imagine my job description having to 'find the difference' every single day for months on end, I'll lose my spark

  • @mohammedalnayar
    @mohammedalnayar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Recently I had the privilege of side street watching a filming of a 80s movie in Montreal (meant to be somewhere in New York) .. they brought all the yellow cabs, license plates, trash cans, and even the news papers as mentioned here.
    It was a really nice thing to watch, and the many prep that went into it was cool too.
    I sadly have no idea which movie it was, but Google results gave me hints towards a Transformers movie xD

    • @transformersaltmodes8575
      @transformersaltmodes8575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I saw some of that too! Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, set in 1994. It was crazy how quickly they removed everything once filming was done.

  • @Robman92
    @Robman92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I walked down some streets in New York City 2017 and suddenly found myself on a street full of old vintage cars. I had ended up on the set of The Post. It was rad. Got to see steven spielberg there aswell 😊

  • @riyashigwan9892
    @riyashigwan9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    this whole movies insider series is making me realize how much efforts it takes to get our favorite movies on the screen, great job

  • @marcodebruin5370
    @marcodebruin5370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    I only wonder wouldn't signs have looked less weathered and worn back in their original days?

    • @bennyboiart7781
      @bennyboiart7781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @princecharon
      @princecharon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      They were relatively expensive, so people tended to leave them up despite damage, as long as they were readable and didn't have problematic or obscene graffiti on them. So, realistically you've have a mix of some new, clean signs, some kind of dingy signs, and a few terrible signs that needed cleaning, repair/repainting, or complete replacing.

    • @brianiswrong
      @brianiswrong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think the look is to say,set a movie in the 50's were some signs would be new but plenty would have been around since the 40's and weathered , (dependant on the set location )

    • @1gorSouz4
      @1gorSouz4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I was thinking the same about the televisions and stuff, shouldn't they look "newer"? But i guess they wouldn't build a new "old" tv or something similar, just for the movie....

    • @kightsun
      @kightsun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Had the same thought about the aging on brickwork and the like.

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Yeah I've always wondered whether it was CG or not. So cool to know this!!!

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What they didn't mention is it's usually both. I actually got really annoyed with urban period pieces after awhile, because they're very claustrophobic. You realize the camera won't move when it probably would have in another movie, or adheres to weird angles to hide modern skylines or whatever. Now, sometimes they'll make a period piece where the camera just glides through the streets, because they just mask out anything that shouldn't be there. I actually can't wait for AI CG to be fast and seamless, because that'll free people up to do whatever, on a fairly tight budget. I'm very excited by the possibility, even though I hope it doesn't put practical effects work out of business.

  • @idvvesoo
    @idvvesoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    this was actually so interesting to watch

    • @sarahdee374
      @sarahdee374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I agree. I've always loved movies and thought (if my life had been different) that I'd love to help make them. But not as an actor or star but in set design. I think this type of skill can make or break a film and I'd have loved this type of challenge!

    • @AmidaNyorai48
      @AmidaNyorai48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😯😯

  • @ishikawagoemon4397
    @ishikawagoemon4397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Huge amount of respect for them to make all of that for historical accuracy in every movie

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When you think about it it's more like historical approximation than historical accuracy. Which probably explains a lot of goofs when people spot them.

    • @ishikawagoemon4397
      @ishikawagoemon4397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@futurestoryteller oh yeah ur right

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I wished she had a TH-cam channel that educates people on how to find the right stuff from a different period. This was interesting!

    • @victoriaregina8344
      @victoriaregina8344 ปีที่แล้ว

      She: not going to give up her hard won experience on a you tube channel 🤣

  • @Ahmed-N
    @Ahmed-N 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Once in Barcelona, the street in front of my apartment was transformed into a period piece for a movie set in the 1960's. All they did was add 60's looking extras in the background and brought in a sweeeeet Lincoln and a small 60's Spanish police car. Everything else remained untouched 😂

    • @Nanasmama
      @Nanasmama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No need, all of Europe is pretty much untouched

    • @lisaw150
      @lisaw150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Same in Paris. I used to live in Pigalle; there was a film crew somewhere nearby every few days. I recently took a few photos on a walk and there was one without a car in it. I checked and apart from a very small antenna on a distant roof, there is nothing in the photo that wasn't there/couldn't have been there in... 1900? I just love all that history in a city 😊

    • @kornkernel2232
      @kornkernel2232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Makes me think filming in European city that is set in the past probably is easier and cheaper lol

    • @pbc5137
      @pbc5137 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t think they’d have to do much in London…just add a couple of routemasters and vintage cars around 😂

    • @k.5425
      @k.5425 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kornkernel2232 that's true.

  • @hungryblitz
    @hungryblitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I’d always think how they’d change all of the streets like this! thanks!

  • @CrustyUgg
    @CrustyUgg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the fonts used in the 50's and 60's. I find it much more appealing.

  • @The.pa.patric
    @The.pa.patric 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    great video but was was only showing props! I wanted to see her transform the block into 1950s. Like how she would block the modern stuff! INSIDER please film her process!

    • @WhatALoadOfTosca
      @WhatALoadOfTosca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Insider is more about the clickbait titles than content sadly

    • @ThaSchwab
      @ThaSchwab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, for example, she did say that they would cover things like street lamps with props of older ones

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WhatALoadOfTosca Tbf, it's not like it's *that* easy to get her while also timing it right when there would be a movie that she'd be working on. Besides, it'd probably be less likely for her to respond if she _was_ working on a movie, and Insider would have to do a bunch of talking to the producers and whatnot.

  • @adaminfinity1733
    @adaminfinity1733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My grandpa said that in the 1950's there were signs everywhere that stressed the importance of getting the polio vaccine. There were signs stating how patriotic it was to get vaccinated against polio. So that would be a good thing to through into a movie or TV show about the 1950's.

  • @OpViken
    @OpViken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love those props, it's like decorating in a videogame

  • @sgtBilko75
    @sgtBilko75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I absolutely love this eye for detail in movies that plays in older eras

  • @goldcanyon340.
    @goldcanyon340. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is exactly the authenticity that CGI could never replace. I with this could happen more often.

    • @Gmenpg
      @Gmenpg ปีที่แล้ว

      no matter how real cgi looks..it still looks fake to me.

  • @kbhasi
    @kbhasi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As someone dreaming of writing some historical fiction, inspired by some of these modern films set in the past, this was cool to see!

  • @aaaaaaaaooooooo
    @aaaaaaaaooooooo ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When recreating old times, they often make everything on the set look old, weathered, and brown - even things that were supposed to be new during that time. The 80s in Stranger Things uses a lot of brownish colors to create the feel of the nostalgic past. But people liked bright colors in the 80s.

  • @jonathanree4524
    @jonathanree4524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember walking through San Francisco a few years back in Chinatown and entering a block filled with classic cars and old neon and handpainted signage. The cameras hadn't been brought in yet cause they were still bringing the classic cars in, so at first I didn't realize it was a film set. People were still allowed to walk through because filming hadn't started. As we reached the end of the block I asked someone pushing a cart full of equipment why all these classic cars were here and they mentioned it was for a movie about Bruce Lee called "Birth of the Dragon" set in 1960s Chinatown. Didn't ever see the movie but they certainly did a great job of fooling me into thinking I had stepped into the past.

  • @annien.1727
    @annien.1727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love vintage stuff! This is totally cool!

  • @kitcoffey7194
    @kitcoffey7194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    more of this content please

  • @alanrivas2950
    @alanrivas2950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    You gotta be extremely detail oriented for that

  • @Mockermay
    @Mockermay ปีที่แล้ว

    All these details and we all see it in just few seconds. Salute to all filmmakers and staffs.

  • @TheMediaKnights
    @TheMediaKnights 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    what I find interesting is how the signs and items from the past seem to all look aged, as if that's what a sign from that era would look like now as opposed to when they were actually first made. When they film scenes set in the past its probably still inaccurate because a lot of these items would look brand new, but would look weird to the viewer since we associate those eras with that aged wear and tear

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I'm pretty sure you're overthinking this. Not only have I not noticed the actual props in movies looking aged, she mentioned manufacturing new ones if a scene demands it. There are also reverses and like inverses of what you're talking about. So, for example, on Back to the Future the set decorator said that it was very important to him that you see a lot of cars from the 1940's on the road, because it frustrated him to see other films sticking so rigidly to the decade of their setting, as if every person had the money, or even the inclination, to go out and buy a new family car every year. But then I also heard another director complain about how not a single person who rented him a vintage car would allow him to throw some dirt on it, because these are obsessive people who take more care with these cars than their own children, saying "There's nothing less realistic than an entire parking lot full of pristine cars."
      Then you look at movies like Taxi Driver, and most things don't really look all that nice. So I'd go out on a limb and say actually most "old things" in movies look old because we've seen pictures of old things, so we associate that look with being old, not necessarily because they are actual vintage props. I remember the last time I went to an exhibit of ancient Egyptian artifacts - literally like thousands of years old, and somehow it was as if my brain couldn't comprehend that an object can't "look" over a thousand years old. It's either in pretty good condition, or very bad condition. Leave a box in the sun for five years it's going to look older than almost any prop she has.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For Apollo 13, they had to dirty-up the Saturn 5 rocket miniature so that people would not think that it was plastic. The real NASA rockets were so clean that they looked unreal from a distance and a clean rocket would not work for movie audiences.

    • @IamPatrickStar
      @IamPatrickStar ปีที่แล้ว

      If you really think about, like say for trash cans and brick work in alleys, it’s not like people would have taken care of things like those for a daily basis and naturally dirt and would grow on them along with some wear and tear, as long as the signs are readable then they wouldn’t bother to clean it

  • @TheAkumaChan
    @TheAkumaChan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I went to UBC and we would commonly get sets coming in to do filming. They would paint over our street signs, building signs and add other props like booths. Basically just imagine all the romanticized university experiences in film and many of them was us.

  • @samuelbarber6177
    @samuelbarber6177 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One example I find most impressive, Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh’s work on Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, turning 2010s L.A into 1969 so seamlessly. It genuinely looks beautiful. I could genuinely watch a whole film of just Rick and Cliff wandering through Lord Angeles, California. There’s also the work done for films like Once Upon A Time In America and L.A Confidential.

  • @kenstrauss5841
    @kenstrauss5841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am a high school technical theater director. I always stage my sets with props of the proper time period. It is very difficult to get it right. I cringe when I see a production using the wrong time period props.

  • @rogermorris3263
    @rogermorris3263 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My hat goes off to you Ms. DeAngelo. You're very gifted at your craft.

  • @MicaRayan
    @MicaRayan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really like these vintage signages. It carries certain uniqueness back in the day and beautiful! In fact, I really like anything vintage. I keep a classic table fan from 1950-ish and some windshields of old car (because I could carry it with hand!), several old boxy luggage bag and kerosene lantern. It is not necessarily in tip top condition. Simply cool. The craftmanship are top-tier despite the tear-and-wear effects 👌😀

  • @ishouldhavetried
    @ishouldhavetried 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You never really appreciate stuff like this until you see what they have to go through

  • @therealfocusin
    @therealfocusin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a wonderful job, history, art, movies, scouting for props and old items, sounds super fun but I can tell it's not easy and it takes a lot of hard work too!

  • @austinosgood3823
    @austinosgood3823 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just the amount of history in all of these individual items is amazing

  • @bradfordjackson1082
    @bradfordjackson1082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Such a detailed trip going back in time!

  • @cdusen
    @cdusen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great! Very informative. What a lot of work and detail. Amazing.

  • @marcusvachon845
    @marcusvachon845 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think it would be cool to get a tour of this facility by this lady.

  • @Paul_Wetor
    @Paul_Wetor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The attention to detail is amazing when making a movie. And the age of the items, too. Some movie scenes look odd because the old cars are too perfect - no dirt, no dents, no rust.

    • @IamPatrickStar
      @IamPatrickStar ปีที่แล้ว

      They take better care of their vehicles than with today

  • @ijulesy
    @ijulesy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really interesting video! Thanks for making it

  • @erikad0511
    @erikad0511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's amazing.... and soo much work for those few moments of screen time

  • @MrJoowoneeno
    @MrJoowoneeno 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow I love this. Great video!!

  • @10lbfish11
    @10lbfish11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've rewatched this a number of times and always seem to find something new. I really enjoyed this video. Please continue the behind the scenes of movies. Maybe more in depth on the props in general. Would also be very interested in the sound editing process, editing and lighting.

  • @davidcattin7006
    @davidcattin7006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating! The history and research needed to pull these things off!

  • @Climate_Hoax
    @Climate_Hoax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Bravo! Very interesting and realistic.

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the update, Insider..!! That's an excellent set work..!! @.@ Wow..!!

  • @dypersing
    @dypersing 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always fascinated by these kind of behind the scenes stories.

  • @JurassicJordan808
    @JurassicJordan808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was such a cool piece!!!

  • @ekhks
    @ekhks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate this so much.

  • @edgarcia4794
    @edgarcia4794 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've always appreciated this work.

  • @rrMaxwell
    @rrMaxwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was always curious bout this. Thanks insider

  • @niles8102
    @niles8102 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got to go behind the scenes for The French Dispatch and it really does feel like a doll house set. The amount of historical detail they put in to films right down to the utensils used in family meal scenes.
    It's incredible. I would do anything to work on a history film set!

  • @jayannthanpt
    @jayannthanpt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nothing to say... Just Awesome work...

  • @atul58
    @atul58 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great art. Great artist. ❤️

  • @311076
    @311076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing job!

  • @shortbreadcookie
    @shortbreadcookie ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is like a dream job for history lovers

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for showing how it's done.

  • @Kneichion
    @Kneichion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoyed this, so interesting

  • @Maloy7800
    @Maloy7800 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Rena! People like you keep the imdb's goofs section alive! 🙂

  • @bikeny
    @bikeny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I don't know if you've done a video on sound editing in the movies, but it would be a good one. A friend has been such an editor for more years than she or I can count. Watching her on the sound stage after all the recordings were done and they were dubbing the sounds in, geez, the work they do to get footsteps synched. Or getting a camera's shutter sound to synch to the actual pressing of the shutter button (the trick she used was to watch for the flash).
    A favorite story she's told me has to do with "Twister." When you see the cow fly across the screen (well, in front of the pickup truck), you hear the cowbell. But look closely, the CGI cow is NOT wearing such a bell. She told me that the sound editors for that movie deliberately put the sound in since folks would expect to hear it.
    As for this video, set decoration is certainly another function that requires a great attention to detail. It's great to see folks who truly have what it takes to do it. Thank you.

    • @Paul_Wetor
      @Paul_Wetor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Movies in the 1960s/1970s had really annoying footsteps. You would think people were wearing wooden shoes in some of the worst offenders. But as Foley artists got better, that annoying unrealistic sound went away.

  • @xlnuniex
    @xlnuniex 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. The amount of work it takes is insane.

  • @MichelleNgome
    @MichelleNgome ปีที่แล้ว

    I always wondered. Thank you.

  • @connor_1x1x1x1
    @connor_1x1x1x1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really wanted to find a video talking about this but I didn't know how to type it on the searchbar so I just wrote "how are movie sets made" and THIS CAME UP omg that was PERFECT.

  • @kulturfreund6631
    @kulturfreund6631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic! One of the fields I love most about film making.
    I’m always baffled just imagining how much of preparation it takes to get all this done so perfectly up to the least details, and how storage space and vast collections of cars, trams, clothes, devices, decorations, accessories, signs and what have you, (apart from the knowledge) it takes in order to make authentically looking movies reflecting all the different eras and topics.
    - I could go on watching this the whole day
    : )

  • @TarunYadav-dp1id
    @TarunYadav-dp1id 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is love for the work

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The thing I've always wondered about was how accurate they really are, as far as the cars are concerned. All the cars in so many period movies are so perfect looking because the owners restore them and want them to be in their best condition. But surely in reality, in the past, there were plenty of crappy looking cars on the road. But you're not going to see that in movies. Also, imagine how big of a help Google Streetview is going to be, decades from now, for this purpose, and all kinds of other research purposes too.

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, no beaters.

    • @andyndanaemcburney122
      @andyndanaemcburney122 ปีที่แล้ว

      I imagine the art department has some tricks they can use to temporarily make a car look dirtier/scuffed, if they want to. Depends on how much the director cares about that, and the time available.

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andyndanaemcburney122 Not only that, but another thing I noticed in old movies, are not only are the cars so unnaturally perfect looking, but they're all usually from the same decade too. In real life, at least until the mid 2000's, anyway, there are still plenty of 15-20, or even some 30 year old cars on the road. I'm sure that in the 60's and 70's, there must've still been a fair amount of 40's and 50's cars, and even maybe a few 30's era junkers still on the road and people just thought it was totally normal. They weren't like, "oh look, there goes that neat old car, "like the way it seems like in so many movies, they do.

    • @flyer3455
      @flyer3455 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Melissa0774 Cars didn't last as long back then compared to how long they last now.

    • @user-ld6ed7mp9r
      @user-ld6ed7mp9r ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's way, way harder to get beater cars from the era than picture-perfect iconic rides, simply because almost nobody wants to restore a car to beater spec, a period correct "tuner", etc, and thus, you get a "cleaner" view of the era than it actually was.
      Also, it's pretty common to see almost no compacts or early imports for the same reason, even in 70's L.A. I'd doubt everyone was driving high spec V8 coupes lol

  • @andresfelipe619
    @andresfelipe619 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so cool!!!

  • @lorddickpeel9050
    @lorddickpeel9050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been wanting to watch a video about this for ages

  • @eugene44569
    @eugene44569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Somthing I always wondered for my whole existence

  • @kaloyanski
    @kaloyanski ปีที่แล้ว

    Aweosme! I've always wondering :)

  • @KillerTacos54
    @KillerTacos54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful video!

  • @crsbcn007
    @crsbcn007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We were allowed to cross through a street for a quick second while they were filming Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - and the way they transformed the street with the trash cans, cars, signs, et al to look like the early 60s (I think, I don't watch the show). And then to be among extras waiting for filming to resume, dressed in the garb of the time. Literally like we stepped back in time.

  • @Lyf4rMusic
    @Lyf4rMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome work !

  • @AestheticAutumn
    @AestheticAutumn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has everybody noticed the “Summer of Love” stand? SHAWN MENDES IS EVERYWHERE!! 3:01

  • @poorwotan
    @poorwotan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    What always gets me in movies with older cars is that they are ALWAYS polished all the time. It is as if every car, in every scene, just drove off the dealer's lot. Never a speck of dirt anywhere. Never any smallest sign of wear and tear. Now I get that people took better care of things in the past than we do today but it's just not reasonable and diminishes the fantasy - for me.

    • @hankfontaine
      @hankfontaine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Props in the original Star Wars movies were weathered on purpose to make them look more realistic. I believe it’s a technique George Lucas took from Kurosawa

    • @ciello___8307
      @ciello___8307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know some of the cars are rented from private owners so I'm sure they don't want to mess up anyone's car like that

    • @atomicmillenial9728
      @atomicmillenial9728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Being the car nut I am I'm always more aware of cars that are glaringly anachronistic, like the '59 Plymouth shown in the opening of this video in a scene that's supposed to be set in June of '57.

    • @thecuss6817
      @thecuss6817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And even the criminals' vehicles have perfectly clean windshields......

  • @subaru7233
    @subaru7233 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lived in two towns that have been used for various movies and it's pretty fun to see the transformations. The Perfect Storm was filmed in Gloucester, MA and used a lot of locals in the production, especially the church scene. George Clooney played basketball in a downtown parking lot and stayed in town. Olive Kitteredge was filmed there and in Rockport next door where Mermaids, The Crucible, The Good Son, The Love Letter, Stuck on You and The Proposal were all filmed. For the proposal, they turned our Main Street into Sitka, Alaska. We had a totem pole in our downtown for a few weeks. Very interesting.

  • @colinpovey2904
    @colinpovey2904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting the detail they go into.

  • @jnbennett6496
    @jnbennett6496 ปีที่แล้ว

    a pure artist

  • @carbine090909
    @carbine090909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant.

  • @ambivertical
    @ambivertical 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing info

  • @svatoplukhavrys9715
    @svatoplukhavrys9715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Máte krásnou sbírku,gratuluji.

  • @theoryofpersonality1420
    @theoryofpersonality1420 ปีที่แล้ว

    This storehouse is worth a small fortune. Her knowledge is so cool.

  • @npeace312
    @npeace312 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an awesome job!

  • @BradThePitts
    @BradThePitts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Vintage cars in movies are always perfectly clean. A few rust buckets and cars with dents would add more realism.

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't start, in the past especially in the 1950's most automobiles we're clean and always preserved for over a decade. This movie from what I've seen has shown a very closed view of the 1950's versus what it was like in reality. The setting looks akin to the 1930's, this lady doesn't realize that signage stayed the same use of the 1930's style for a while after. The 1950's style was always sleek, tall, and dressed..or elegantly cursive. The biggest disruption is the automobiles, 6 vehicles on the block range from dark gray, to black whilst the taxi is signature yellow, and a medium blue automobile in the background. That is immediately wrong as by 1957 most automobiles we're either fitting into the blue, red, White, or Magenta/lime green-white surprisingly. These felt like a gray scale, in the 1930's, most automobiles we're beige/light blue/dark autumn red-magenta-green-blue-black occasionally and a nice orchard yellow, then the iridescent options like rubelity red on the Nash, or Starboard blue iridescent on Oldsmobile in 1934. So it isnt as though color just started appearing in the 1950's, that's just a lie some kid created because they only started seeing colored pictures in the 1950's.

    • @sutterkane100
      @sutterkane100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Period accuracy is important, no question about that.
      My guess would be the colours of the cars would have been picked specifically to work within the colour palette of the film.

  • @aidahoe2946
    @aidahoe2946 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this job is amazing

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lived in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, when they were filming one of the MiB movies (3, I think). One day I was walking home and noticed that one block of Court St. had a bunch of 60s cars parked on either side. Was a really cool feeling of time travel.

  • @meothe
    @meothe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    *Awesome*

  • @mikeg8276
    @mikeg8276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:01 I actually miss orange street lamps. They were much warmer and softer than the harsh blue-white bulbs used today.

  • @Immortal-Daiki
    @Immortal-Daiki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well Insider delivered once again

  • @TonyC0101
    @TonyC0101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Freakin' FASCINATING!

  • @BigCampy
    @BigCampy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating.

  • @jennifermorales19
    @jennifermorales19 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had no idea they were recording a movie in my downtown and it was completely transform to a different era. I spent so much time looking at all the details.