Western Movie Set: Tricks of the Trade
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- Western Movie Sets: Tricks of the Trade
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RIP Sourmash
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Great job, Santee, giving away some of the secrets of movie magic. 🤣 Great episode. Hope it inspired creativity in folks to do whut we a doooo. On a sad note: Sorry to learn of Sourmash passing on up the trail to the Heavenly Corral. He will be missed.
Much appreciated Joe. I knew he enjoyed your company very much.
In the height of the'50s TV Western craze, Universal Studios had a place on backlot called "Five Corners", where numerous western streets were located an converged and also allowing multiple westerns to be filmed simultaneously without interefering with each other.
Busy time for westerns.
Mornin Santee. Thank you for sharing some of the tricks of the entertainment world.
R. I. P. Bob and God speed
I remembered that fritter/freighter episode, right away when I seen the print of Bobs passing come onto my screen. As I did not know Bob personally, I feel as though I am now missing a friend as I am sure you all are. I am so very sorry for your and Bobs family’s loss. He will not be forgotten.
Condolences,
Walter from Coolidge
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Great episode Santee! Always interesting how films are made. My sympathies on the passing of Sourmash! God Bless!
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Loved learning about this. Thanks for another great one. Condolences on Bob’s passing 😢
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What a fun episode. Thanks for all the great info. I’m amazed at all the tricks. I’m sorry about the loss of your friend.
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Every time you show videos like this, I just want to grab a couple outfits, my cameras, a couple pistolas, hop in my vehicle and head that way! I look forward to more videos like this Santee!
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Another great episode Santee .
Rest in peace Bob 🙏🙏
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Very interesting video. It reminds me of the making of fron the film Bone Tomahawk. It starts in a small town and then has the characters travel for days, through a landscape that becomes gradually more wasteland-like. But actually the movie was mostly shot at a farm near LA and the surrounding area.
Also, my condolences regarding Sourmash.
Interesting! Thank You!
So sad to hear about Sourmash. Always enjoyed seeing him in these videos.
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Great video! I am very fascinated with western movie sets. I am so impressed with good old forced perspective as opposed to green screen and CGI.
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Wow! I'm just going to pretend it's all real, Santee.... Especially the Saloon.
*RIP* Sourmash. My condolences to his family.
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Mescal is so cool. My wife, our dog, and I visited last year. Had so much gun checking it out, and they absolutely love having dogs visiting.
RIP Sourmash.
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First of all my condolences for family and friends of Bob!
And yes sometimes towns look way bigger in a movie than in reality. We've been in Little Hollywood, Kanab in Utah and it's also smaller than you think. Maybe a good tip, it's for sale..... Maybe you wanna have the original barn from the Outlaw Josey Wales!?? If i was living in the US, i definitely am interested! 😀😉🤠
I would love to!
This video could come in handy when I wanna draw western town settings. Merry Christmas! Also, sorry for you guy’s loss❤️
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@@ArizonaGhostriders you are welcome
Nice episode Santee! I'm sorry to learn of the passing of Sourmash! Nice shot of "Mount Paper Mache" on the Paramount lot!
I saw that place the year before they made it a parking lot.
Movie makers do lots of camera positions/angle tricks to maximize the sets they are paying for. Even though you don't produce films but instead a weekly episode, with few exceptions most every live-action intro & outro is shot in a different position or perspective utilizing many of the same backgrounds or locations. I'm sure you'll miss Sourmash. RIP
Thanks much, Mitch.
What an interesting video! I never would have thought a building could have so many different uses.
I am so sorry for the loss of your friend may he rest in peace 🥀🥀🥀
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That was so cool. It makes sense that filmmakers would like to get the most out of their sets. There must be so much thought, preplanning, etc. that goes in to what we see. GREAT, as always, Santee 👏🤠👏... Condolences regarding Sourmash😔🙏🏼...
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I remember in the commentary for Flyboys that they filmed a scene that took place in an American train station from one angle, and a Parisian train station from the reverse angle.
RIP Sourmash.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher Wow! There ya go!
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Dang it. I really hate to hear about ol' Sourmash. Happy trails Sourmash. Until we met again.
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Just watched this again and got a great idea for how to finish the back of my saloon this spring. (make it look like another building instead of the back of the saloon.)
Now you're thinking! Movie tricks!
Maybe the barber shop so you can spin around in your barber chair and shoot through the apron?
@@ArizonaGhostridersHa Ha! That would be cool!
That really cleared up a lot of the movie seens. Thank you so much for explaining how this was done. Also sorry to hear about your friend.
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I apologize for being a downer, but how much movie magic is being lost to CGI garbage?
Not a downer at all. I know a lot is. Galdiator was able to recreate Rome..so, not too shabby.
3 of my favorite John Wayne westerns are Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo and El Dorado. All 3 were filmed in Old Tucson. All 3 had a different sheriff’s office/jail. I wish I had seen more of the set before the fire, or better yet, the fire had never happened. Thanks for this video sir.
Cool!!!
In the movie High Plains Drifter, I wonder what they did with all those red building facades. Turned them around to reuse them?
I heard they were out there for awhile after, but heard it was torn down. You can still see the site of the filming, though.
Thank you Santee for another interesting episode. The sets in movies always have interest me. I am very sorry to hear about Bob sour mash and and may God bless his family and him. Rest in peace.
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This was really interesting, thanks Santee.
And sorry for the loss of a friend.
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Agradecido desde ya por el video Mr.Santee. Y desde ya mis condolencias por la inesperada partida de su amigo. 😭
Muchos gracias
R.I.P. Sourmash!
One movie that let the cat out of the bag on how this is done, ironically enough, was "Blazing Saddles", during the movie ending brawl across the studio backlot!
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Another fine episode. Sorry for the loss of Bob Bowling.🙏
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That was fascinating! Does this mean that the T-rex we see walking around is not real?
Oh no, he's security. Keeps the "lookie loos" away.
Thanks as usual Santee, look forward to the videos every Saturday. Sorry about the loss of Sourmash RIP.
Kenny alias Kid Yuma
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@@ArizonaGhostriders welcome Arizona highwayman.
I learned this from Red Dead Redemption
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Sorry to hear about sourmash
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Angles are funny, they can make a place look larger but can also be hilariously bad if you know what’s going on
The raunchy comedy Ted’s climactic chase scene was shot a block away from where I live. this scene was shot on several street on the side of a hill that from each angle looked vastly different: urban, industrial, suburban, and the fourth was base of a huge bridge. they made a five to ten minute chase scene meant to be going from the villain’s home to Fenway Park with them speeding around corners and down streets but never left the hill. i laughed hard at knowing the buildings by sight and knowing that they passed behind and around them multiple times 🤣
Kinda breaks the illlusion if you know the place.
I always enjoy Saturday morning with a new Arizona GR! Take care pards! 👍🏼👍🏼
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O.K....didn't kno( or suspect) that Dodge City was a Metropo-Lie. I always naievely assumed that it was a hodge-podge of cow-town "kitty-corners" confabulated w/local drunkandbum, w/dash of flash-and-dash bordello gaudiness. Truth is a sobering demon. N E ways, TY4vid, nicely done!!
Thanks. Yeah not as big as Denver, but maps show it was fairly large like Tombstone.
Absolutely 💯 loved this!
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Good Morning Santee,
Another excellent video…. Have learned many more good subjects… from your videos… thanks!
You're welcome.
Sad to hear about Bob . LOVE ALL!!!! your films !! . So Long from Toronto Canada - 12/3/22
Much appreciated.
I have lived near Austin, Texas for many years. During that time, several movies have been filmed around here. The first I have information on is "A Perfect World" with Clint Eastwood and Keven Costner. Parts of the movie were filmed in Maxwell, Texas. For this, they build a fake building downtown that was just a brick looking tar material on poles. They also put "Concrete" steps out front. This was just a wood frame with a tiny layer of concrete over it. I got to look at the 1950s cars they used after the movie was complete. The ones used in close ups looked very well restored. The others had a crude paint job over bugs and all. The next movie was "The Newton Boys", filmed in Lockhart, Texas which has a downtown square where most of the buildings are from the late 1800s or early 1900. What I remember about that one is that my wife met a couple of the extras in a restaurant. They were filming some of the winter scenes(with fake snow) in August. The poor actors had to suffer in the August Texas heat with long coats on, etc. The last is the new version of "True Grit" with Jeff Bridges. The courtroom scene is actually filmed an old courthouse in Blanco County. Blanco county has two courthouses, one not in use now, due to goings on in the late 1800s. I also went to the town, Granger, Texas, that was supposed to be Little Rock, ARK. There were still lots of the signs used for the movie still up. I personally like Jeff Bridges version of "True Grit" better than John Wayne's version. The reason is the setting chosen. I am originally from Oklahoma where the movie is set. The scenery in the Jeff Bridges version looks kind of like places in Oklahoma. John Wayne's version was filmed in the mountains of Colorado, which looks nothing like Oklahoma.
Thanks for the Texas add!
My day dreams! Great places! Facades or not they are wonderful! Thanks for sharing has always , RIP Sourmash 🙏
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Thanks Santee for showing us the movie magic and my prayers and condolences concerning Sourmash.
I appreciate that.
That's sad to hear about Sourmash's passing. I pray God gives his family and friends peace. ❤️
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Paramount ranch in Agoura CA was a great location to visit. Same tricks. Dr. Quinn was one show that filmed there but it went back to the 1930's. It burned down a couple of years ago in one of the big, wind driven fires. I loved seeing that fake mountain on Paramount's western street. Seemed to be on most episodes of "Bonanza". Keep up the good work.
Yeah, sad when I heard it burned. Never got to see it. Thanks!!
That's some interesting info about the movie sets. Do you know how much movie companies rent these movie sets out for? Just curious. Sorry to hear about your friend. RIP Cowboy.
It's a competitive market but it depends on what you are asking for. Also, I know it tends to be daily.
It’s always sad when an old sidekick rides off into the sunset, or is planted up on Boot Hill. But, I bet ol’ Sourmash isn’t just laying around, he’s probably up behind The Pearly Gates entertaining all the other cowpokes and ladies who were waiting his arrival. God’s Blessings to his family and friends.
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Part of the movie Hulk was filmed up in the mountains near where I used to work. The pond was real; they built the cabin off site and trucked it up there (and back down). And that big redwood stump beside the cabin? It was fiberglass and weighed only a couple hundred pounds. The ferocious dogs were all CGI (I hope).
Whoa cool!
Rest in Peace Bob "Sourmash" Bowling. Fantastic Freshest Fritter Freighter on the Fabulous Frontier. Fresh never Frozen.
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RIP Sourmash. Another cowhand rode up the trail. Also it was nice to see my hometown of Fort Worth, TX in your video. We certainly have a few cowboys here.
You do. Thank You!
I’m sorry for your loss matey. Please give his family our best and let them know we are holding them in our prayers. RIP Bob.
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[1:21] Metropolises I think. IDK. All Greek to me anyway.
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Spent some time in old Tucson. Many John Wayne movies and High Chappell series filmed there and easy to see some of the different angles used during filming. Good clip
Really sorry for your loss. He will be missed in the videos.
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I've been involved in several film shoots with my old cars. I have no interest in acting, but how movies are made is endlessly fascinating. There used to be a lot of filming here in Toronto but that has slowed down in the last few years. It still happens though. Sorry about Sourmash- he was a character!
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Interesting my friend. I like the idea of one building in the front, and another look in the back.
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Cool subject for a video. Well done.
It occurs to me that whoever designs a town set like Mescal (or Old Tucson or any other such location/set) has to be not just a set designer, but an actual architect as well. One-time sets for plays and films might well be built to different standards than structures intended to be more permanent. It might be interesting if you could find one (or more) of these architect/set designers to talk to.
My condolences on the loss of your friend "Soumash." May he rest in peace.
That's right. There's a lot that goes into it and the buildings are actually functional, even though they are not made to last.
My condolences on loosing "Sourmash." Best wishes to his family.
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Got my usual belly laugh but I’m sorry it coincided with the passing of your friend. May he find eternal rest.
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But I wanted to know everyone looks like they are getting shot at, bullets going through glass, bullets hitting wood and bullets ricocheting off rocks........
Well, when bullets are flying randomly, that is the reaction.
My sincere apologizes for the passing of your friend, Santee. Its always been a touchy and harsh subject to see a loved one family or friend pass on. I love the movie sets, I'd love to live in one that was fully furnished.
Well, I hope you get out one day. A few of the buildings here are furnished.
It's like I was telling people when taking pictures to be used for work instructions for making airplane parts, "It doesn't have to BE real, it just has to LOOK real. You don't think George Lucas actually makes spaceships to you?"
Nicely done as always, I love this behind the scenes stuff.
HAH! Thanks.
I'm gonna miss that shadey sourmash. His bits were always among my favorites.
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What movies were you in Santee? How can I watch them? Also rest in peace Sourmash. Sorry for your loss.
Right now, the only one I would tell you about if Legend of 5 Mile Cave. Some of the others are in production, still.
Hi Santee, sorry about your loss, I enjoyed how you and Sournash worked together, he will be sadly missed.
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I think Blazing Saddles showed one or two filming tricks, didn't it?
No doubt at the end.
What? Giving away secrets? Very unscoundrel of you!!
I was amazed to find out that the interior of the Gem Saloon in Deadwood (TV series and movie) was built on a sound stage on Melody Ranch. There is a facade for the exterior, but the interior inside a building behind the 'town'. The use a 'translight' and background extras (and background horses) to make it look like you can see from the inside to the outside. Translights are cool. If you light them from in front, it looks like day time. If you light them from behind, they look like night. It sold the illusion perfectly. The Bella Union Saloon was a 'practical location', meaning the interior part of the actual set. The Bella Union and the Mariposa Saloon in Westworld are the same place. Good episode!
Hey, that's some cool lighting techniques, Pico!! I have not yet had the pleasure of experiencing that one.
My first thought when you mentioned staircases that went nowhere, was my tour of the Winchester House years ago 😀.. Although the reasons behind their construction were certainly different !
When I recorded the narration I thought the exact same thing!
Good episode Santee! That fake mountain in Bonanza always looked terrible to me.
HA! Paper maché...
Wow.. Never thought of reducing the building size..
Right?? It got me, too
Interesting episode. What about Western documentaries? I've seen some good one's and some bad one's.
We can talk about that.
Condolences to the family and friends. May his memory be a blessing and an inspiration that time is precious.
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My condolences for a fellow reenactor, even if of wildly different time periods.
Much appreciated
Make the most of what you have. Twice or more. Best of Days to All the Ghostriders.
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Thanks for the inside look at some of the tricks of the movie trade, and i'm really sorry to hear about Sourmash.
You're welcome and thanks.
3/4 or anything less than 1:1 scale works best as background to make a set look larger than it really is.
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This guy talks about life as a set or scenic painter. Lots of focus on Frontier or Western towns: JR Helton: Below the Line.
@@jd3497 Cool info, thanks JD!
Sorry about your Pard, "Sourmash", he will be missed.
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Great video Santee
Thank you, Led!
Do you think the guy at the end has forgotten his line.
It's sad to hear about the passing of Sourmash. I guess he's gone on the last roundup.
He has.
Great video, I still have a dream of building an old west town or a Cavalry outpost.
Sorry to hear about Sour Mash, my condolences to his friends and family who held him close to their hearts.
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RIP sourmash, Godbless partner.
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That is interesting, movie makers are sneaky. I did not know about tombstone. I wonder why they filmed there rather than the actual tombstone? RIP Bob you had it all here on earth but now you have everything in heaven.
The rumor is they offered it to the real town....but were turned down.
Now I could "unretire" to get on as an extra in a movie. Make a little and have fun seeing a move getting produced at the same time.
Cool!
Until our trails cross again…RIP Cowboy ❤
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Sad to hear about Bob. hope you and the rest of his friends and family are doing okay.
Yes, thanks.
The fritter freighter seen was one funniest things I ever saw , RIP Sourmash .
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Nice Set. For me the best Western Set is in Tabernas Spain. Fort Bravo
I hope to go one day
So sorry about Bob "sourmash" our thoughts are with him and his love ones.
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I would love to get into doing wild west reenactment because I love the old west.
Awesome to hear!
RIP Sourmash, prayers for your loved ones.
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Sorry to hear about bob " SOURMASH".
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Thanks again Santee & Co. RIP Sourmash .
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R.I.P. brother Bob
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have you done a video on how they dug wells for water for them old hand pumps
Not yet!
Loved this episode. I'd love to get in costume and spend the day.
They allow it!
No, no, I don't want to know how it's done, I just want to immerse myself in it.
Ok! Let the magic happen.
I am so sorry for your loss. Who is going to harass you now that Sourmash has gone on down the trail?
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You're channel ties in well with A Word On Westerns.
Thank You! That's a fun channel/
Fun video santee sorry about your friend
Condolences to everyone
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