Lights, cameras, action

[onefixedstar]

It's summer in Toronto, and the film crews are out and about. Last year, it was Take the Lead, for which they transformed the building where my department is located into a New York high school, complete with New York police cars, New York cabs, New York street signs, and a partial facade. (I have no idea what, if anything, they did to the inside. I didn't go into that part of the building to check. Although I probably could have--security wasn't that tight most of the time.)

This year, they're filming at a local frat house two doors down from my apartment. The letter they sent around last week said that they're filming the next American Pie movie, specifically an after-party at a frat house that takes place following the famous Naked Mile run at the University of Michigan. Toronto: the all-purpose city. One year New York, the next Michigan. It's a more focused shoot this time, so they haven't done as many external transformations: one street sign, some different Greek letters on the house, some carefully positioned beer bottles (which didn't really require staging), and I think they took the snow tiger statue down. I believe it's entirely an outdoor shoot. Sadly for them, it just started to rain.

Oh, and they were a lot of trucks on campus today, so someone is probably filming something there too. But then, they usually are.

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[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure Antonio Banderas was there--all I saw around were people dressed like high school students. Of course, I could be wrong...

There are stars I'd be interested in catching a glimpse of, but I don't think any of them will be in American Pie.