Lauri and I have been staking out the Downey set on a daily basis looking for various opportunities for photos that show the latest development in the shooting so far. We have done our best not to be intrusive or bothersome to the security guards or the crew at the set.

Part of the downside is that we do not have any sophisticated telephoto optics that would give us a major viewing advantage. So we are doing the best we can.

We have been in contact with the Downey Police Department to see about getting a permit to take photos or at least to be courteous and upfront about what we have been doing. Although they have not rolled out the red carpet for us, they have been understanding and somewhat helpful.

Wednesday: saw a lot more activity on the Downey set. There were a couple of men putting the finishing touches on the facade of the building that was originally the banner/flag store. It has been interesting to watch the wisdom and economy exercised in the layout and use of this set. Once again all traffic lights and such were operational and there seemed to be a good deal of activity on either end of the set, both by the spa building and the topless place. Security did not seem as tight on the center section as it was the day before. Activity did seem fairly brisk on the back lot.

In doing my drive around, I could not help but notice that there was some activity going on at one of the very large buildings on the site. I can only speculate that they are using the interior of the building for an indoor set as well or for some other function related to the movie shoot.

Our tenacity finally paid off with witnessing an actual shoot going on. It was at the far end of the set towards the spa building. There was a camera truck and crew setting up a shot with two Los Angeles rescue vehicles, side by side, about to drive down the street. I shot some hi-8 video and have captured some freeze frames. Outside of that, cannot report much more than that.

The quality of the freeze frame shots may not be as good as the stills but still show enough detail as to things that are going on. As to the actually filming photos, between the fence, barbwire and shrubs, I did my best to photograph the activity.

More to come,
Rick Archer

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Thanks to Lauri for the story!

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René de Jong