In this shot from the TV series "Manifest", you can see two of the same cars in the same parking spots as in Google Street View

@[email protected] · 4 days ago

In this shot from the TV series "Manifest", you can see two of the same cars in the same parking spots as in Google Street View

@BananaTrifleViolin · 4 days ago

They may close streets but it makes sense to save money to just film the cars that are there if they’re just doing a short wide shot of the street.

Seems like overkill to hire 20 cars just to fill a street for a TV show if its a single establishing shot. Although no doubt they would do that for any scene being taken from multiple angles for continuity.

@xploit · 4 days ago

I’ve also seen them slap fake number plates on parked cars. E.g. when they were filming in Metro Vancouver area, for some US movie/TV show, they put California plates on all local cars that were parked on streets/driveways

@[email protected] · 4 days ago

Yeah, definitely depends on how much/if they care about randoms moving about the scene.