Chicago (Transformers 3 set)

e mari ad terrame mari ad terram Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
edited August 16, 2010 in Journeys
So the day started out... I was visiting my mom in Chicago. We had signed up for the Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. Our walk was to take place at the Botanical Gardens in North Chicago. Turns out there were heavy storms the night before and the northern highways were flooded, etc. Walk cancelled. :dunno We found this out as we were heading into town.

Instead we decided to go shoot downtown just for kicks. And low and behold on Wacker Drive, the streets are closed, the area destroyed, they are shooting some scenes for the movie Transformers 3. This summer there will be film crews all over the city, closing streets and making a mess.

Soooo my cancelled walk turned out to be a cool unexpected journey to a city destroyed by large CGI robots.... enjoy!



East Wacker Drive
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More destruction
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Some homeless kid hanging around the set... ; p
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More destruction...
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    Interesting...well done..................
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  • captnemocaptnemo Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    Way cool, color me very jealous :) looks like they're gonna need a really big street sweeper!
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    That's pretty cool! I actually didn't know that movie studios shut down whole areas of major cities to shoot. I guess I just assumed they used abandoned buildings or sets in sunny California.

    Any idea how the local commuters feel? lol3.gif
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  • e mari ad terrame mari ad terram Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    Apparently they are doing this all over the city. Chicago is making a ton of money off of it I am sure. Commuters didn't seem to be bothered. Summer is construction season in the Midwest, so I assume they see it as just another road closure...

    What was really cool is in the background the business with the green awnings all tattered is really a functioning 7-11 which they totally destroyed inside and out for the movie. I would be curious to see his compensation and renovation...

    It was definitely a cool experience, and a neat thing to happen upon. I will be returning for another brief visit in August, maybe I can catch another setup.
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  • Sexy6ChickSexy6Chick Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2010
    Wow, that is just crazy looking. Very cool shots though!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    wow so this stuff is made in real streets! i always thought they are entirely made in Hollywood using artificial sets

    great photos thanks for sharing
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  • Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    e mari ad terram wrote: »
    Apparently they are doing this all over the city. Chicago is making a ton of money off of it I am sure. Commuters didn't seem to be bothered. Summer is construction season in the Midwest, so I assume they see it as just another road closure...

    What was really cool is in the background the business with the green awnings all tattered is really a functioning 7-11 which they totally destroyed inside and out for the movie. I would be curious to see his compensation and renovation...

    It was definitely a cool experience, and a neat thing to happen upon. I will be returning for another brief visit in August, maybe I can catch another setup.

    They let people take photos of the set? When they did Transformers 2 at my work place, they totally bum rushed this one guy for shooting. And then told all of us to put away our cell phones, since we could post pics with those.
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  • e mari ad terrame mari ad terram Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    Oh they were definitely running people out of the area, but I guess it is hard to control 2 city blocks. All of these shots were taken while walking, or moving. Basically from the sidewalk outside the fenced area. They had a ton of staff directing ppl to "take that one great shot and move on". I had to make a few passes... Overall they were pretty cool about it, there were lots of ppl with phone and smaller cameras.
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  • GwagDesignsGwagDesigns Registered Users Posts: 158 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2010
    That is such a great photowalk! Wish they filmed more movies in Seattle haha. Cant wait to see the movie and the scenes these shots are from :D

    I just noticed The Onion newspaper box in the second to last picture haha
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  • cab.in.bostoncab.in.boston Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2010
    Neat, but that 2nd shot makes me so sad that they'd do that to a poor old BMW. I'll make sure not to let my car see that picture. He'd cry. :cry
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  • FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2010
    good stuff!!
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  • justin24justin24 Registered Users Posts: 402 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2010
    That homeless kid is actually Shia Labeouf from Both Transformer movies.
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  • e mari ad terrame mari ad terram Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited August 8, 2010
    yeah... i know. it was my poor attempt at humor. :booze

    there are some more pics of him in the full gallery... check out the link at the bottom of the post.
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  • asprinasprin Banned Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2010
    cool shot and good time, btw, pray for Chicago
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