From staging a postapocalyptic scene with actual animals within the coronary heart of Hollywood to making a desert utopia in Palm Springs, the productions nominated for the California On Location Awards (COLA) all have one factor in frequent: They have been filmed within the Golden State. (A number of nominees are recipients of California’s Movie and TV Tax Credit score Program.) COLA chair Sabrina Jurisich says of this 12 months’s present, which honors the most effective location professionals within the business and can happen Dec. 4 on the Hilton in Common Metropolis: “As we’re returning to an in-person present for the primary time since 2019, we’ve got had an unbelievable outpouring of help and predict a full home as soon as once more.” A couple of noteworthy nominees:
DON’T WORRY DARLING (Warner Bros.)
Olivia Wilde’s movie appears to be like straight out of a Nineteen Fifties luxurious house catalog, however its desert utopia exists in Palm Springs. Nominee Chris Baugh’s areas included the Kaufmann Home, Canyon View Estates and Metropolis Corridor.
9-1-1 (Fox)
The present shut down Hollywood Boulevard for its season six opener (episode six pictured). “We began at midnight, made it appear like the apocalypse and had the road open by 10 a.m.,” says nominee Timothy Hillman of the scene that included each actual animals and CG fakes.
The comedy takes place all around the world, however the location workforce led by Kyle Sucher hardly set foot exterior SoCal for the second season. Hannah Einbinder mentioned they filmed “each two hours in each course from L.A.” to depict totally different cities on tour. Deborah Vance’s (Jean Sensible) L.A. mansion may be discovered within the foothills of San Gabriel Valley.
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