Eric Samonte
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I've been seeing more and more of these commercials showing a huge chunk of thoroughfares with no one on it. Is it a digital thing or actual place?
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Mark Brewer
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I believe some of those commercial are done early in the morning to have less impact on traffic.
Tommy Ceez
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Even Times Square is relativly empty at 6:30 on a Sunday Morning. Diverting the rest of the traffic would be no problem.
andrew markworthy
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The simple answer is that sometime's it's done at a quiet time of day and (with local authority co-operation) people are barred from the sections being filmed. In other cases it's done digitally.
Kris McLaughlin
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Here's a cool example of how two guys accomplished that look in a short film. Lots of behind the scenes info with explanations, etc.
http://www.405themovie.com/
An oldie but a goodie.
http://www.405themovie.com/
An oldie but a goodie.
Holadem
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Eric Samonte
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Ahh...at least now I've got a place to go and do some "filming" in an otherwise "post-apocalyptic virus-plague city " in the future.
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