Last week I found the Fringe set in downtown Vancouver.
As you have likely already seen from my previous blog post, Peter seems to have found some trouble in the episode they were filming. Today, I show you that being an Observer is SERIOUS BUSINESS! *stern face*. Below I have photos of Captain Windmark (Michael Kopsa) and another Observer who I sincerely did not catch the name of the character, or the actor ( feel free to correct me on either) showing that there is absolutely no fun & games with being an Observer. Loyalists, you way want to look away...this may be uncomfortable for you to see. Just look how serious & rigid these monsters are.
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THIS BLOG MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR A SEASON 5 EPISODE OF "FRINGE". Do not continue reading or viewing photos if you do not want to see any spoilers.
. . LAST WARNING . . Last week I saw several scenes being filmed for the FOX hit sci-fi show FRINGE. While I do have some other photos from the day to post from a different set of scenes, I felt the 1st batch to put up, HAD to be the set below. Oddly enough, I didnt know what I was filming at the time. I was across the street, and in the pouring rain, I didnt really notice the finer details of what I shot till later when I got home & looked at the pics on my computer. First, here is what I SAW in the scene. Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) is walking up a street, I see him stagger some, either he is groggy or drunk (what? Your telling me its not conceivable Peter would have a few too many 1 night with the weight that he has on his shoulders?) into an alley. Thats all the scene is. At the time, I really didnt think much of it...... THEN I SAW MY PHOTOS. The scene Joshua was doing, where he is stumbling along, makes that much more sense when you realize Peter has blood on him. His head has a cut, his hand, soaked in blood, and he is carrying a knife. The question now is, who did Peter get into an altercation with? Was this a native on native killing? Or did Peter finally take down 1 of the Observers? Guess we will have to wait awhile. They were filming episode 9 at the time of this shoot (some said it was 8.. but I was lead to believe its 9). Anyways, here are the photos from the scene. As ALWAYS. DO NOT EDIT THE PHOTOS. If you post them to your site, facebook, tumblr, livejournals etc withut the tags still attached, I will have them removed. Fringe was out at UBC back in Mid-August to film scnes for season 5. It was the 2nd time in about 4 days I had come across their set.
1st thing I noticed was the Observer posters on the clock tower. As I got closer I saw a police state looking check point guarded building which is believed to be Harvard University as I was told by those there. I never actually saw any filming with cast that day, but I did run into Anna Torv (Olivia), John Noble (Walter & Jasika Nicole (Astro..err..Astrid) after their days were wrapped. On set, I saw Georgina Haig (Etta) & Joshua Jackson (Peter) arrive to a later shoot. Georgina and Joshua both had markings under their eyes like those of loyalists, Joshua was even dressed up as 1 of The Observers loyalist soldiers. Tonight, season 5, episode 2 airs on FOX. Check your local listings for the time in your area. THIS BLOG POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FRINGE EPISODE 501. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR READ ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE SPOILERS....DO NOT CONTINUE. , , , Last Warning . . So back in July, the production for the 5th & final season of Fringe started. Their first location of the season was in the very popular Stanley Park as I reported in my earlier blog post http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/7/post/2012/07/fringe-shoots-some-polivia-scenes-for-season-5-episode-1-on-1st-day-of-filming.html By the time I got to set they were working on a scene involving Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham), Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop) & "Abigail" (young Etta, I have yet to confirm if the name I heard is correct as no listing of her seems to be anywhere yet - NOTE Abagail Hardwick is her name) doing a scene where Peter sees Observers coming across the field & he yells out to Etta to come to him. Obviously, you have seen the far better camera work & dramatically edited version in the Fringe trailers put out by FOX so far to promote the season. But I took 1 shot as well. Below is that video. I apologize if you dont like my camera work. I'm not afterall, a professional cameraman or using a real video camera. ** recommended viewing - right click & pick "TOGGLE FULL SCREEN" MODE to see entire video frame ** ** YOU MAY OF COURSE POST A LINK TO THIS POST ON YOUR SITE/BLOG. DO NOT HOWEVER TRY TO STEAL THIS VIDEO & RE-POST IT ON YOUTUBE, TUMBLR, FACEBOOK OR ANY OTHER BLOGS OR SITES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. I WILL HAVE THEM TAKEN DOWN. I WILL POST IT ON YOUTUBE NEXT WEEK WHEN TIME PERMITS** A couple weeks ago, I ran into Fringe on location, shooting the 1st episode since they took an unplanned 2 week hiatus to let John Noble overcome a sleeping disorder he had.
This location was at the Terminal City Ironworks building, which practically every production has used at some point. It was also the day that the 1st ever Fringe fan event www.thefringeevent.com was starting, so many of the fans who had flown in for it, also made it to the set...and I can say, might have been the most well behaved bunch of fans I've ever encountered on a set. I managed to get autographs throughout the day from Josh Jackson, Jasika Nicole, Georgina Haig & John Noble on this day. John Noble, took the time to chat with the fans & assured us all that he was finally ok & ready to get back to work. He also answered my question about the fan made "get well soon" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuazM2QLqV0 that was done for him by fans. He said he saw it, and was impressed by the outpouring of support. Jasika also chatted with the group for a bit. I saw Josh before the group formed, so I am not sure if he later came over & chatted with them, but he was his typical friendly self when I saw him. Georgina was seemingly shocked someone wanted her autograph, but still came over to sign & was pleasant in the interaction. As far as the scene, not much I can say since it was all done indoors. Josh, Jasika seemed to have earlier scenes, and John & Georgina seemed to join in a couple hours later. Heres a few pics of the cast on set that day... I will have a few more from another shoot a few days later eventually, but with a big travel week for me coming up next week, I have a lot of work to do right now prepping for that...so it might not be for a couple weeks or a month. THIS POST MAY CONTAIN NOTABLE OR MILD SPOILERS. If you do not want to read or see spoilers of any kind...do not continue.
Last Warning . . . If you have already read my previous blog in this section, you are aware that on day 1 of shooting for the 5th & final season of Fringe, I caught up to the cast & crew on multiple occasions that day. The earlier shoot, with Anna Torv, Josh Jackson & the girl who is playing the young Henrietta (only heard referred to as "Abigail") wrapped up in the mid-afternoon & some of the cast moved on to a 2nd scene over in False Creek. The second scene had Josh Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole aaaaaand Georgina Haig (adult Etta) doing a scene where the group drives up to a war zone looking area. Etta is driving a ratty looking tin van as the Fringe team, now without the resources of their era at their disposal, ride along with her. The group shows up to a destination. As they get out Walter looks across the van to the drivers side & looks upset/annoyed/angry about something that you dont see since it is just a green screen there. The other members join him & walk forward. Soon Peter sees a large wall covered with spray painted Observers on it (a fact I didnt notice till a fan pointed it out to me). Peter runs up onto the car & peers over the barbed wire covered fence. Astrid eventually joins him up there & there is this funny moment (to me at least) where Astrid cant even see over the fence.... I wonder what conversation if any is had between the characters at that time. There wasnt much else done on that location in the time I was there.... they MIGHT have filmed longer with other scenes, but I dont know. In either case.... here are the 2nd set of pics from day 1 of shooting for FRINGE with Peter (Josh Jackson), Walter (John Noble), Astrid (Jasika Nicole) & Henrietta "Etta" (Georgina Haig) working on this scene. Plus, I am going to for a second hijack my own post just to make some of you Fringe fans out there aware of an event you might not have heard of yet (and if any cast ever read this... hey, try to free up your schedule for them) August 10th to 12 in Vancouver, BC there is the 1st unofficial mid-scale sized Fringe fan event planned called "The Fringe Event" http://www.thefringeevent.com/ Tickets are a tad pricey, but it has lots of fascinating features planned...and fingers crossed, hopefully a cast member or two will grace them with their appearance. Might I also say at this time, I think it was TERRIBLE of Warner Bros. to DENY this group permission to show an episode of Fringe on the big screen. Terrible, archaic thinking, disrespectful decision to a fanbase that actually ASKED you thru the proper channels & is doing all this for charity. PS- small reminder since this was a repeat problem last season. If these photos are re-posted on your site, blog, tumblr, facebook page or elsewhere. Removing the tags & not posting the source for the material (ie- the link to this blog) may have your post removed by your sites host & could cause deletion of your site depending on what the terms of service state for unauthorized posting of materials. Please ONLY post images in whole AND with link credit THIS POST MAY CONTAIN NOTABLE OR MILD SPOILERS. If you do not want to read or see spoilers of any kind...do not continue.
Last Warning . . . July 18th 2012 marked a pretty important day for the millions of die-hard Fringe fans on the planet. Today was day 1 of shooting for the 5th season of the hit sci-fi program on the FOX network. While FOX president Kevin Reilley really deserves much of the credit for the little show that could getting a 5th season (MOST networks would have axed it & if it were not for Reilley being a fan of the show himself...maybe Fox would have too?) it really was us, the fans who made it happen more than anything. The twitter hashtags to give the show a face in social media, week after week helped. Of course, so did the idea (that I strongly nudged towards some of the facebook groups out there trying to save the show) of not just contacting network people, but the very advertisers buying commercial time on the show...let them know you were seeing the ads they paid to have on our program. In the end, all of these little things added together and coerced the powers that be to add 1 (albeit shortened) last season of Fringe. Day 1 started in Stanley Park, I think. I dont know if any filming happened prior to me getting there, but I know from the night before when their trailers passed me going TO Stanley Park, they were going to be in or near there to start shooting. The scenes they shot there involved a couple interesting spoilers. 1st- Peter & Olivia appear to be married. I actually DID NOT notice this there.. I only noticed this after looking thru my pics at home. Both characters were wearing wedding rings for the shoot. So sometime between now & a few years from now, they appear to have married. 2nd - There are going to apparently be some scenes that are NOT from 2036 as well. This particular scene is maybe 4-6 years in the future. The reason I can assume that is... Peter & Olivia were doing scenes that involved a young Etta (played by a girl who I only heard refered to as "Abagayle" - NOTE - her name is Abagayle Hardwick). The daughter of Peter & Olivia that we meet in episode 419 as a grown 20something woman, was being filmed today in the park as a 4-6 year old girl. The scene seemed to involve Peter & Olivia enjoying a picnic before its ruined when Peter sees some Observers & is calling out to Etta to come to him, then eventually Peter & Olivia running out to grab her as a swarm of Observers came stomping thru the field like a plague. Eventually the scene was completed. I got Anna & Josh to sign autographs as they left, and soon, everyone was off to set up for the next shoot they had at a different location. I will definitely have more pics later on from this scene, and of course, some more from a scene they did later in the day at a different location that Astrid & Walter were also a part of. For now, heres a few of The Observers, Peter (Joshua Jackson), Olivia (Anna Torv), Etta (Abigail ??) & of course, a couple Polivia pics. As well as Josh in between takes in a leather jacket. PS- small reminder since this was a repeat problem last season. If these are re-posted on your site, blog, tumblr, facebook page or elsewhere. Removing the tags & not posting the source for the material (ie- the link to this blog) may have your post removed by your sites host & could cause deletion of your site depending on what the terms of service state for unauthorized posting of materials. Please ONLY post images in whole AND with link credit |
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