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Re: GRcade USTV Awards 2011-2012 Voting Thread

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:39 am
by melatonin
Memento Mori wrote:If David Simon can't film a ten episode TV show in a year, he must face the consequences.


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Re: GRcade USTV Awards 2011-2012 Voting Thread

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:20 am
by systematic
Filming for the third season wrapped up in May, so HBO could have premiered the season in April, just like previous years, if they wanted.

Delaying the show to make way for Girls and Veep worked out better in terms of ratings and hype.

Back home in Baltimore after a long, involved shoot.

How long, you ask? How involved?

Well, if you must know, the following figures were compiled by fellow producer Joe Incaprera. They were delivered to the crew after the last shot of season three, outside a warehouse in Algiers amid champagne and cake.

Number of episodes filmed: 10
Number of shooting days: 113 for first unit, plus 10 days of second unit or splinter unit shooting.
Number of feet of film shot (excluding the last day of filming, which had not been compiled: 1,165,570
Number of feet of film shot for Mardi Gras episode: 165,810
Number of total company moves during filming: 280
Number of locations: 370
Number of no-parking signs posts due to location shooting: 7,000
Number of New Orleans restaurants featured: 27
Number of restaurants built as sets: 2
Number of New Orleans bars featured: 40
Number of New Orleans bars built: 1
Number of speaking parts, seasons three: 347
Number of recurring characters, season three: 95
Number of extras: 9,421
Number of New Orleans musicians filmed: 371
Number of travel memos issued by production office: 383
Number of script revisions: 66
Number of total script pages: 597
Number of times a character says “brah” in dialogue: 21
Number of songs performed live: 106
Number of petty cash and credit card receipts: 12,149
Number of marriages within cast and crew: 2
Number of babies born to cast and crew during production: 2

http://davidsimon.com/end-of-treme-3-filming/

Re: GRcade USTV Awards 2011-2012 Voting Thread

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:26 am
by chalkitdown
Tremé :wub:

Re: GRcade USTV Awards 2011-2012 Voting Thread

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:27 am
by Memento Mori
I'll be posting the winners tomorrow evening so if you want to vote do it soon.

Re: GRcade USTV Awards 2011-2012 Voting Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:10 pm
by Grumpy David
Were the winners posted in a different topic?

Re: GRcade USTV Awards 2011-2012 Voting Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:48 pm
by Monkey Man
Grumpy David wrote:Were the winners posted in a different topic?


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