[Magdalen] Location, Location, Location.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

There are some television series that seem to do well with accurate
depiction of their supposed locations.  Such would be CSI Miami
(available via reruns several times per week) which is supposed to be
located and camera-shot in the Miami, FL area, but, in fact, was  filed
mostly in the Long Beach, CA area.  There has been tremendous
ocean side buildup in Long Beach that passes for Miami.   Overhead
shots on CSI Miami ARE from the Miami-Miami Beach area.
Only once, when there is a distant view of the Saint Mary ocean liner
turned hotel is the Long Beach location given away.
 
OTOH, the very popular NCIS which is supposed to take place in
the Washington, DC area makes it obvious on their out of doors,
and especially woodland episodes that it is filmed in the Los Angeles
area.  The almost jungle like forests of Virginia and Maryland  are
very different from the dry chaparral of the areas west of LA, and
NCIS pretends they're in the USA East.  When there is a scene
"up in the mountains," the location is obviously into the Ponderosa
Pine forests to the west of LA and NOT in the Appalachians.
 
It isn't just television series that can be caught in a fabricated
location.  I read this week the monthly Mpla/St.Paul Magazine
where there were several large ads by "premium" home builders,
One spread was about a ritzy development in the suburbs.  The
homes were large and well landscaped, but several of them featured
Alaska Cedars (Cupressuss nootkatensis.  I checked with the
major landscapers of that City, and confirmed that Alaska Cedars
do not survive winters in zones 3 or 4.  Even 5a is a risk.
 
The homes shown in the magazine were obviously not in Minnesota,
 
 
David Strang.