EastEnders and filming off set around the area it is filmed.
May 24, 2016 15:36:39 GMT
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Post by CAEF on May 24, 2016 15:36:39 GMT
In 1984 when the show was being prepared, they did consider using Fassett Square in Hackney as Albert Square but they then decided to use the Elstree studios and the old backlot used for Auf Wiedersehen Pet. The land had been cleared and Tony and Julia thought they could build a "East End" square on the backlot instead of hoiking the equipment 10 miles to Hackney about 3 days a week and disrupting East End life, as it is a busy place. As there was a tower block nearby the backlot at the old studios they could build the set in such as way so the high rise was visible from the square behind the old tyre yard now the car lot. And they could build a "railway bridge" to give that authentic East End look. And the 4 to 5 storey studio buildings could dub as Walford Garage and a factory nearby. These can be seen behind the playground and No 1 Albert Square. I have been to Borehamwood and could see a lot of the set from the surrounding streets. I even went in the towerblock. Unfortunately no window in the hallway overlooks the set from high up.
The production team like to film in and around Borehamwood and have always done this since 1985 to dub as other areas of Walford such as the high street but many of these locations don't look a great deal like the East End, they tend to be leafy suburbia, the church they use is very Midsomer-ish rather than an inner city East End church. I know the East End has certain architecture that makes it quite unique, and while it has a lot of greenery, there is no denying the East End has many tower blocks, motorway systems and office skyscrapers.
Even in 1985, when a scene was where Michelle Fowler was on a bus in "Walford" High Street, it looked more like a classy suburb rather than a run down part of the East End which Walford was meant to be. And the surrounding houses to the "EastEnders set" look very middle class, and in 1985 the set was half the size it is now and you could clearly see the surroundings more. And you could see a huge gap where the B&B is and even the Dagmar and Turpin Road buildings. They did very well to make the square full of soot, dirt, weeds and rubbish for realism. And the Vic looked very working class, as did the cafe and No 5 was still bomb damaged from 40 years earlier. I think even in the early years they did occasionally film off set in areas that looked like a leafy suburb rather than what Walford was meant to be, a run down East End area.
So when they film on the roof of the Vic or the fairground rides they occasionally have, you can see fields and woodland about half a mile away. Walford is meant to be where Bromley By Bow is, which is in inner city London.
The production team like to film in and around Borehamwood and have always done this since 1985 to dub as other areas of Walford such as the high street but many of these locations don't look a great deal like the East End, they tend to be leafy suburbia, the church they use is very Midsomer-ish rather than an inner city East End church. I know the East End has certain architecture that makes it quite unique, and while it has a lot of greenery, there is no denying the East End has many tower blocks, motorway systems and office skyscrapers.
Even in 1985, when a scene was where Michelle Fowler was on a bus in "Walford" High Street, it looked more like a classy suburb rather than a run down part of the East End which Walford was meant to be. And the surrounding houses to the "EastEnders set" look very middle class, and in 1985 the set was half the size it is now and you could clearly see the surroundings more. And you could see a huge gap where the B&B is and even the Dagmar and Turpin Road buildings. They did very well to make the square full of soot, dirt, weeds and rubbish for realism. And the Vic looked very working class, as did the cafe and No 5 was still bomb damaged from 40 years earlier. I think even in the early years they did occasionally film off set in areas that looked like a leafy suburb rather than what Walford was meant to be, a run down East End area.
So when they film on the roof of the Vic or the fairground rides they occasionally have, you can see fields and woodland about half a mile away. Walford is meant to be where Bromley By Bow is, which is in inner city London.
