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We Find The Filming Locations Of Movies And Tv Series In Real Life And Recreate Their Scenes (30 Pics)
6 years ago, we had an idea that we never thought would work! We both love to travel around the world and we were looking for special destinations. Our idea was searching for filming locations and trying to take a picture that looks as close as possible to the original scene. When we took the first picture, we realized this is the perfect way for us to spend our holidays. In 2018, we decided to publish them on Instagram.
Taking a picture like this means:
1. We have to find the right costumes. We have to ask our friends and families if they have similar clothes. If not, DIY is always a good option, or we have to buy them.
2. We need to find the exact locations. It's often difficult because the environment or cities have changed a lot during the years. Also, the movie companies use CGI and it takes a lot of time to find the spot.
3. When we reach these locations, they're often way different than expected. It can be rainy when we need the sun, it can be crowded when we need to be alone, it can be very cold when we have to wear shorts. There are a lot of problems.
We are always very happy when we make it. Especially when we discover the small differences in the pictures—for example, the lions in the background of Outlander changed their color.
We often get asked why we are doing this. The answer is easy—it's a lot of fun!
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#1
Forrest Gump / Monument Valley, USA
Final score:
96points
Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
lol I was driving cross country and made this one of my stops as I had never seen it in person. I almost cried when I reached this spot.
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#2
Lord Of The Rings / Mount Sunday, New Zealand
Final score:
78points
Rudrani Love 5 years ago
the reply is almost as intense here.... especially there is a woman instead ...
Load More Replies... Rudrani Love 5 years ago (edited)
so she s got an interesting face when she wears make-up and almost no acting skills, whilst he has some and his face reminds me of at least 3 famous actors at the same time.... the first one would be Richard Gere, then Ethan Hawke and then for sure... Tom Hanks but definitely not in the role of Forrest D....Could you guess a fourth famous mug_---[:
#3
Outlander / Falkland, Scotland
Final score:
69points
Candace Fitzpatrick 5 years ago
Really cool re creation, but can anyone explain the blood on the pillars in the TV scene?!
Alex Bailey 5 years ago (edited)
Samhain (largely influences Halloween) is a holiday that the people of the Highlands celebrated by pouring blood (pretend - though when the book is set it would be chickens blood) on their door frames and doorsteps. Samhain allows the doorways to the Otherworld to open, allowing the spirits and the dead to come into our world. That's why those of us in Scotland find it really surprising that people in the US wear any fancy dress on Halloween - for us it is very much about the dead, ghouls etc! 👻 👻👻
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Rudrani Love 5 years ago
Originally Halloween was simply NOT about calling for the evil spirits....but wooshing them away....purifying the place... so.... wake up , dear people spreading fake news and information over and over again....Aren't you tired yet???
#4
Star Wars / Lake Como, Italy
Final score:
68points
Shart 5 years ago
That is what lucas gets for hiring nobody's as his leads..natalie is average at best..hayden is amateur at best
Banjo Peppers 5 years ago
Gets what? Billions of dollars? Natalie’s won more awards than you have.
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#5
Game Of Thrones / Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Final score:
65points
#6
Inception / Paris, France
Final score:
62points
#7
La La Land / Los Angeles, USA
Final score:
61points
Randy Klefbeck 5 years ago
Wish they had matched the lighting and time of day. The recreation seems a little ..blah.
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
I know that film studios colourise films, however, as a SoCal resident, the lower image's red highlights can be seen during the various wildfires that we have here.
#8
Charade / Paris, France
Final score:
56points
#9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay / Berlin, Germany
Final score:
55points
Felix Engeln 5 years ago
I know the place, cause I live in Berlin for 40 years now. It is not the train station from the recreation. The scene was shot in a pedestrian underground passway near the "ICC",a fair area. We used to skate there back in the days. The recreation is taken elsewhere. You can see it by the top lights.
Felix Engeln 5 years ago
The original is not in a subway station. It's the underground pedestrian way near the ICC and the central Bus Station.
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Linda Harms 5 years ago
Not the same place at all. Look at the light fixtures. Plus the 3 guys in the background are missing.
#11
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty / Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Final score:
55points
FloC 5 years ago
Maybe they put the fences after the movie because of the tourists trying to impersonate Walter Mitty on his skate board.
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#12
One Day / Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Final score:
54points
Randy Klefbeck 5 years ago
I've been there and I was trying to remember what angle of Hollyrood park this was. So many years ago. Hiked up to the top and enjoyed the view.
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James Bond / Glen Etive, Scotland
Final score:
54points
#14
Game Of Thrones / Playa De Itzurun, Zumaia, Spain
Final score:
54points
Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
It is. It also reminds me of Planet of the Apes.
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#15
Alien: Covenant / Milford Sound, New Zealand
Final score:
51points
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
Covenant and Prometheus got a lot of c**p but truly they weren't that bad.
#16
P.S. I Love You / Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
Final score:
51points
#17
Downton Abbey / Highclere Castle, United Kingdom
Final score:
48points
ZombieGirl 5 years ago
Wait...I thought the top one was the movie until I looked at the bottom one and realized it wasn't. This couple is so cute lol
#18
10,000 BC / Queenstown, New Zealand
Final score:
42points
#19
Star Wars / Lake Como, Italy
Final score:
41points
Kristina Thomas 5 years ago
I winder how they made the floor so shiny in Star Wars. Water maybe? CGI?
Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
looks like water, and a slightly different time of day. :) possibly even camera filters for the right feel they were going for in Star Wars.
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#21
Outlander / The Devil's Pulpit, Scotland
Final score:
40points
#22
The Devil Wears Prada / New York, USA
Final score:
37points
#23
Sissi / Kaiserstadt Bad Ischl, Austria
Final score:
36points
#24
Leap Year / Dublin, Ireland
Final score:
35points
#25
Game Of Thrones / Playa De Itzurun, Zumaia, Spain
Final score:
31points
#26
O.c. / Redondo Beach Coffee Shop, California, USA
Final score:
31points
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago (edited)
Hey, is that George's on PCH? The only place that I have ever seen falafel and poutine on the same menu.
Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
So the buildings in the background arent really there? Current shot is much better IMHO.
Kristina Thomas 5 years ago
Wait a minute, Photoshop? Unless the woman in the remake is huge and the woman in the movie is a midget.
#27
Pretty Woman / Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain, Los Angeles, California, USA
Final score:
30points
#28
Sex And The City / Paris, France
Final score:
29points
Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
I have a short little infinity scarf that I can use as a hand m**f like this, or just wear as a fuzzy collar. it's all good, and I can just shove it up one arm to free my hands for other stuff.
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Ant-Man / San Francisco, USA
Final score:
29points
Rudrani Love 5 years ago
ok.... the boy is more talented than the girl.... for most of the pics they are not acting at all...do not have the vibe....although the image is somewhat identical. And it is quite disturbing that vibrationally it's far away from it, while the easy part....recreating the exact details is achieved like 60-75%. But , dispair not, cause your pics a just enough proof what are actors' mission on planet Earth :-)
#30
The International / Milan, Italy
Final score:
27points
Max L. 5 years ago
Can't tell when, but I think I passed by when this exact scene was shot, riding my bike. Lot of gears, and a crane camera mount quite dangerous, since it is many lanes road right off the station, patrols made them just into one per way, and this crane camera mount kept passing over the only open lane, mostly dangerous just because people looking. As the crew realized what was going on, they quit to let the traffic flow a bit and that was it.
#32
No Strings Attached / Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, California, USA
Final score:
9points
Pusfarm 5 years ago
The Urban Lights art installation at LA County Museum of Art. First time I went there was to photograph the lights, but there are so many people posing for their own photos that the people became the more interesting subject. Part of the Berlin Wall is directly across the street from this.
#34
Outlander / Falkland, Scotland
Final score:
9points
#35
Sense 8 / Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland
Final score:
8points
DforDorothy 5 years ago
Amazing devotion of them to find the exact spots (not just the location itself) where these scenes were filmed! Good for them! 👍
#39
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty / Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Final score:
7points
#40
Keinohrhase (Rabbits Without Ears) / Potsdam, Germany
Final score:
6points
#42
Beat / Berlin, Germany
Final score:
6points
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Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
I love this! I dont travel specifically to find iconic locations, but if I am close (and that might be up to and including a 10 hour drive) I will make an effort to find them. My thing is to buy a postcard of the place and then see if I can get the same shot. This was fun and I hope you get to continue it!
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
What strikes me is that Spain appears far more rural than we Americans think it is.
Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
Most of the inland and part of the North coast is
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Zane Cerpina 5 years ago (edited)
Check out Richard DeDomenici and his movie clips reduxes done since 2013. https://dedomenici.com/redux
Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
I love this! I dont travel specifically to find iconic locations, but if I am close (and that might be up to and including a 10 hour drive) I will make an effort to find them. My thing is to buy a postcard of the place and then see if I can get the same shot. This was fun and I hope you get to continue it!
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
What strikes me is that Spain appears far more rural than we Americans think it is.
Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
Most of the inland and part of the North coast is
Load More Replies... Zane Cerpina 5 years ago (edited)
Check out Richard DeDomenici and his movie clips reduxes done since 2013. https://dedomenici.com/redux
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