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Post by rambabe on Nov 14, 2008 19:36:45 GMT -5
Production Blog was updated Nov. 14th. 6 photos from WILDLIFE. blog.nbc.com/laworder_svu/production_blog/Hi Everyone! So what did everyone think about "Babes?" Once again this year we had great guest casting in it: Debi Mazar, Britt Robertson, and Jesse McCartney. The best thing about them was not only were they great actors, but they were really nice people as well. So it seems like you all want so see some more behind the scene photos from Wildlife. Ask and you shall receive: PHOTO #1: Here is Stabler looking like he may be undercover in a pretty sketchy place, just maybe... PHOTO #2: Here is Cragen holding what seems to be just a basketball... PHOTO #3: Has anyone seen Madagascar? PHOTO #4: Ever been this close to a Cougar? PHOTO #5: Hard to imagine this little guy (5 months old) is going to turn into a vicious leopard PHOTO #6: Last, but not least. Meet Sally the monkey. By far my favorite.
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Post by Finaddict on Nov 16, 2008 20:45:38 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the up-date. Wildlife should be interesting.
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Post by rambabe on Nov 24, 2008 20:22:09 GMT -5
Production blog was updated 11/24 blog.nbc.com/laworder_svu/wildlife/Wildlife November 24, 01:49 PM Thank you for all the feedback on "Wildlife." No more lions, tigers, or bears at SVU (…for now). A few people seemed curious on how much interaction the Cast/Crew had with the animals. We shot that warehouse in NJ, and according to the state's rules when it comes to animals on the set, people weren't even allowed to pet the "friendly" animals. The only exception made was with our white-handed gibbon, Kimba (the monkey that comes out of the basketball). Because the scene specifically called for Cragen to get Kimba out of the basketball, we have a Wavier to interact with him. Which leads me to answer another one of your questions: The cast members (more specifically Dann Florek) needed some time to work with Kimba, so he could get comfortable with Dann. So Kimba came in to hang with Dann a little bit. Lastly, you asked if trainers/handlers were right off camera during the animal scenes, i.e. the Tiger. Yes, very very close. To give you a shooting secret: Chris Meloni was not really there when the tiger lunged at him. We shot Chris's reaction on his half of the frame with the camera locked off (meaning not moving) and then had the tiger come in and shot him on his side of the frame. We got the tiger to lunge by having his trainer stand where Chris was with a stick with some meat on it. Then in Post Production, the magic happens. They overlay the two shots, removing the trainer from the tiger shot and insert Chris's reaction shot. Tada! I have to tell you, as of the 5 seasons I've been at SVU, this one is at the top when it comes to the fun we have had shooting it. Stay tuned this Tuesday for "Persona", as we welcome back Judith Light, but NOT as JUDGE Donnelly……. Posted by SVUmac Great to have Judith Light back!
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Post by Terry on Nov 25, 2008 8:00:25 GMT -5
Donnelly in a new job? Like what? Senator?
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Post by JrBenson on Nov 25, 2008 14:17:11 GMT -5
Donnelly in a new job? Like what? Senator? And the mystery continues...dun, dun, dun....
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Post by rambabe on Nov 25, 2008 20:20:37 GMT -5
Donnelly in a new job? Like what? Senator? And the mystery continues...dun, dun, dun.... I have a hunch she may be playing a prosecutor or lawyer. The episode deals with a 34 year old murder case. Maybe she was involved in that case. She has done this in previous episodes.
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Post by Finaddict on Nov 25, 2008 22:34:36 GMT -5
I can't wait to see her. Judith Light is an all time fave of mine and I love seeing her in SVU no matter what she does.
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Post by Terry on Nov 27, 2008 11:08:57 GMT -5
I agree, Patti, Judith Light is an amazing actress. It was interesting to see her prosecute last case.
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Post by rambabe on Dec 16, 2008 0:08:43 GMT -5
Production Blog was updated. blog.nbc.com/laworder_svu/production_blog/December 10, 10:55 AM Smut Hi everyone! Any questions about last night's episode "Smut"? I personally thought it brought up a very intriguing question about what is worse: Knowing you were sexually assaulted and having to live with it, or being sexually assaulted and never knowing you were??? Our guest actors were great. Did anyone recognize Michael Trucco? He plays Sam on Battlestar Galatica. To answer what seems to be a big question everyone is asking: Yes Jay Leno's new show will be airing on NBC at 10:00pm every weeknight, so our time slot will be moving. When I know more you will know more! Does anyone know what Tech Advisors are? These are people who are experts or well trained in a certain career whom we go to for technical advice for certain details in our episodes. For example, we have a regular Tech Advisor for legal matters/procedures and also a regular Tech Advisor for police procedures/processes. Some shows just take what is called "Creative License" and do what ever works best for their story or show. However, at SVU we do our best to be as accurate and real as possible. So much to the point where (as an example) we will have real ER nurses playing background roles during our hospital scenes to make sure everything we are doing is correct. I wanted to give you guys a sneek peak behind the scenes of the episode "Hothouse" airing later this season. We had a professor and grad student from Columbia write all of our equations on the board. The gentleman on the right is David Bayar (professor at Columbia) and on the left is Jonathan Bloom (grad student). David Bayar was actually the technical advisor for "A Beautiful Mind". So we were lucky enough to get them both. Hopefully you all will appreciate how we try to be as accurate as possible, for such details as equations on a blackboard. Hit me up with some questions on last Tuesday's show!
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Post by Finaddict on Dec 16, 2008 22:04:03 GMT -5
thanks for posting the latest blog. At least we now that SVU is changing time slots. I have doubts about a season 11 but if they do one I wonder what night they will chose?
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Post by mad4svu on Dec 17, 2008 1:59:27 GMT -5
I just hope it's not Wednesdays or Thursdays because those are the nights my TV schedule is booked for!
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Post by rambabe on Jan 8, 2009 19:27:45 GMT -5
Production Blog was updated Jan. 8th. January 08, 01:23 PM People's Choice Awards Hi all, Sorry for the delay since my last post. We were on Hiatus for a few weeks. Congrats to Robin Williams on his People's Choice Award for guest starring on SVU! You can see his accpetance speech here: www.pcavote.com/pca/show/video-highlights/As usual, it's crazy just getting back to work. So I thought a quick way to start the New Year is with some cool tidbits about SVU: Did you know: In the open credits of the show all of the people shown/seen (outside of the actors) are current or former crew members Did you know: In the 10 Seasons that SVU has been on the air, we have seen over 25,000 people for casting for rolls on the show Did you know: Before Diane Neal was casted as our ADA Casey Novak, she originally appeared on the show a few seasons earlier as Amelia Chase, a female rapist in the episode "Ridicule". Did you know: Here at our stages (not including our permanent sets) we will often use the same set pieces in over 50 different sets before it gets discarded. Did you know: Many of the pieces in our Courtroom set were original from Night Court, then were used in the Dragnet Movie, then (after major renovations) landed here at SVU Thoughts about this week's show "Stranger?" Happy New Years Everyone!
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Post by Finaddict on Jan 8, 2009 20:44:15 GMT -5
Wow there were somethings there I didn't know. Thanks for posting this.
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Post by mad4svu on Jan 9, 2009 13:50:53 GMT -5
I'm not surprised over the use of set furniture. I remember reading that the I Love Lucy counter was used on the set of Happy Days in the Cunninghams' home. Also, if you look at Sacrifice of SVU, you can see the porn set is actually the same set used for Elliot's home!
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Post by rambabe on Jan 28, 2009 19:24:04 GMT -5
Production Blog update 1/28/09 blog.nbc.com/laworder_svu/production_blog/January 28, 02:47 PM Mariska is back Hi Everyone, I know everyone is concerned about our leading lady so I am thrilled to say Mariska is back to work and doing better. And I'm also happy to report that she will appear in all our episodes. Thank you for all your kind wishes and prayers posted on the blog. So Stephanie March had her first day of shooting last week with us. When I was walking by on set I snapped a quick photo with my phone so all could see her first scene back (sorry the quality is so poor). I'll get some good ones next time. (go to blog to see pic) Some people are asking when we saw her last. Her last appearance on SVU was when she came out of witness protection to testify against the man who shot her. The episode was called "Ghost" which aired back in 2005. Stephanie also was part of the cast for "Conviction" which was another one of Dick Wolf's shows and as Alexandra Cabot. When she returns to SVU we'll tell you why our detectives haven't heard from her… Her first episode is slated to air on March 10th Stephanie was originally scheduled to resurface in the Feb. 17th episiode. I wonder if Mariska's illness caused the delay or if NBC is holding off airing Stephanie's episodes for the "March Sweep's."Yes the "sweeps" are in March this year instead of February. I also noticed that NBC is airing RETRO on Feb. 17th and PERSONA on Feb. 24th Oh well-as long as we get all the episodes!
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