(Molly Post)
Sometime in February, a sign appeared outside our building stating that a new NBC Pilot was looking for a location to film and our block was exactly what the producers and Spike Lee, the director, were looking for. Cody and I immediately thought it was a scam: person poses as NBC Producer, comes into your apartment to view the space, robs you. A few weeks go by and we see another sign outside the building informing us that NBC will be filming the Pilot on our street from 9 PM - 12 AM one evening the next week! Turns out the inquiry was legit and someone else took NBC up on their offer.
On the night of the shoot, a huge crew began to set up. Our entire block was shut down, huge trucks were set up as dressing rooms/staging areas, and a huge white screen was set up across from our building to reflect light down the block. For the first time, Cody and I decided to brave the fire escape to get a better view of the action. We crawled out of our window with a beer and watched NBC and Spike Lee shoot a scene from their pilot for the next hour or so.
This is looking from our apartment towards Park Avenue. These were the set up trucks.
This is the light screen that was directly across from our apartment.
Spike Lee
This is looking from our apartment towards Lexington Avenue. The scene involved a bunch of cop cars pulling up to an apartment building and a lot of people filling inside. They got it in about 3 takes. Will be interesting to see if our building makes it into the Pilot!
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