After, I don’t know how many years, I took a quick, restful and absolutely fabulous vacation in Baja California. Real Mexican food, a nice hotel room with a great ocean view and three days of being completely off the grid. Very nice. So what does this have to do with production.
I couldn’t leave without taking a look at Fox Studios Baja. While on our way out of Mexico, we stopped to see if we can take a look around. Located a few kilometers south of Rosarito Beach, it’s a well equipped studio lot with a theme park adjacent to the water tanks and stages. We had planned on visiting the theme park, but it’s closed on Monday. I managed to get my way in for a tour of the facility based on a inquiry for a film I’ll be shooting later this year. Mexico has been considered as a possible location and the stages there might come in handy.
In no time at all, we were on the deck of the Titanic tank. The stages are large and well designed and the production offices are clean and roomy. They also have work space building for grip, electric, camera and art department including a painting & welding tunnel. They have large, plein air water tanks and tanks inside of stages.
Grip and lighting can be ordered from Hollywood Rentals in Los Angeles – power plants for lighting also needs to be rented.
I don’t know if Mexico is the right place to shoot this film but it’s nice to know that the facilities are available if they decide to shoot there. Definitely worth a visit.
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