Shot Angles

We went to MCS again this morning. I took mostly HDRs which I am still processing but I wanted to post this cool movie-related item. On top is a screen capture from the first Transformers movie, a scene which was shot inside the main lobby at MCS in 2006.

Below that is a picture I took this morning from about the same angle. I cropped it and altered the coloration to match the look of the film. Pretty cool. They used a big light down the hall for effect, and a wider lens than I did (hence the distortion they got in the pillars, etc). But all in all, it's very close.

Amazingly, much of the specific graffiti has survived, with some new stuff added in.

Transforming

Just to add one more dimension to the story of the MCS, here are shots from the scene in the movie Transformers where Shia LaBeouf runs through the MCS near the end of the film. These scenes were filmed at the MCS sometime in 2006, and it looks just about the same now, although it looks like for the movie they added some digital grunge to the exterior.



Here's how the second scene was set up:

Lava Cake

I don't think I ever showed you the custom Transformers birthday cake I made for Zach. So, in the interest of correcting that miscalculation, here it is!