With the exception of some historical sites, most of the buildings inside the studios are very simple. That’s because the facades are changed all the time depending on what every production needs. Same case for the designs of the roads and paths. They also change the place of the offices all the time, also depending on the productions at the moment. This is the Main Street of the Sony Pictures Studios:
For instance, this is what they call “Bridge Building” (in the Warner Bros studios) because of its look. They often use this place to shoot New York City scenes or other cities with this kind of look, such as Hong Kong or Downtown LA.
Most of the area of the studios are filled with the stages, big empty buildings with grills on the roof that can be almost as tall as a 10-stories building. They are prepared to be modified. In the grills, they put dozens of lights and grip engineering. Some of the stages also have big pools behind the floor, so they can be filled with water and shoot scenes with ships, like the battle scenes of 300:Rise of An Empire or the last scene of The Dark Knight Rises where Robin rises up. The stages:
Other characteristic that distinguish the Major Studios are their fictional cities and roads. Most of them are facades of the typical american city. Though they look amazingly realistic, they are empty behind the panels of those facades. Rule number 1 of the studios: it has to be prepared to be modified. When you get close, you won’t also see lights on the streets or little details on the walls. That’s because they change all those things all the time, depending on what the Director wants for that particular production. There’s also no water or electricity in these places. They take the generators for the lights and big trucks for the water. The street sets of Warner Bros.:
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