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| Q.
What are "establishing shots"?
A. They are aerial photos of places in the real Miami, which the producers drop into the show (usually as a new scene begins) to help create the illusion that the show is filmed in Miami. Although quite a few of the scenes in the early first season were actually shot in Miami, most of the show (since the 6th episode) has been filmed in Southern California. And after the first season, they gave up on Miami entirely, and moved all production to L.A. But they still use these aerial "establishing shots" to help set the Miami mood. Below
is a list of many of these establishing shots, listed in the order in which
they appear on the Episode Index page, with
descriptions of what the camera is showing us in these scenes, and links
to Live Local aerial photo-maps
of the actual locations. |
Episode
2 - "Crocodile":
08:05:
Flying
in low over Biscayne Bay, moving northwest toward the Wachovia
Tower in downtown Miami.
(The
tower is located at 200 S Biscayne Blvd.)
35:01:
Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Aerial
shot, moving north over Ocean Drive, showing the same businesses
(the Beacon
Hotel, the Colony Hotel & Johnny Rockets) shown
in the Ice Truck discovery scene.
Episode 4 - "Let's Give the Boy a Hand":
14:37:
A
night time shot of the white peaked tents at Miami's cruise ship terminals,
which are located on the
northeast
edge of Dodge Island, in the Biscayne Bay. The camera is moving
northwest along the island's
shore,
looking southwest. You then you see the Port Blvd Bridge (which is
seen in the drawbridge scene).
15:58:
Looking
southeast at where Dade Blvd (on Miami Beach)
bridges
west
to Belle Island.
16:01:
The
above shot then cuts to a different, closer shot of a tiny pedestrian
bridge at (roughly)
24th
St. & Collins Ave, near the east coast of Miami Beach. (The
camera is looking south.)
Episode 5 - "Love American Style":
06:12:
The
camera is looking northeast, as it moves up the east coast of Fisher
Island. Beyond the island,
you
can see tall buildings on the west side of the southern tip of Miami
Beach.
23:38: Looking
south (as the camera moves east) from the south coast of Hibiscus
Island, across the
Fountain
Street Bridge to Palm Island, and out towards towards Dodge
Island.
Episode 6 - "Return to Sender":
17:43:
The
camera is gliding along the northwest coast of Star Island (in Biscayne
Bay), looking east/southeast
across
the island homes, glimpsing the hotels on the east shore of Miami Beach
in the background.
20:15: Night
time view, looking southwest across the Port Island Bridge,
towards the downtown Miami skyline,
with
the Bayside Market Place briefly glimpsed below the skyscrapers.
Episode 7 - "Circle of Friends":
06:30:
The
camera is looking northwest over downtown Miami and the Miami
River, seeing the Hyatt Regency
Miami
hotel (which is a 400 South E. Second Ave).
47:04:
The
mouth of the Miami River, looking west at same downtown Miami
buildings seen in the last shot
(at 6:30),
(including
the Hyatt Regency) - only the camera movement differs.
Episode 8 - "Shrink Wrap":
07:30:
Distant
shot of the Miami skyline, looking west from across Biscayne
Bay, from the waters off the
west
side of Virginia Key.
22:43:
Looking
southeast down Collins Avenue (near 17th Street) in
Miami Beach.
32:59:
Looking
southwest from the ocean at the coast of Miami Beach,
and the ocean side of the
buildings
on Collins Avenue, near 35th & 36th Streets.
39:53:
Blurry
night time shot of the neon of Bayside Market Place (east of Biscayne
Blvd at 5th Street), in downtown
Miami
- looking east from offshore near the Port Blvd Bridge.
Episode 9 - "Father Knows Best":
14:13:
Camera
moving northwest above the MacArthur Causeway (as they pass the
Fountain Street bridge,
leading
east to Palm Island), Looking southwest across the channel between
the Causeway & Dodge Island,
to
the Miami skyline in distance (to the left).
Episode 10 - "Seeing Red":
40:07:
Flying
low over Wachovia Tower, at 200 S Biscayne Blvd, in downtown
Miami, moving east to west,
above
SE 2nd Street.
47:19: Still shot, Looking west, above the MacArthur Causeway, from just west of downtown Miami.
Episode 11 - "Truth Be Told":
05:35:
Night
time neon Miami Beach flyover, looking west at Ocean Drive, then
moving south along
the
700 block of Ocean Drive. (Same businesses seen as
before: the Colony Hotel & Johnny Rockets.)
34:13:
Distant
shot of Miami skyline. (Same shot as Episode 8,
7:30, but at sunset.)
Episode 12 - "Born Free":
07:42:
Miami view across ground-level bridge / causeway - towards low area.
50:58:
Gliding
across ocean southwest towards Collins Ave, between 32nd &
38th Streets, in Miami Beach.
(Same buildings
seen earlier in Episode 8, at 32:59.)
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