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Q. What are "establishing shots"?

A. They are (mostly) aerial photos of places in the real Miami, which the producers drop into the show (usually at the start of a new scene) 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.

Click on the links below to see aerial photos of the establishing shot 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":

09:55: Looking northeast across a small marina onto the southeast tip of Fisher Island, just south of Miami Beach.

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. (The same buildings seen earlier in Episode 8, at 32:59.)

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