This
establishing shot of the real Orange County
was first seen on "The O.C." in Episode 3 of Season two: "The New
Kids on the Block"
This is an aerial
view of the Newport Fashion Island mall.
The camera is looking southwest, towards Newport Harbor.
Located
about two miles northeast of Balboa island, this mall
has been mentioned several times on The O.C.
You'll find it just north of Pacific Coast Highway, at the end of Newport
Center Drive.
The circular pink building is the Neiman-Marcus department store. The yellowish,
rectangular building behind it is
Bloomingdale's department store. You can see the part of the Four
Seasons hotel on the right edge of the photo.
The
Fashion Island photo below (similar to the one above), was first
seen in Episode 5 (of season two) "The SnO.C.":
It was shot from just a bit farther south, and is looking due west.
This very similar
shot (below) of the mall first appeared in Season two's Episode 15: "The
Mallsipode",
in which we are led to believe that the mall where the kids spend the night
is Fashion Island.
Important:
These "establishing shots" of Orange County are not locations
where The O.C. is actually filmed.
The O.C. is not really filmed in Orange County - it is filmed in
Los Angeles County. These "establishing shots"
are brief aerial snapshots of actual Orange County locations, which the
producers drop into the show to add color and
to help create the illusion that we are seeing the real Orange County.
I have included this list of their "establishing shots"
to supplement the main list of actual filming
locations. You can tell the difference by color: the actual filming
location
pages are gold, while the "establishing shot" pages are blue.
To see a list of the L.A.
locations where The O.C. is actually filmed,
click on the OC Filming Locations logo below.
By
Episode - By Category - By
Geographical Location - Clickable Map
of All O.C. Locations - Establishing Shots
THE O.C.
screenshots from the show and all related characters & elements are
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All other photos & text are copyright 2006 © Gary J. Wayne and
may not be used without written permission.
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