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There's a place nearby where they build some fairly heft sets for films and then film parts of the film. I've seen signs up with "DLF" on them. I've seen these signs before and they've been film working titles.

Any idea what "DLF" might be or know where I can find out?


 
Posted : 13/06/2017 9:53 pm
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Try a quick Google of who is filming at x, there will be some movie geeks on it


 
Posted : 13/06/2017 10:08 pm
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Tried that Mike, nothing coming up yet.


 
Posted : 13/06/2017 10:23 pm
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"Nearby" isn't particularly descriptive. Nearby to what? London? Venezuela? Saturn?


 
Posted : 13/06/2017 11:57 pm
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Nearby to me! I was purposefully not being descriptive. I was just wondering if anyone knew of a forum or place to find out the working titles of films.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 8:45 pm
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I was just wondering if anyone knew of a forum or place to find out the working titles of films.

Advance Production News. It'll cost you £350 a year though. 🙂

The initials might not be a working title and it might not be a film. Could be an advert, could be a TV series and often the initials will be the production company (to save them getting new signs made for every production) rather than the actual or working production title. Theres at least one production company called 'DLF' - David Lynch Foundation frinstance

EDIT - incidentally - I've never worked on a film thats had a 'working title' - they've all been known and referred to pretty much by the name they were released as (give or take a tweak to tag-line) from the outset.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:06 pm
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Don't keep us in suspense, where Is it ?


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:11 pm
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Bedfordshire.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:17 pm
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I live near pinewood studios and there's hundreds of bits of day-glo card stuck to lampposts and traffic lights all the time. The names just appear to either be random letters or occasionally a random word. I've never tried to crack the code but my idle observation suggests there isn't one.

Given the levels of geekiness that people have for film it is surprising that there isn't a forum somewhere dedicated to listing these.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:25 pm
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A couple of months ago I stumbled into a production base for a historical drama being filmed in Northern Ireland (GoT). I guess at 7am if you're carrying a coffee, look hung over and are devilishly handsome people just assume you're famous actor.

Or probably, more likely, I look like a wildling.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:36 pm
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Justice League is currently filming some scenes in Bedfordshire
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Posted : 14/06/2017 9:40 pm
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Nearby to me!

Not helpful.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:42 pm
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This was what I thought MW, bound to be a film buff's website with this sort of thing on.

Drac is right Bedfordshire, Cardington Sheds to be precise. Noticed them last night while Airlander was flying about and I was heading to the chippie (Shortstown Chip Shop is very good!).

maccruiskeen - interesting about most films not having working titles. RFK was filmed at the Sheds (and Milbrook test track I think). RFK is what the signs said, it meant Rory's First Kiss aka The Dark Knight.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:45 pm
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Cougar - read the rest of that post! I wasn't actually after anything specific to the location or really the DLF sign. I was just wondering if anyone knew of a website or forum that might have such info.

Where it was actually doesn't matter really, even though I've since said where.


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 9:48 pm
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maccruiskeen - interesting about most films not having working titles.

Can't vouch for 'most' but in relation to any of the films I've worked on the titles haven't been any kind of secret. But on the unit signs themselves theres not really and purpose in them saying anything other than UNIT or LOC unless theres more than one production filming in the vicinity.

Can depend a bit though - particularly when films are location based rather than studio based its difficult to keep the fact a film is being made (and who is in it) a secret so conversely rather than being secretive the filming gets publicised and effectively becomes the first phase of marketing the film. Stuff like World War Z they left the location in glasgow set up for a few days and invited the public to come and nosy around.

Sometimes the secrecy is the marketing - you don't have to pay for media space if people if furtive little journalists think they're getting a scoop. 🙂


 
Posted : 14/06/2017 10:01 pm
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Yup usually LOC or UNIT signs up here when they're doing films or TV. The latest Transforners film was almost an open set, people could stand and watch what was going on. They invited kids to look in the cars and even start them.


 
Posted : 15/06/2017 4:24 am
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School newsletter was emailed earlier with the head wishing a kid luck who has a part in a film being filmed over the summer at the sheds. He went on to say that it's a Disney film. So DLF might be something like Disney Live Film if "live" films are becoming a trend now (Like Beauty and the Beast)


 
Posted : 16/06/2017 9:37 pm
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Possibly: Disney Lucasfilm.


 
Posted : 17/06/2017 6:45 am
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Could be a remake of any of the classic Disney films...

Dat Lost Fish
Dead Lion Father
Dem Little Fellas
Deer Lies F*****d

Etc


 
Posted : 17/06/2017 7:24 am
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Every Bond film has had a working title.
Quantum of Solace was Bond22
Casino - Bond21


 
Posted : 17/06/2017 9:01 am
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The bonds are simply B22, B23, B24 ( same name as the production company fro each film I.e Spectre was B25 Ltd
B25 coming soon .....


 
Posted : 17/06/2017 9:09 am
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Lucasfilm still goes by the LFL title


 
Posted : 17/06/2017 9:23 am
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I asked a friend who's in the industry and got this back:

[i]It could be a film title, could be the 'working' title. When we shot [Wonder Woman], the working title was Nightingale, so Night was on a lot of our signs. You also see Unit a lot, for Unit Base where everyone sets up and parks.[/i]


 
Posted : 17/06/2017 9:29 am