El Grupo
Well-Known Member
Good point, but not everything is filmed in the L.A. area. They never put their hear and soul into promoting this studio, or it could have gotten work that areas like North Carolina have gotten. Even Petersburg, here in Virginia, has a working studio with a fake Oval Office set that gets used routinely. Of course Virginia attracts historical dramas.
But the majorly obvious use, I think, for DHS as a studio would be for live family and children's shows. The live audience is plentiful, as opposed to L.A., where they often have to stand around Grauman's Chinese Theatre and hand out tickets to ensure a full audience. And, of course the promotional benefits would be great.
Imagine this:
"And now, LIVE from Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, it's the Mickey Mouse Club!!" (Or whatever teen show it could be.) You could not find a more nature cross promotion and ready-to-go live audience. Same could work for a game show -- a real one! Or a Discovery type show LIVE from Epcot! I mean they even have the built-in hotel accommodations for guest stars.
Seems obvious to me. I just think that The Weatherman and the rest of the studios folks in L.A. have forgotten what they have over here with regard to entertainment television potential.
All valid points. I would suggest that the production budgets for many of the kids shows on Disney Channel are not very large. Moving the casts and some of the production teams to FL would only add to the overall costs. The big question is whether being able to say the show was filmed before a live audience in DHS would make a considerable difference for the park. Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell. I tend to think that the money that would be invested in the production facilities, cast move, etc. would generate better results if funneled into an attraction. But, that's just my opinion. I could easily be missing the mark.