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Shooting at Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood
Has anyone recently shot at Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood? I am trying to decide which room to book - junior suite or cabana room with a garden..I have not stayed there once, I am considering to go and check, not sure that they would let me in the rooms though... If someone shot there - any tips? Which room did you get? How did the staff react in respect to the models coming in, and did they know you were shooting there? I also really want to shoot on the roof by the sign there... Any info would be really appreciated.  Olesja Mar 23 07 03:28 pm Link my work recently inquired there about doing a shoot... if you go legit route, if i recall correctly, it was something like $1,000 for usage plus the cost of the room for one night... to shoot in their lobby, it was $10,000 usage... Mar 23 07 03:36 pm Link whoops... double post... Mar 23 07 03:36 pm Link Uff...that's a lot!! This would be just for some test shoots.... Mar 23 07 03:56 pm Link Yea, don't tell. Just check in and do it. We shot at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel - in the Presidential Suite (listed rate $10,000/night) - we didn't pay nearly that. Had five models over two days. Did we tell them we were going to shoot? Hell no, that would be asking for trouble... Don't even want to go there... Mar 23 07 04:41 pm Link When I was 14 my mother, an underpaid schoolteacher, and I toured California. It was around '77 or '78. Eyes of Laura Mars was playing across the street at the Chinese Theatre. Anyway ... Like the rest of Hollywood at that time, The Roosevelt was a relative shithole, but I guess it was on our budget. It had thick acrylic anti-theft glass like a taxi cab in the crappy lobby, and a slobby night desk clerk with a real New York attitude. My mother was in the process of checking in. She must have been about 34 at the time. She asks, 'Do you have a family rate?' The guy looks at her, then he looks at me. I was maybe 14 but I could pass for older. Then he looks back at my mother as if we were a couple, or maybe a hooker and a john, and he says, "Lady, now I've heard everything." True story. Mar 23 07 04:49 pm Link  Mar 23 07 04:55 pm Link Matrix Photography wrote: yah... just sneak it all in... Mar 23 07 05:49 pm Link The penthouse and deck, the bedroom leading out has a great ceiling but unless you are shooting from the floor with a wide angle you'll never see it, the whole suite is very nice however. I was there during the Oscars. the lobby has more interesting walls/locations/backgrounds as well. Stephen Eastwood http://www.PhotographersPortfolio.com Mar 23 07 07:16 pm Link I have often had hotels let me look at rooms before booking. Some went with me to show the rooms, some just gave me the keys. I tell them that I like morning sun or afternoon sun, but I don't whip out a light meter. Mar 23 07 09:56 pm Link this is what the wheelie bag was invented for. roll it in, shoot it up, roll it out. i have shot in a dozen LA hotel rooms. no worries. Mar 23 07 11:43 pm Link Digital Artform wrote: That's sad and funny at the same time:)))) Mar 24 07 12:33 am Link Sounds promising so far, but I guess I will have to get them to show me the rooms tomorrow...I also would love to shoot on the roof:) Maybe I can bribe security:))) Mar 24 07 12:40 am Link The penthouse is on longterm rent to Johnny Grant .."mayor" of Hollwood... Roof access is difficult. Apr 18 07 12:13 pm Link I even posted in this thread before, but when I saw it, I was like, 'omg! another shooting?' Apr 18 07 12:30 pm Link The rooms are SMALL at the Roosevelt...I'd get the garden one. And like most of L.A...if you tell 'em you're shooting..the price quadruples. Just check in. Bring your small kit. Message me...I've got a MUCH cooler place I'll share with ya. B Apr 18 07 12:32 pm Link |
