Safari Ben wrote:
Zuma and Point Dume!  or paradies cove!

Are there rocks at these locations?

Safari Ben wrote:
Zuma and Point Dume!  or paradies cove!

"Paradise" Cove, and they charge big fees. They're a private beach with a mobile home park, and its used all the time for beach filming when the producers want absolute control. They filmed the Beach Party (with Annette Funicello) movies there, and that's where Jim Rockford's trailer was parked. And they don't have rocks.

Zuma is nothing but sand and dunes with some vegetation (and thousands and thousands of beach goers during the summer), Dume is really just the one BIG rock cliff, unless you hike around the corner which is a pain, especially if you get stranded at high tide. (The rock cliff is what you saw at the end of the first Planet of the Apes and is still used in countless TV shows and commercials).

Andy Pearlman

Andy Pearlman wrote:
Those photos were taken either at Leo Carrillo or El Matador, both are state park beaches near the LA/Ventura county line, fairly close together and managed by the same state ranger office. Leo Carrillo is more accessable, but also more of a beach-goer beach with families and surfers and such, especially during summer. I'm guessing, from the opening in the rocks in Biel's shoot, that its El Matador, which is very popular for shoots because its very private, because its at the bottom of a 200' cliff, accessible by stairs and dirt paths. They have shoots there all the time, so you might think about a permit if its an important shoot, but I usually just risk it. Haven't been there for a year or two, but last time I shot some topless there (nudes are not technically permitted, but everyone does it), two other legal, permitted crews dropped in and we all took a different section of the beach with no problems. Well, except that one was a rock video and their crew kept oggling my model. Here's what it looks like from an old shoot (not that day). Note that if the weather is overcast & gloomy, you'll get the look that you see in the Jessica Beil shoot. if its sunny, the rocks come up warm and yellowish, like in the aerial shot. And there are a lot more rocks than you see in this pic. Best thing to do is go scout it yourself, that part's free.



The red X is where we shot the image of Sandee. You drive in from PCH, park in the lot at the top of this shot, pay the parking machine, and walk down the path that seems twice as long on the way up with wet clothes and all the gear you forgot to use.

BTW, if you go there before September, you won't get the sun setting over the water, it will set over the mountains off-camera to the left. People don't realize it (you can see it on a map though) that when you're standing on a beach in most of Malibu (which is where this is), looking at the ocean, you're usually looking south. In the summer the sun sets very far north in the sky, so here it goes down behind the mountains. As winter comes, it moves farther south and you can eventually watch it set right on the water. (No, I don't just make this stuff up).



BTW, there are lots of rocks all up an down the CA coast, you'll see similar formations in Orange County, San Diego, even Catalina.

Andy Pearlman

Awesome!  Thank you very much.  Just the information I was looking for.  I really appreciate it.