Michael Palmer wrote:
I'm going to be in Dallas for just one day.  I'm looking for a location (or two) that i can use for a couple of shoots.

Las Colinas is an interesting, somewhat-futuristic (although somewhat remote) location that may be conducive to contrasting an attractive human form against very clean, modern architectural lines and angles.

The added attraction of Las Colinas is that you have all these stern, sleek, airtight-looking office towers (and a monorail!) surrounded by acres and acres of prairie, so it looms as something that erupted straight out of the ground, or as if aliens dropped a complete city right in the middle of nowhere!   Several sci-fi movies have made use of Las Colinas for their exterior shots.

Fair Park is a beautiful, sprawling art deco location (built for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936), with plenty of space to set up interesting shots. Some parts of it look like a D.W. Griffith movie set, with monolithic temple-like structures and huge looming neo-classical statues.

At one point, an unfinished ramp meant to bridge the Trinity partially collapsed, creating a 'road to nowhere' effect. I don't know if that was ever repaired or cleaned up (this was back in the late '80s) but it really lent itself to a rather dramatic composition (it also has the added appeal of providing a nice  unobstructed view of downtown Dallas).

Hope that helps!

kickfight wrote:

Las Colinas is an interesting, somewhat-futuristic (although somewhat remote) location that may be conducive to contrasting an attractive human form against very clean, modern architectural lines and angles.

The added attraction of Las Colinas is that you have all these stern, sleek, airtight-looking office towers (and a monorail!) surrounded by acres and acres of prairie, so it looms as something that erupted straight out of the ground, or as if aliens dropped a complete city right in the middle of nowhere!   Several sci-fi movies have made use of Las Colinas for their exterior shots.

Fair Park is a beautiful, sprawling art deco location (built for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936), with plenty of space to set up interesting shots. Some parts of it look like a D.W. Griffith movie set, with monolithic temple-like structures and huge looming neo-classical statues.

At one point, an unfinished ramp meant to bridge the Trinity partially collapsed, creating a 'road to nowhere' effect. I don't know if that was ever repaired or cleaned up (this was back in the late '80s) but it really lent itself to a rather dramatic composition (it also has the added appeal of providing a nice  unobstructed view of downtown Dallas).

Hope that helps!

Thank you.  Has anyone tried shooting at this places before?  As always i'm concerned about turning up, shooting and getting hassled by the officials there.

Michael Palmer wrote:
Thank you.  Has anyone tried shooting at this places before?  As always i'm concerned about turning up, shooting and getting hassled by the officials there.

I think it depends on the 'intrusiveness' of your set-up and the day/time. I was part of a shoot at Las Colinas that took place on a Sunday afternoon (when the place was all but deserted) and it was not a problem. A Tuesday morning would be a different thing, I suppose, since it is primarily an office park.

Fair Park (as a 24/7 public park) may be a little trickier, but Dallas is (or was, when I was there) pretty laid-back.

Thomas Oed wrote:
Is Las Colinas where they shot Logan's Run??  That is a pretty crazy looking place... sort of 60's futuristic!  lol

Arhh Jenny Agutter topless.  Happy days!  :-)