"One Night Out" Films In Beacon On East End Of Main Street For A Night Scene

The City of Beacon confirmed to A Little Beacon Blog that Tuesday night's filming, which carried into early Wednesday morning, was for the feature film thriller, "One Night Out."

This is an Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures, according to Deadline. The film stars Aldis Hodge and Wunmi Mosaku with George Tillman Jr. directing. Deadline reports that "Nelson Greaves wrote the script with revisions by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo." It will be available on Prime Video.

In this video, the stopped cars you see are plants. The people standing still are "extras." The people walking are local residents or tourists trying to get to restaurants that remained open during the film shoot, or just trying to get to another block of town. Beacon Police closed the street from Teller Avenue (Yankee Clipper Diner) to East Main Street (by Melzengah), which was announced by the City of Beacon.

In Beacon, moments of movie action occurred in front of The Station Dispensary, The Piggy Bank (formerly The Vault), and Brother’s Trattoria. One little person crossing the street exclaimed: "Why is the street wet!?!" The scene was styled in a "wet down" where the ground was wet. Sometimes a romantic effect used in movie making to signify a rainfall.

Up the block, Carter's Restaurant remained open to people in real life. Guests inside could see the action from their front row tables. "But nothing is happening!" explained the little person. Correct. Often in filming like this, background extras and cars are put into position, and wait. And wait. And then when the director calls "ACTION!" the PAs (Production Assistants) call "ROLLING!" and everyone must be quiet while the actors and picture cars do their things.

The actors and pictures cars may repeat that scene 1-7 times.

Further down Main Street, Chocolate Studio told A Little Beacon Blog that shops were instructed by the production company to keep their lights on for the night shots. It is not confirmed which if any Main Street businesses were compensated by the film production for their cooperation or inconveniences during the film shoot.

This was good news for the east end of Main Street, in that they got exposure. But bad news if regular locals or visiting tourists avoided the area, thinking that the streets were closed. PAs were gracious to passing pedestrians, where some PAs insisted on escorting anyone across the street for safety within the creatively controlled environment.

Business owners and home/apartment residents should know that should they be inconvenienced by a film shoot, they can ask for compensation from the film production company. Especially if any film equipment is set up in their parking lot or establishment. Or if actors "accidentally" walk into their establishment in an unscripted moment captured on film that the production might use. The person to contact is the Location Manager, who can negotiate the rate. Receiving such compensation is not guaranteed.

Until the next film spotting! Send your tips and pics to A Little Beacon Blog. Always ask a person on set which production it is so that we can keep track of who is where when.