Students may have stumbled into some unexpected traffic coming in through the main entrance, on College Drive, into Rio Hondo College from February 21-26. Campus Facilities sent out an alert to notify students of parking lot and soccer field closures just one day prior to the start date for a filming production. The alert included the areas that were scheduled to be temporarily closed which consisted of the soccer field and parking lots four, five, and six.
The areas were scheduled to be completely closed to students and faculty with security providing traffic control from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The alert cautioned that there would be increased traffic patterns due to the film production equipment and team moving about. “Please plan accordingly and allow extra time for parking and commuting”, warned RHC Facilities and Campus Safety.
On the way up the main entrance, students may have seen the production taking place on the soccer field. To the left hand side on parking lots four, five, and, six the parking was used to make space for the production team and their equipment, leaving students to locate parking elsewhere. Some students may have experienced minor traffic delays while other students like Maria did not, “I have class at like 10 a.m. so I get here around 9:30ish and I didn’t really see much of a difference on my way in”. There was security conducting traffic control so students wouldn’t see major delays.
Few students may have been impacted from the closed lower parking lots on campus that were used to store the production equipment. RHC President and Superintendent, Marilyn Flores, commented on the production by explaining, “As with all filming requests, we review to ensure minimal impact to our students and/or services before approving and we send out facilities alerts to inform the college community”. This comes after RHC announced the filming of a McDonalds commercial last week.
The soccer field was used to film a scene with actors portraying soccer players for an episode of “Shrinking” which stars “How I Met Your Mother” actor Jason Segal and “Star Wars” actor Harrison Ford. RHC Dr. Flores, who earned a Doctorate degree for Institutional Leadership and Policy studies, was given the opportunity to meet both actors while she visited the film crew on our campus and said “they are incredibly talented, friendly and hilarious”. Students should be on the lookout for their soccer field in Season 3 of “Shrinking” on Apple TV.
Cutline : The production team waits around on the soccer field to wrap up their Film production on February 26.
cutline : A Warner Bros production truck arrives on February 26 at RHC campus to haul away their equipment after wrapping up their filming production.