Well, I just watched the first two episodes of Nashville on TiVo and (1) I am hooked, (2) wow that's really Nashville, down to the details, and (3) other than the Bluebird and studios, they seem to be only filming inside the houses of my relatives. It is crazy to recognize so many scenes. And fun!
I am particularly impressed that the establishing shots for a residence are the actual exteriors of the interior scenes which follow. That rarely happens in TV and movies. In the second episode, our heroine has to attend a fundraiser thrown by her father. Her father's/her family's home interior and exterior is Cousin Barry's house (or rather, her parents'). The next scene is an establishing shot of people arriving at the fundraiser, and it's the grandparents' house next door. These houses are maybe 40 yards from each other, but you'd never know from the shots. Again, what was so striking is that Connie Britton walks up the front door, then the camera cuts to her entering the front hall from the actual front door seen from outside. And after our tour during the gothic makeover of the house during the Stoker filming, it's nice to see the house was returned to it's usual beauty with black and white tiled floor and murals in the front hall.
Connie Britton's character is confronted with three Nashville socialite characters who are rather true-to-life. So much so that I had to press for an instant replay as one of the girls (the one who asked if Rayna's new album was at Starbucks) is my sister-in-law(-in-law). I don't know how they go about casting, but that was Emily's sister-in-law Irish Johnston standing in the front hall of Dear and Papa's with a speaking part in a drama about Nashville.
I thought that Nashville felt like a small town when I go home. It feels even smaller on TV.
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