Warner Bros. Shoots TV Pilot about College Life on Campus
 Warner Bros. is filming a pilot for a television show, The Bedford Diaries, on the Barnard campus. The New York City-based college drama will focus on the academic and social lives of students. The show is written and produced by Tom Fontana (St. Elsewhere, Homicide, OZ) and Barry Levinson (Rainman, Good Morning Vietnam, and Diner). The pilot shoot will be directed by Adam Bernstein, and will take place at a variety of exterior and interior locations on campus Thursday and Friday, March 10-11, and Monday and Tuesday, March 14-15.
The Bedford Diaries follows six college students as they negotiate through school, relationships and the mounting responsibility of adulthood. The show will be set at fictional NYC "Bedford College." In addition to our campus, Warner Bros. is also filming at Union Theological Seminary and several other locations in and around the New York area to create their "campus."
 "Barnard is the perfect location to shoot Bedford because it has the same first and last letter and the same number of letters as in Bedford," quipped Bernstein, director of the pilot. "Barnard is also a great-looking campus, which suits our needs perfectly."
The crew consists of 75-80 production and technical assistants and actors. Warner Bros. has also hired two Barnard students as production assistants and will use a few students as extras as well.
The set-up and filming starts at about 7 a.m. each morning and the following locations will be used (some minor changes might occur due to weather):
Thursday, March 10
The walkway in front of the library
Barnard Hall roof top
The Barnard Hall gates
The McIntosh exterior plaza upper level
Friday, March 11
Altschul Atrium
Lehman Auditorium
The exterior of McIntosh upper level
Holding area: McIntosh lower level
Monday, March 14
Exterior in front of Library toward McIntosh
Exterior in front of McIntosh (inside McIntosh upper level if weather is bad)
Sulzberger Hall, 2nd floor, hallway
Holding areas: Lower Level of McIntosh cafeteria and classrooms 120 and 121
Tuesday, March 15
McIntosh upper level
SGA Office, McIntosh upper level
Holding area: McIntosh lower level, and classrooms 120 and 121
Java City Cafe will be closed on March 14 and 15 due to the filming.
Contact: Petra Tuomi, Office of Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
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