Editing The Rocky Horror Picture Show (section)

===Filming and locations===
[[File:Oakley Court.jpg|right|thumb|Oakley Court]]

Set in the fictional town of Denton, the film was shot at [[Bray Studios (UK)|Bray Studios]] and [[Oakley Court]], a country house near [[Maidenhead]], [[Berkshire]], England, and at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]]<ref name="Newland2010">{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Newland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BZCLVHpA-gC&pg=PA138 |title=Don't Look Now: British Cinema in the 1970s |year=2010 |publisher=Intellect Books |isbn=978-1-8415-0320-2 |page=138}}</ref> for post-production,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=sally |title=Elstree Studios. |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Elstree+Studios.-a0150440147 |access-date=16 March 2014 |website=The Free Library |publisher=Farlex, Inc.}}</ref> from 21 October to 19 December 1974. Oakley Court, built in 1857 in the [[Victorian Gothic]] [[Architectural style|style]], is known for a number of [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer films]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Huckvale |first=David |url=http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/components/tutors/?view=tutor&id=87&cid=500 |title=Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde |date=28 May 2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3456-5 |page=150 |access-date=30 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="Fisher2013">{{cite book |first=Stuart |last=Fisher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWyrAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA227 |title=British River Navigations: Inland Cuts, Fens, Dikes, Channels and Non-tidal Rivers |date=24 October 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4729-0668-7 |page=227}}</ref> Much of the location shooting took place there, although at the time the manor was not in good condition.<ref name="Hallenbeck2009">{{cite book |first=Bruce G. |last=Hallenbeck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AIgAef-bAcC&pg=PA109 |title=Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914–2008 |date=30 April 2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5378-8 |page=109}}</ref> Most of the cast were from the original London stage production, including Tim Curry, who had decided that Dr Frank N. Furter should speak like the [[Elizabeth II|Queen of the United Kingdom]], extravagantly posh.<ref name="Glam era"/> Fox insisted on casting the two characters of Brad and Janet with American actors, Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon.<ref name="Eagan2009"/> Filming took place during autumn, which made conditions worse. During filming, Sarandon fell ill with [[pneumonia]].<ref name=AmericanMusical/> Filming of the laboratory scene and the title character's creation occurred on 30 October 1974.{{sfn|Henkin|1979|p=16}}

The film is both a parody and tribute to many of the science fiction and horror movies from the 1930s up to the 1970s.<ref name="Miller2011">{{cite book |first=Scott |last=Miller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAKvBAXbdFkC&pg=PA127 |title=Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals |date=2011 |publisher=UPNE |isbn=978-1-5555-3761-6 |page=127}}</ref> The film production retains many aspects from the stage version, such as production design and music, but adds new scenes not featured in the original stage play.<ref name="Eagan2009"/> The film's plot, setting, and style echo those of the Hammer horror films, which had their own instantly recognisable style (just as [[Universal Classic Monsters|Universal Studios' horror films]] did).<ref>{{cite book |last=Harpole |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkCxtdir1ZIC&q=The+Rocky+Horror+Picture+Show+parody+of+Hammer+Films&pg=PA212 |title=History of the American cinema |date=5 November 1999 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |isbn=978-0-6848-0463-7 |edition=1st |pages=212–213}}</ref> The originally proposed opening sequence was to contain clips of various films mentioned in the lyrics, as well as the first few sequences shot in black and white, but this was deemed too expensive and scrapped.<ref name="Eagan2009"/>