Editing Flashdance (section)

===Filming===

The film was shot between October 18, 1982 and December 30, 1982 in [[Pittsburgh]] and [[Los Angeles]].

The dimly lit [[cinematography]] and [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]]-style [[Film editing|editing]] are due in part to the fact that most of Jennifer Beals' dancing in the film was performed by a [[body double]].<ref name="Jahan">{{cite news|url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19830422&id=VJEsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6801,2303492 |title=Dancer not getting credit for work in "Flashdance" |work=[[Lakeland Ledger]] |date=April 22, 1983}}</ref> Her main dance double is the French actress [[Marine Jahan]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuhrer |first1=Margaret |title=Our Favorite Movie Dance Doubles of All Time |url=https://www.dancespirit.com/movie-dance-doubles-2540397639.html |website=Dance Spirit |access-date=4 October 2021 |language=en |date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Making Flashdance look flashy |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2009-05-29-analysing-the-choreography-of-flashdance-feature-story-by-chris |website=Eye For Film |access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087493,00.html |title=Hoofers Hidden in the Shadows Dream of the Limelight |date=April 2, 1984 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912102453/https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087493,00.html |archive-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20057935,00.html |last=Bierly |first=Mandi |title=Maniac on the Floor |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |number=956 |date=September 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018132953/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20057935,00.html |archive-date=2007-10-18}}</ref> while the [[breakdancing]] that Alex performs in the audition sequence at the end of the film was doubled by the male dancer [[Crazy Legs (dancer)|Crazy Legs]].<ref name=yahoo>{{cite news |title='Flashdance,' 30 Years Later: B-Boy Recalls Girling Up for Final Scene |date=April 15, 2013 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/flashdance-30-years-later-b-boy-recalls-girling-170107851.html |work=[[Yahoo! News]]|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> The shot of Alex diving through the air in slow motion during the audition sequence was performed by [[Sharon Shapiro]], who was a professional [[gymnast]].<ref name=yahoo/> The producers of the film stated they had made no secret of having used a double for Beals, and that Jahan's name did not appear because Paramount Pictures shortened the closing credits.<ref name="Jahan" /> Marine Jahan was told that her involvement was hidden because "they didn't want to break the magic of the film".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Eileen |title=Revenge of the Body Doubles: 'Black Swan' Snub |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sarah-lane-natalie-portman-percent-black-swan-dancing/story?id=13234337 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=4 October 2021 |language=en |date=March 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pollard |first1=Tom |title=Flashdance (1983) |url=https://popularpittsburgh.com/flashdance-1983/ |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=Popular Pittsburgh |date=1 June 2018 |quote=It seems that she didn’t get credit for her work because the studio didn’t have to. It was either never required in the contract she signed |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004021359/https://popularpittsburgh.com/flashdance-1983/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Flashdance'' is often remembered for the [[sweatshirt]] with a large neck hole that Beals wore on the poster advertising the film. Beals said that the look of the sweatshirt came about by accident when it shrank in the wash and she cut out a large hole at the top so that she could wear it again.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Salem |date=2011-02-16 |title=Jennifer Beals: From ripped sweats to dress blues |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/940134--jennifer-beals-from-ripped-sweats-to-dress-blues |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220053918/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/940134--jennifer-beals-from-ripped-sweats-to-dress-blues |archive-date=February 20, 2011 |access-date=2011-02-27 |work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref>

==== Locations ====
Much of the film was shot in locations around [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania.<ref name=":0" /> The opening sequence of scenes with Alex riding her bicycle starts in the [[Fineview (Pittsburgh)|Fineview]] neighborhood.<ref name="PghMag" /> The last scene of the sequence shows Alex riding east over the [[Smithfield Street Bridge]], which is a continuity error. Alex's apartment was located in the [[South Side (Pittsburgh)|South Side]] neighborhood.<ref name="PghMag">{{cite news |title=This Week in Pittsburgh History: Flashdance Opens in Theaters |url=https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/this-week-in-pittsburgh-history-flashdance-opens-in-theaters/ |access-date=16 June 2023 |work=[[Pittsburgh Magazine]] |date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> When Alex goes to visit Hanna, she is seen riding one of the [[Duquesne Incline]] cable cars.<ref name="movieloc">{{cite web |title=Flashdance |url=https://movie-locations.com/movies/f/Flashdance.php |website=movie-locations.com |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> Hanna's apartment is located at 2100 Sidney Street at the southeast corner of South 21st Street.<ref name="movieloc"/>

The fictional Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance and Repertory was filmed inside the lobby and in front of Carnegie Music Hall, a part of the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]], located near the campuses of [[Carnegie Mellon University]] and the [[University of Pittsburgh]] in the [[Oakland (Pittsburgh)|Oakland]] neighborhood of Pittsburgh.<ref name="PghMag" />

The interior of Alex's apartment was filmed in Los Angeles at what was the Feit Electric Building on [[Los Angeles Street]].<ref name="movieloc" /> Additionally, the set for Mawby's was located in downtown Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" /> The ice skating rink scene on which Jeanie falls was filmed at Culver Ice Rink in [[Culver City, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flashdance |url=https://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2016/12/flashdance.html |website=itsfilmedthere.com |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref>