 Anger upgraded from a spring-wound camera when his grandmother gave him a Bell & Howell 16 mm camera as a birthday gift, which allowed him to film at 24 frames per second.Anger placed the shoot at his parents' home in Beverly Hills over three days; however, his older brother Bob has stated that "Fireworks" was shot at a home in the Hollywood Hills.One scene was shot in a public bathroom at a park in Olive Hill, California.