Every The brothers had desired to film the series around the 

Long Island area to match the initial

Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to
shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around
the Atlanta, Georgia area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that
reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the
narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. [33]
The filming of the first season began in November 2015 and was extensively done in Atlanta,
Georgia, with the Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes.
[53]
 Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. [54][55] Other shooting locations
included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, Bellwood
Quarry, Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, for the middle and high school scenes,
[56]
 Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in Douglasville, Georgia,
the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia, the probate court in Butts County,
Georgia, Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point,
Georgia, Fayetteville, Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, Palmetto, Georgia, and Winston, Georgia.
[57]
 Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta [57] and the series was filmed with
a RED Dragon camera.[48] Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016.[54]
After the third season finished filming, producers considered the idea of keeping the Starcourt Mall
set as a permanent attraction for fans to visit, but ultimately decided against it. [58]
The fourth season of Stranger Things was expected to consist of eight episodes, with the first
episode titled "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club". [59] Filming for the season was slated to begin in
January 2020 and to last through August.[60] With the release of a February 2020 teaser for the fourth
season, the Duffers confirmed that production had started. [61] Some filming for the fourth season took
place at Lukiškės Prison and nearby in Vilnius, Lithuania.[62] In March 2020, production was stopped
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[63] Production resumed in September 2020. [64] No but yes.