Monthly Archives: March 2007
News: R. Richard Hobbs and Mark McKennon Featured on NYC Film Office Website
News: March: R. Richard Hobbs and Mark D. McKennon were recently featured on the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcast (MOFTB) website in an article highlighting film locations and production in New York City and the ongoing Location Scouting Workshop Mark and Richard are teaching at Learning Annex, New York.
Do You Know What A Location Scout Does?
New Location Featured
This past week I was contacted by a mid-Westchester County, NY property owner about the prospect of using their 200 year-old farmhouse home as a shoot location for film, photo or video projects.
As evidenced by the rest of the content here on my website and very likely because you were looking for someone like me, you probably already know I am a location scout and location manager and maintain a location library of shoot-ready locations for use by film, video and photo production.
In addition to being a beautiful home, this particular house has the distinction of recently being the “hero house”, or one of the main filming locations in the soon-to-be-released Miramax Film Corporation feature film, The Hoax, directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Richard Gere and Alfred Molina (complete IMDB webpage here) which attempts to tell the story of the Clifford Irving / Howard Hughes autobiography scandal of the 1970′s.
The owner relates to me that filming for the movie last year at their home went on pretty much full time for a period of about two months and that, overall, they enjoyed the experience and wish to host more shoots at their home in the future.
The home is located within a 30 mile radius of Columbus Circle, New York City, so it may be considered “within the zone” for many film and video shoots.
Remarkable Mid-County, East Westchester Residential Film Location
Garden State Film Festival
The Garden State Film Festival is next weekend in Asbury Park, starting Friday, March 23rd thru Sunday March 25th.
My Favorite Short Film This Week
New York State Filming / TV Incentives Kick In: Commercials Up Next?
Shoot Magazine (print edition) | or Seeking Deja Vu: N.Y. Looks To Fuel Spot Business (subscription required) | Commercial-making Incentives Hope To Mirror Success of N.Y. Feature Film / Television Program Tax Credits | By Robert Goldrich
Featured on NYC Film Office Website
Mark McKennon and I were featured recently on the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcast (MOFTB) website!
News: Location Scouting For Deutsche Bank
February: Location scouting in New York City for Deutsche Bank (Germany) for photography for their annual report by Albrecht Fuchs (Germany), produced by World Locations/Paris.
Kewl Vid on thelot.com
Update 7/2/2008 | A short clip from MoonCake, a short film by Marty Stanos, is available on Youtube (below). Marty is obviously very busy these days shopping and showing the film.









