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If you are planning on shooting on location on New York City city property (i.e. streets / sidewalks / curb spaces or if you are shooting on private property and will be running cable across same …or need to clear parking…) in New York City (which includes the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island), you will need a City of New York Mayor’s Office of Film Theatre & Broadcasting (MOFTB) film permit. You should probably hire a local location scout or location manager to complete this paperwork for you.

Crazy UFO Location in Germany! …via Locamundo …via creative location – Thomas Duchnicki:

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NY moves to up tax incentives for filming | WheresSpot | …via NY Times…

This blog is a continuation of a blog I started at 360yahoo some time back and have now migrated here to nyc.locationscout.us.

• Save Filmmaking in New Jersey
  Without funding from the state, The New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission will no longer exist, and without their efforts to bring filmmaking to New Jersey and provide logistical location information, breakdown of the permit process, their pho
  (tags: NJFilm NJ filmproduction filmoffices filmcommissions causes politics)

Save Filmmaking in New Jersey

“Governor Corzine has eliminated funding for the New Jersey State Film Commission starting July 1st 2008.

• new york is a friendly town
  new york is a friendly town | new york city through the eyes of a guy in the throes of a love/hate relationship with the city he calls home.
  (tags: photos NewYorkCity NYC blogs photoblogs)

Thanks in no small part to Andrew Turner of Mapufacture and GeoPress, here is a map of all the geotagged posts on nyc.locationscout.us.

Somewhat accidentally, I have stumbled upon several filmmaking glossaries of terms commonly used in the production world – someone starting out or perhaps a property owner likely to be working with a film crew on location at their home or business may find these links very useful:

• Metromotion Productions
  MetroMotion is a production company based in New York City, NY and Miami, FL offering a full range of services for the photo, film, video / tv and events industries
  (tags: production productioncompany RVs motorhomes photoproduction filmproduction locations)

• architecture: Blogs, Photos, Videos and more on Technorati
  Location Scouting :: Lower Manhattan Skyline … 460 days ago by Sam Rohn – Location Scout · Empire State Building :: Location Scout …
  (tags: architecture location+scouts NewYorkCity NYC NY Sam-Rohn websites technorati photos)

movie site slashfilm.com

About /Film

“/Film was created in August 2005 as an alternative movie news and review blog.

• R. Richard Hobbs | Facebook
  Name: R. Richard Hobbs | Network: New York, NY | Here are some of R. Richard’s friends on Facebook… | Stevie Rosam | David Schoner | Joe Frank | Betsy Maley | Frank Verkaik
  (tags: Facebook socialsoftware people networking)

…via dallas craigslist | crew gigs | Location Scout Annual Rip Off (TEXAS) | Date: 2008-04-05, 2:13PM CDT

new site locationfiles.com is live!

locationfiles.com

• Other / Unusual | Thursday, 24 April 2008, 8:23 am
  other / unusual locationfiles.com – location files for film, photo, video, tv and events

Stumped At the Video Store | The Complete Guide to Location Scouting: Manhattan Edition with John Fedynich | by Chris Neumer; e-mail Chris

• Banchet Flowers :: Flowers

  MEET BANCHET JAIGLA

  Inspired by a childhood in Thailand and the cultural energy of New York City, Banchet has created a visual vocabulary unprecedented in the floral industry. Hand-selected growers from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, provide B

  (tags: flowers florist NewYorkCity NY)

• Shooting on Location – Helping film-makers to locate their next production worldwide (www.shootingonlocation.com)
  Shooting On Location? Shootingonlocation.com is a unique worldwide pre-production resource for film-makers researching, planning, and budgeting their next …
  (tags: locations)

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History:
• updated: 4/11/08: locationscout.blogspot.com is live again

Reservoir Dogs: Information From Answers.com

Prison Hoheneck Castle

From History and Present
• “In the year 1287 Count Erkenbert of Staleburgk would not have dreamed of his castle becoming a “royal” Saxon prison.”

Wired 14.06: The Rise of Crowdsourcing

• ProductionHUB : Location Scouts / Management / Managers in New York
  Pre-Production guide and directory of Location Scouts / Management / Managers in New York. Search, Get Listed or Request a Production Quote.
  (tags: locationscout location+scout location locations locationfiles location-scout location_scout locationscouting location+manager location+scouting NewYorkCity NY NYC)

High Dynamic Range Images | About

“Welcome to the High Dynamic Range Images Blog.

The New York Neo-Futurists: The Ensemble

New York Times | In Person | Giving Commercials Their Best Shot | By DEBRA GALANT | Published: October 26, 1997

• Shecky’s New York – From the best New York bars to the hottest events in town, Shecky’s Nightlife has it covered.
  (tags: NYC bars guide Reference blogs portals locations venues filmlocations)

EVERYBODY’s got a MySpace page, huh?

Well… guess I do too… two?

June 10, 2007 -  Insider

By Frappa Stout

Pardon Our Dust | Los Angeles Times | Rent your house out for movies, TV or commercials? How to earn $2,000 to $4,000 per day