Monthly Archives: October 2008

Diving dollar has gold lining for silver screen – The Age

Posted on October 30, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Diving dollar has gold lining for silver screen
The Age, Australia - 18 hours ago
THE plunging Australian dollar promises to be a bonanza for big-spending American film and TV productions shooting in Australia. The Melbourne Film Office …

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Uncertain Business Climate Impacts On-Location Film Production – SHOOT Online (subscription)

Posted on October 30, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Uncertain Business Climate Impacts On-Location Film Production
SHOOT Online (subscription), CT - 9 hours ago
Total permitted days of on-location filming* coordinated by FilmL.A. decreased one percent between July and September 2008, compared to the same period in …

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Directors cut to different locations – Financial Times

Posted on October 30, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Financial Times, UK - Oct 27, 2008
By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles | The film business is synonymous with Los Angeles. So much so, that the name most associated with the industry is visible in bold white letters to anyone within a few miles of the hills that separate the city from the San Fernando Valley. …

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Comedian Schneider to shoot film in Detroit – Detroit Free Press

Posted on October 25, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

… Male Gigolo" and "Saturday Night Live" ) will be on location in Detroit starting Monday to begin shooting the feature film comedy "Virgin on Bourbon …

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Shot in Texas: More wrangling over film incentives – Dallas Morning News

Posted on October 25, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

One proposal has a little bump for films shot here and deemed family-friendly, says Bob Hudgins, head of the Texas Film Commission. …

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County in big screen spotlight – Ipswich Evening Star

Posted on October 25, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

“Location filming can therefore help Suffolk to showcase the beauty of the county's countryside and historic heritage.” Anyone who knows of a Suffolk …

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Location Awards honor industry best – Variety

Posted on October 25, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

“This awards gala honors our hard-working location managers whose main motto is ‘keep filming in California,’ ” said Sheri Davis, director of the Inland Empire Film Commission and awards co-chair along with Janice Arrington of the Orange County Film Commission and Pauline East of the Antelope Valley Film Office. …

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News: Location Services for Pharma Roll-out

Posted on October 23, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

News: Location Services for photography in the New Jersey area for an upcoming pharmaceutical product roll-out, produced by RelatedProduction (Los Altos Hills, CA).


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News: Location Services For Peek and Cloppenburg

Posted on October 23, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

News: Location services for Boston-area fashion photography for Peek and Cloppenburg (Dusseldorf, Germany), produced by World Locations / Clare Beresford (London / Los Angeles / Paris).


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Bigfoot Entertainment hires Cebuana as location scout for upcoming … – PR Inside

Posted on October 22, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Jill Watt, a 25-year-old Cebuana, is the location scout that Bigfoot Entertainment has turned to for its latest feature, Tears From Afar. The film follows the story of a young Vietnamese woman who weds an American man with the expectation that he …

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St Albans Abbey is favourite location for film directors – Advertiser 24

Posted on October 22, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

ST ALBANS Abbey is fast becoming a familiar backdrop for film directors in search of a stunning location. Ewan McGregor is the latest big name joining the …

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Location managers honored at COLAs – Hollywood Reporter

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The location managers behind Stage 6/Screen Gem’s “Fired Up” and Universal/Imagine’s “Frost/Nixon” tied for location manager of the year while the location team behind DreamWorks’ “Eagle Eye” took location team of the year, two of the top prizes at Sunday’s 14th annual California On Location Awards.

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Upcoming film being shot in downtown Phoenix – ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

According to the Phoenix Film Office, scenes for "Middle Men" were shot near 1st Avenue and Monroe Street. The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) says the film, …

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Seattle lands leading roles – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

They block off streets, create explosions, make fake rain, close playgrounds, take over buildings and take up parking. But when it comes to visiting filmmakers, the city of Seattle, its neighborhoods and the state of Washington have this to say …

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New nyc.locationscout.us Promo Postcard

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Hot off the presses, the new nyc.locationscout.us promo is hittin’ the mail!

The photos on the card are from a location scouting job I did this summer in Red Hook, Brooklyn and a house from my locationfiles.com Locamundo location library in the Houses Locations Album (45953 Montclair, NJ); read more about this home here.

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Lipstick Jungle Shooting in New York City

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

I was walking down Varick Street in Manhattan and noticed NBC-TV’s Lipstick Jungle’s trucks, indicating they were shooting on location nearby. I know it was Lipstick Jungle because they had a New York Mayor’s Office of Film Theatre & Broadcasting filming permit and had posted MOFTB / NYPD “no parking” signs around the area. The name of the production filming is always on the “no parking” signs.

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Lipstick Jungle on Location in New York City
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Coffee shop serves as site for filming – Whittier Daily News

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

A film crew set up at Lisa’s Coffee Shop on San Bernardino Road in Covina on Monday to shoot a promotional commercial for the TNT cable network’s shows including `The Closer’, `Saving Grace’, and `Raising the Bar’. Location manager Albert M. Epps …

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Indian film-maker selects Coventry as location for next project – Press Trust of India

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

London, October 20 (PTI) India's noted film company Rajshri Productions has chosen the east Midlands city of Coventry as the location for shooting of their …

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Take the Noor & Mohannad trail to exotic Sri Lanka – Al-Bawaba

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The first ever (officially recorded) foreign film shot on location in Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known) was Carol Reed’s “Outcast of the Islands” (1951). Six years later, Sir David Lean chose Sri Lanka to shoot his 1957 Oscar winning movie ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ with Sir Alec Guinness in the lead more films and tele-series down the line …. John Derek shot “Tarzan the Ape Man” (1981) in Sri Lanka with his wife Bo Derek in the lead. …

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Film festival ‘history in the making’ – The National

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Nashwa al Ruwaini, the festival’s director, said its success was “beyond our imaginations”.

“We have a film fund, a film commission, a research circle and a film institute – and that’s not to mention all the other private investments that are going on. This is truly history in the making.” …

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Win "Bond On Set" Books – MI6

Posted on October 21, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Experience the glamour of film-making on location with premier celebrity photographer Greg Williams and follow the making of "Quantum of Solace". …

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Made in North Carolina – Hollywood Reporter

Posted on October 17, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

"More than just location," says Johnny Griffin of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission, "these productions took advantage of production facilities, …


Scene From Leatherheads, Filmed in NC
Hollywood Reporter

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BBC to reveal Casualty filming location – guardian.co.uk

Posted on October 17, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The decision on the future filming location of BBC dramas, including Casualty, is expected to be announced tonight by the director of BBC Vision, …

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What Just Happened – DVD Talk

Posted on October 17, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Levinson tries to play the material cool, keeping Ben floating through his community as his speeds from location to location putting out professional and …

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Library lights up for Hollywood crew – Observer & Eccentric

Posted on October 17, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The crew spent 1 1/2 days using the lobby and conference room as the setting for a film set in the headquarters of a fictitious auto parts company, explained David Rumble, location manager who recommended the Southfield Library because, with a few props, it looked like a big time meeting room. …

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Pender County farmhouse transformed into a movie set (WWAY 3 Wilmington)

Posted on October 17, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

For major motion picture scouts location is the key. When it came time to search for the perfect home to film The Secret Life of Bees, an old farmhouse in Pender County caught their eye.

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Film group to host meeting – DeSoto Appeal

Posted on October 16, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The Association for the Future of Film & Television will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Playhouse on the Square, 51 S. Cooper. The event is hosted by two influential local supporters: Linn Sitler, commissioner of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commission, and Dean Deyo, president of the Memphis Music Foundation.

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Rome Film Festival to push tax benefits – Hollywood Reporter

Posted on October 16, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The initiative, sponsored by the Rome and Lazio Film Commission and cinema associations API and ANICA, will include access to expert advisors who will be …

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Legislative panel OKs film-incentives hike – Deseret News

Posted on October 16, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

Marshall Moore, director of the Utah Film Commission, said Kevin Costner recently visited Moab and wants to shoot two large-budget westerns in Utah. …

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Mayor Bloomberg and NYC & Company Open Travel and Tourism Office … – Canada NewsWire (press release)

Posted on October 16, 2008 by R. Richard Hobbs

The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) is also actively recruiting the production of Indian films to New York City. …

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