New York Times | Lights! Camera! Action! Location Fees! | By LISA PREVOST | Published: February 16, 2003
“LOCATION scouts in search of houses for use in television commercials often check in with Iris G. Stevens, director of the Westchester County Film Office. Ms. Stevens has a stack of photographs of 100-plus homes available as shooting sites.”
I call Iris at the Westchester County Film Office all the time for ideas and for guidance regarding filming in various towns and neighborhoods under her jurisdiction.
The Westchester County Film Office is a font of information and assistance for Westchester County; anyone that is a location scout, location manager or production coordinator that does not take advantage of Westchester Film’s service is ignoring an extremely valuable resource.
The article continues with a short interview with Katherine Oliver, Commissioner of the New York City Mayors Office of Film, Theater and Broadcast (MOFTB), Guy Ortoleva, Executive Director of the Connecticut Film, Video and Media Office and Betty Rankin, of Betty Rankin Locations as well as anecdotes from several fellow local location scout/managers, including Gary Handel, who also happens to own Gary’s Lofts, a well-known Brooklyn filming location. (btw, Gary apparently has done so well with his loft that he has expended into several other properties in Manhattan).
Even though the above mentioned newspaper article is several years old, there are a number of useful pieces of film location related info contained therein of potential interest to production personnel and local property owners alike. (Be sure and make note of the discussion regarding “the zone“)
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