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City yells “Cut!” on filming in South Williamsburg

…“A lot of people tend to be a little bit over territorial, but what they don’t realize is that if they can deal with just a little bit of trouble, it will do their neighborhood and the city a whole lot of good,” said location scout Richard Hobbs, who claims that film crews can be a boon for local businesses.

“There are always going to be sensitive areas in the city, but the good thing is that this a big city,” Hobbs added.

“If Williamsburg is on the hot list right now, you go somewhere else.”

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moved to http://rrhobbs.com/outsidein-storymap-nyclocationscoutus/

Sam’s Point, NY Huckleberry Pickers’ Shacks | The Nature Conservancy in New York - Sam’s Point: The Huckleberry Pickers

…Beginning in the 1920’s and continuing throughout the 1960’s, New York’s Shawangunk Mountains were home to a thriving industry of huckleberry pickers.

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APA/LA Hosts Free Roundtable Discussion on Omnicom Issue | Thursday April 2, 2009, 7pm | Helms Daylight Studio 3221 Hutchison Ave. Los Angeles CA 90034

In response to Omnicom’s recently announced plan to operate under the premise of sequential liability, APA/LA is hosting a roundtable discussion of this policy and the adjoining no advance policy and how it effects our industry.

 
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Google News Search: “sequential+liability”

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Google Blog Search: “sequential+liability”

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Active Discussion: News of Omnicom New Payment Terms? - WheresSpot (free registration reqd).

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Wall Street Journal | ADVERTISING | FEBRUARY 23, 2009 | By SUZANNE VRANICA | Payments Drag Out on TV Spots | Makers of Commercials Complain That GM, Anheuser Press for New Terms

Some of the biggest advertisers in the U.S., including auto maker General Motors and brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, are putting the squeeze on companies that produce and broadcast their ads, as part of an effort to rework contracts with suppliers to cut costs.

 
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APhotoEditor: APA’s Stephen Best on Omnicom’s “Pass The Buck” Fiasco

I received the following from Stephen Best, APA National CEO on March 21, 2009.

APA on Omnicom statement…“our policy has not changed”

This past week has seen ever-increasing concern and anger in the advertising community concerning a change in the way the Omnicom Group and it’s subsidiaries conduct business between Omnicom subsidiaries and suppliers.

 
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AICP | Doing Business: Sequential Liability
 

…Sequential Liability means that the agency as agent for its principal, the advertiser, is liable for payment to the production company only if the advertiser has paid the agency; otherwise the advertiser is directly responsible for the payment.

Certain agencies have inserted a Sequential Liability clause in their contracts. Others have added a side letter to be signed by the production company.

 
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Stephen Best / APA National CEO | March 21, 2009 | APA on Omnicom statement…”our policy has not changed” | republished with permission from Advertising Photographers of America (APA)
 

The last week has seen ever-increasing concern and anger in the advertising community concerning a change in the way the Omnicom Group and its subsidiaries conduct business between Omnicom subsidiaries and suppliers. Advertising Photographers of America (APA) reached out for comment from the Omnicom Group about the crisis. With the Omnicom Group being the world’s largest advertising holding company, a change in terms and conditions affects the advertising community on so many levels. The policy of concern is called Sequential Liability. Sequential Liability simply means that the agency only pays the suppliers after it has been paid.

Quoted from The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) published guidelines dealing with this trend:

“Certain agencies have inserted a Sequential Liability clause in their contracts. Others have added a side letter to be signed by the production company. Still other agency contracts do not overtly refer to Sequential Liability as being in effect, but do refer to the agency “acting as agent for” (the advertiser), which suggests the same thing.

If the agency is requesting the recognitions of a “principal-agent” relationship, then the client (principal) should not be released from the obligation of payment until total payment is made to the production company. It should be clarified that even if the client pays the agency, the client remains liable if the agent defaults in fulfilling the payment obligation.

Sequential Liability means that the agency as agent for its principal, the advertiser, is liable for payment to the production company only if the advertiser has paid the agency; otherwise the advertiser is directly responsible for the payment.”

On Thursday, March 20, 2009, at 11:47 AM, APA spoke with Pat Sloan, Omnicom Director of Public Relations, to express the concerns of APA and others to the opposition of this policy. APA members are not able to finance major advertising projects and these terms and conditions are not acceptable. Director Sloan’s statement is that there has been no change to their policy on this matter.

Sequential Liability has been policy in the industry for many years. The reality is that advertising agencies, many are Omnicom’s subsidiaries, have provided advances and credit to production companies and photographers to begin awarded projects with substantial expense. “Business as usual” must continue was stated to Director Sloan. APA members, independent photographers and small business owners, are not in a position to finance commercial projects of possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars.

APA business practices have long promoted the inclusion of “statements of intent” to receive 50% to 100% of expenses before the start of a job. It is imperative that this practice continues without removal of advances by clients. Photographers should also include that the photographer owns the copyright and any license agreement must be paid before the release of images.

As creators of intellectual property, photographers hold the copyright on their images. It is imperative that registration of images be immediately submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright law and licensing agreements with your clients provide you strong legal protection. APA recommends legal action only as a last resort but registration is needed to recover statutory damages and legal fees.

We must stand together and confront these terms and conditions because they are not in the best interest of photographers and their community of support. If even one accepts them, it will cascade and the role of advertising photographer will change to one of being a financial institution or bank for clients. We must not go down that heavily liable road.

The Omnicom Director of PR did promise to recommend a meeting to discuss these matters. It is APA’s hope that a meeting will be arranged and discussions will continue to a successful resolution.

As previously stated, BE CAUTIOUS and don’t be afraid to walk away. We must stand together.

Stephen Best, APA National CEO
 

For more information about the Advertising Photographers of America: apanational.com
 
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Some “busman’s holiday” type personal photographs…

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ASMP: Omnicom Passes the Buck

It has been brought to the attention of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) that the Omnicom Group, the world’s largest advertising agency holding company, has changed its terms and conditions in an effort to limit their agency liability and in so doing transfer that liability to independent photographers and producers. Basically, by disclosing their agency status and for whom they are acting, the advertising agency is only liable to the extent that their client has specifically paid them for any amounts payable to you. Additionally, ASMP has been informed that reps are being told that there will no longer be any advances on assignments.

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Burns Auto Parts | Super Premium Blog | Crappy Contracts

Okay folks, times are tough and the smart businesspeople are sending out icky contracts to the creatives of the world, to try and scare them into signing away more than they ought. Please do NOT fall into this trap! This is just a manipulation by the smart, calm business heads to get more for less.

 
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Spring 2009 Film Forum Schedule Announced! | Series brings award-winning filmmakers to campus to discuss the art and business of filmmaking

Montclair State University’s Film Forum brings prominent contemporary filmmakers to campus to screen their films and speak about their work and the profession. Sponsored by the Filmmaking Program of the College of the Arts, the screening and discussion series is held every Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in University Hall Room 1040, and is free and open to all students and the general public.

As in previous years, the Forum will feature noted industry professionals and filmmakers such as Henry Bean, writer of INTERNAL AFFAIRS, award-winning writer/director of THE BELIEVER, and Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, producers of the award winning film TROUBLE THE WATER, as well as Michael Moore’s FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE.. The Forum offers a unique opportunity for audiences to hear personal inside stories and to ask questions of some of the most successful and innovative filmmakers working today.

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…via Advertising Photographers of America / New York Chapter try this link or look under “events” on the APANY website.

Photographers Who Blog: Amy Stein and Andrew Hetherington present their images and discuss their blogs

Amy Stein:

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…via Laurent Rejto, Hudson Valley Film Commission | RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE IN ALBANY TO SUPPORT NEW YORK FILM AND TV INCENTIVES

The New York Production Alliance is sponsoring a rally in Albany to demonstrate support for the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit which has been responsible for a major increase of film and TV production in our state. It is important that the NY State Senate, Assembly and the Governor see and hear your support of the vital program.

The following is information on the event:

WHAT: Press conference to call on the Governor and NYS Legislature to reinvest in the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit, make the successful program permanent, save jobs and economic development for New York State. Teamster’s trucks and drivers to participate to show support.

WHEN: Noon, March 11th, 2009

WHERE: WEST State Capitol steps, Albany, New York

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The following recently arrived in my inbox via Trevanna. The subject of the status of New York (State) Film & TV Tax Credits is currently a topic of great interest to many people in the production industry:

Greetings. Silvercup Studios initiated this powerful letter, so I’m forwarding it on. If you’ve wanted to do something to help keep the New York tax credits, this is a great way to do it. (It is different than the petition to Governor Paterson that many of you may already have signed.)

All the information you need is below. Please read the rest of this email, and then click on the link to the SAMPLE LETTER and actually print and send it out.

Feel free to forward this to anyone you know affected by the entertainment industry in New York. Thank you!

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February, 2009

Dear Producers, Union Officials, Vendors and other stakeholders in the NY Film/TV business,

As you may be aware, the very successful New York State and New York City Film/Television Tax Credit Program, which brought productions and therefore thousands of jobs to New York, have reached their financial limits. Governor Paterson has said there is no additional funding for the tax credits included in his latest budget proposal. This means that the credits that encouraged many of you/others to keep filming or bring filming here in New York State would disappear unless there is intervention by the New York State Assembly and Senate.

We all depend on a healthy film and television industry for our livelihood. Keeping filming here in New York had been a tremendous challenge over the past several years as competition from other states and countries had led to a major reduction in the number of film and television productions able to shoot in New York. The 2004/2007 tax credits changed that. According to one study the state and city combined have allocated $690 million in tax credits and have collected $2.7 billion in taxes from movie and televisions productions. The study also found that during 2007, New York’s movie and TV industry created 7,031 jobs directly and an additional 12,481 indirectly.

With funding not included in the current budget proposal, State lawmakers will have to step in and add the tax credits to the budget. By alerting each of our New York Assemblymen and State Senators to the crisis this loss would create, we can help them by sending a significant message that the State needs to do what it can to keep our productions and preserve and grow the jobs they create, here in New York.

To that end, we are asking you to show your support by urging your staff, members and crew to write letters to their New York State Assembly members and New York State Senators alerting them to the critical nature of how the loss of film and television tax credit would be detrimental to their livelihood, the city, and small businesses, etc. (Links to websites to find out who they are in your area are listed below.) We are aware that there has been a very successful petition drive addressing this issue, however, we have been advised that constituent letters are critical at this time.

To search by zip code to find your New York State Assembly please go to: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/

To search by zip code to find your New York State Senator please go to: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/senators?OpenForm

Here is a link to a SAMPLE LETTER for this purpose. They should include their years of experience and how the boom in production (and its loss) has affected you (might affect you).

http://www.trevanna.com/ny-production-tax.htm

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My office is located and I live in Clifton, NJ, about 10 miles from midtown Manhattan. It’s a pretty typical north New Jersey working-class town, we have a city hall, a high school and other lower schools, a number of small business storefronts, and shopping mall at the edge of town. We also have a number of parks and one that I drive or walk (past or thru) often is Eddie Mayo Field, on Clifton Avenue.

Edward Joseph (Eddie) Mayo (April 15, 1910 - November 27, 2006), nicknamed “Hotshot” and “Steady Eddie,” was a Major League Baseball infielder who played nine seasons for the New York Giants (1936), Boston Braves (1937-1938), Philadelphia Athletics (1943) and Detroit Tigers (1944-1948).

…Mayo was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, but grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. Born Edward Joseph Mayoski, Mayo was the son of Polish immigrants who changed their name to Mayo.

…His best season was 1945 when he helped lead the Detroit Tigers to a World Series championship and was selected as the American League’s Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News.

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Being a location scout for film tv and photography, I’ve always thought Eddie Mayo Field might make a good filming location!

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