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Metblogs: Form Follows Floatsam

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A simulacrum of nothing much

A simulacrum of nothing much

“One of the many horrors of L.A. architecture is certainly its over-presentation in movies and television. It is comically clichéd to see stories set in other cities, whose framing shots are the same Los Angeles “skyline” that even non-Angelenos have come to recognize as framing shots of every non-L.A. city that makes it onto filmic representation.”

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    APANY: Photographers Who Blog | Apple Image Maker Lecture Series

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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:

  • Website: http://www.amysteinphoto.com
  • Blog: http://amysteinphoto.blogspot.com

    • Andrew Hetherington:

  • Website: http://www.ahetherington.com/
  • Blog: http://www.whatsthejackanory.com/

  • WHAT: APA|NY and Apple Image Maker lecture
  • WHEN: Wednesday March 11th, 2009 - 6:30 to 8:00 PM
  • WHERE: at the SoHo Apple Theater - 103 Prince St @ Mercer, NYC
  • COST: Free to attend, seating is limited so arrive early!
  • After party at SLAINTE Bar & Lounge http://www.slaintenyc.com | 304 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston), N.Y.C.
  • Cash Bar + snacks generously provided by Kodak.


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    Awesome Fake Dinosaurs Location

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    Super cool place you should visit blog | A Tale of Two Dinos | June 20, 2008

    “Dinny the dino, a 150 ton Apatosaurus, lives on the same street as Mr. Rex, a 100 ton Tyrannosaurus rex, in Cabazon, California. They are the world famous roadside attraction call Cabazon Dinosaurs, also known as Claude Bell’s dinosaurs.”

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      Ever wonder where the Buddhist monks go for fun? Why Suoi Tien Park of course!The Buddhist-themed amusement park located in Vietnam has a heaven pala. […]
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      The Big Diomede and Little Diomede, sometimes called Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle respectively, are the 2 islands at the border of Russia and A. […]

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    Hello World nyc.locationscout.us | posterous

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    Location Scout + Location Manager R. Richard Hobbs

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    Starting Out in Location Scouting

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    Occasionally, I get emails asking how to get started in location scouting / location management. I am often suspicious that people that write these letters are looking for a way - ANY way - out of whatever it is they are currently doing (and potentially dislike) rather than actually being genuinely interested in the location services field - It’s a “real” job with lots of responsibility and very well not nearly as glamorous as you might have imagined.

    Didja know the Location Department is the department in charge of making sure the trash gets carried away at the end of a shoot?

    Also, let’s face it, I am a pretty easy target - a quick email requesting a free look into the crystal ball is a pretty cheap investment in a career and I am pretty easy to find.

    … so how might anyone really know they want to be a location scout?

    It’s almost like, if they did know, they wouldn’t be asking.

    …but that’s just me, and as remote as it might be ;) there is a distinct possibility that my thinking on this could be flawed.

    That said, this is how things happenned for me:

    I attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale (AIFL) in Fort Lauderdale, FL and earned an Associate of Science Degree (AA) in Photography.

    Also at the time, I, of course, had aspirations to become a world-famous, world-travelled, filthy-rich, rockstar commercial photographer. When the major ad agencies of the world and top-shelf design firms of the world didn’t beat a path to my door upon graduation, I set about trying to learn more about my craft in the “real” world, seeking work as a photo assistant in the Fort Lauderdale and Miami media markets. At the time I entered the workforce and with considerations toward the size of the market I was in, I found staff positions in short supply, however, there was a blooming market for freelance photo assistants, helped by a blossoming South Beach “media scene” (and of course the generally balmy year-round weather in the region, which includes incredible stretches of pleasant, dry weather in the winter…) being fueled strongly by the fashion industry (as well as interest by advertising and media of many other types…), renovations and rehabilitation of the Art Deco buildings in the South Beach area of Miami Beach and a general boomtown economic environment of South Florida at the time. Miami Vice was in production then. In addition to working with local photographers I had a great opportunity to work with a number of photographers and production companies from all over the world, including a number of European-based teams and teams from New York, southern California and Chicago, to name a few.

    One of the photographers I worked with as a photo assistant in south Florida was a fashion advertising photographer from the New York City area, Tom Contrino. I worked as a local second assistant with Tom for two seasons and when his first assistant moved up the ladder to a photographer position in the still life area of the business back in New York City, I was offered an opportunity to move north to the New York City area and become Tom’s full-time, staff first assistant, which I accepted.

    In addition to freelance location scouting and production coordination for photography (both of which I discovered very early on that I found very gratifying and enjoyable) once I went to work to work for Tom I had an opportunity to expand my experience in these areas and learn an enormous amount about what it takes to operate a successful commercial photography business from the inside out and on a day - to - day basis - in addition to jobs we produced for clients, which often at times included location scouting and production coordination, in addition to my regular duties on shoots as a camera assistant and lighting tech, I was soon handling many back end chores such as hiring extra assistants, invoicing, equipment rental / purchasing, insurance inventorying, promotion - it all rolls together in a busy photography business.

    My tenure with Contrino Photography also offered me an excellent opportunity to travel and even tho I settled in New Jersey, in the New York City metro area, I travelled quite a bit with Tom for work back to south Florida, to California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Chicago, and other destinations around the U.S.

    Eventually, after six years with Tom, it was, of course, time to move on and I became, once again, temporarily, a freelance photo assistant / production assistant, with aspirations AND experience needed to develop my own freelance location scouting / production business, working with photographer / director / producer clientele; subsequently, providing location services / locations for film / television / photo / events and production services for photography is what my current occupation consists of. Thru networking and marketing / promotion I have extended my location services beyond still photography to include video, motion picture and event clients.

    The “new frontier” for me (when I started out there was no email / we photographed locations using print film and made manila paper location folders filled with panoramic photos made by taping together 4×6 color prints…) is HDRi and image-based lighting for digital imaging (still and motion) and I have an association with Q-spheres to this end.

    I keep a running blog and online resume of sorts of jobs as I complete them which can be found at rrhobbs.us

    My website and home page, nyc.locationscout.us is both a blog and resource for location services and production. Please spend some time on the FAQS page! Use the search page and web and dig around for results for relevant location scouting search terms.

    Look on the sidebar, I can be found on most of the popular social networks (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

    Anyway, that’s how it’s happenned for me - there is no magic formula for entering and developing a successful location scouting career - everybody is different and in the beginning it is often difficult to tell what you are truly interested in personally and / or how / if you might be of problem-solving service to enough people to make a career for yourself. SO much is tied up in personalities, personal priorities and changing needs, business relationships, aptitude and developed skills. - You really may only THINK you want to become a location scout / location manager… The only sure way to find out is to get out there and start DOING.

    I always tell aspiring newbie location scouts to look for film school student film projects and productions to work on - attending film school is an excellent background for a location scout, some grounding in filmmaking is a very neccesary prerequisite. Look for start up and no / low budget short films and movies to volunteer for - you get out what you put in - hell, even if you are “just” sweeping the floors, you still get to watch - and learn - you have to expect you are initially likely letting yourself in for a period of going hungry and still, somehow, making ends meet - you have to be generally resourceful, develop keen communication / negotiating and research skills and you have be willing to toot your own horn (without being annoying) - but as you learn and start becoming a problem solver - if you love your work and are good at it, it will show! - making someone’s life easier, they will tell their friends and associates - The rest is yours to discover and grow by.

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  • Wikipedia - Location Scouting (I started and regularly contribute)

  • Go For Resources | Getting Started in the Film Industry

  • Location Works | How to Become a Location Manager

  • LocationTalk

  • Budget Travel Online | How Location Scout Kevin Hodder Got His Awesome Job

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    Location Scouting - Location Management Blog Posts

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    This page updates regularly with excerpts of blog posts related to location scouting and location management for production for film / photo / video / television.

    Resources include:

  • Google Blog Search
  • Technorati Blog Search
  • Twitter Search

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    Early morning location scouting for todays wedding and I end up at The Camera Store. Oops. 4 Jul 2009, 2:56 pm

    Early morning location scouting for todays wedding and I end up at The Camera Store. Oops.

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    Fiddler in the Darkness - Webisode #1: Location Scouting: http://bit.ly/KsTQC 4 Jul 2009, 12:17 pm

    Fiddler in the Darkness - Webisode #1: Location Scouting: http://bit.ly/KsTQC

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    had an interesting location scouting..hmmm oh well now lets go get that milkshake.. 4 Jul 2009, 5:40 am

    had an interesting location scouting..hmmm oh well now lets go get that milkshake..

    Source: Location Scouting Management Blog Posts | Google Blog Search+Technorati Blog Search+Twitter Location Scouting Management Blog Posts | Google Blog Search+Technorati Blog Search+Twitter |

    photoshoot next tues/thurs, I need to get my ass to the city and do some location scouting should change my roll of film too fuck. 4 Jul 2009, 5:26 am

    photoshoot next tues/thurs, I need to get my ass to the city and do some location scouting should change my roll of film too fuck.

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    Santa Barbara: Production Assistants (PA’s), Gophers, Site Monitors, Location Scouts (Santa .. http://bit.ly/3YVHI #Jobs 4 Jul 2009, 1:49 am

    Santa Barbara: Production Assistants (PA’s), Gophers, Site Monitors, Location Scouts (Santa .. http://bit.ly/3YVHI #Jobs

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    Going location scouting w/o a car, in a weather like this, is tortureeee. 4 Jul 2009, 12:52 am

    Going location scouting w/o a car, in a weather like this, is tortureeee.

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    On set! Just did renegade location scouting! Running in and out of a car into bodegas at night is super fun! 4 Jul 2009, 12:37 am

    On set! Just did renegade location scouting! Running in and out of a car into bodegas at night is super fun!

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    Last night serene cycling round downtown. Today inspiring location scouting on the ocean. Now to movie with the mister.I love LA. 3 Jul 2009, 9:37 pm

    Last night serene cycling round downtown. Today inspiring location scouting on the ocean. Now to movie with the mister.I love LA.

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    Location scouting http://flic.kr/p/6BEaEg 3 Jul 2009, 9:22 pm

    Location scouting http://flic.kr/p/6BEaEg

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    http://twitpic.com/97lra - Went location scouting today, found two good ones, and got some good pics! 3 Jul 2009, 8:32 pm

    http://twitpic.com/97lra - Went location scouting today, found two good ones, and got some good pics!

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    Blippr

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    Tag Team Interactive | We should probably come up with a tagline.

    “Tag Team Interactive is the proud parent of blippr™. Since our 2007 inception, we’ve been creating socially-driven applications that, although each unique, share one common philosophy: they value human relationships over algorithms. We may not have a clever little tagline yet, but if you want to know more about who we are, what we do, and what we think, you’ve come to the right place.”

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    Another Kind of Location Scout

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    Carroll County (AR) News | Blogs | The Ubiquitous Pig | The Ogallala Blues | Daniel Krotz | Posted Tuesday, August 26, at 4:53 AM | via Google News Alerts

    “…One person who does understand what we are doing is the very fine American writer Annie Proulx. In her novel, That Old Ace in the Hole, she comically and bawdily tells the story of Bob Dollar, a callow and hapless “secret location scout” for Global Pork Rind. The book is about how Bob slowly and only in due course discovers the environmental and human costs of manufacturing “pork units.” Along the way, Proulx treats us to a social and natural history of the panhandle that informs us about what is happening to the Ogallala–and how we can become wiser stewards of this great and not readily renewable resource.”

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    That Old Ace in the Hole

    Annie Proulx. Scribner 2003, Paperback, 361 pages, $1.11

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    nyc.locationscout.us at Profilactic

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    nyc.locationscout.us | Profilactic Profile | …find nyc.locationscout online…

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    Profilactic | Blog | Building Profilactic

    “Profilactic is a social media aggregator/lifestreaming service that pulls together just about everything you and your friends create online. This blog chronicles the processing of building it.”

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    Blogmarks for 2008-08-19

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    Dipity: Where Am I? What Am I Doing?

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  • Dipity | nyc.locationscout.us | Map

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  • Dipity | nyc.locationscout.us | FlipBook

    • Dipity could be good for chronicling (in several very aesthetically attractive ways, as shown above…) location scouting activities and later, actual shooting activities for a film, photo or video production.

    Didpity works with RSS Feeds you can generate from a number of sources including most blogs / microblogs (i.e. WordPress, Twitter) and is geographically aware, so if you if you geotag your posts, they will be placed on Dipity’s map. Dipity and FireEagle also talk to each other, making updating a physical location a rather painless chore, whether by mobile phone, laptop or desktop computer.

    CrunchBase | Dipity Company Profile

    “Dipity is a consumer site that organizes articles, blog posts, pictures, videos and other content from around the web into interactive views showing anything from a user’s life to the Iraq War.”

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        Advertising Age just published an article on how the next frontier doesn’t seem to be better search, but better synthesis. Given that there are. […]
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      I took a field trip today to talk with our newest customer, San Jose Museum of Art . The museum is using Dipity on their web site, and they had let us. […]
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      Today we released new sharing features focused on events, with an emphasis on Facebook integration. Now when you are looking at an event you can share. […]
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    Watchmen: A Mysterious Discovery in New York

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    Watchmen Blog: A Mysterious Discovery in New York | …via Comics2Film | …via Google Alerts

    New York, NY 2/2007:

    “…The (location) scout tells us that the tunnel and chamber was once a spur of a forgotten subway, an underground maintenance area for the cars, built in the 1920’s. In 1955, the tunnel suffered a collapse that flooded this section of the system, and the lower portions of the track were abandoned. 100 yards from the repair yard the tunnel now opens up directly to the East River.”

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    About Watchmen (Film) / Wikipedia

    “Watchmen is a 2009 film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic book limited series of the same name, directed by Zack Snyder. The film stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Stephen McHattie and Carla Gugino. Set in 1985, the film follows a group of former vigilantes as war begins to break out between the United States and the Soviet Union. The film began shooting in Vancouver in September 2007 for release on March 6, 2009.[1] Like his previous film 300, Snyder closely modeled his storyboards on the comic, but unlike 300, he chose not to shoot all of Watchmen using chroma key.”

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    Location Scouting Property Releases

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    An important part of the location scout / location manager / producer / director / photographer collective workflow is obtaining a property release or location agreement, which is written permission to use images of a property or location for publication, particularly in instances where private property is concerned. This permission must be obtained from the property owner.

    Likewise, property owners should insist on a property release or location agreement being signed by all involved parties, if for no other reason than furthering the interest of a general atmosphere of understanding and cooperation.

    There are many more or less standard legal forms available which should be customized as may be appropriate with the production company’s and / or end-client’s information as well as showing the amount of monies to be paid to the property owner and any special conditions as may exist.

    Below are some useful property release resources:

    Caveat: R. Richard Hobbs / nyc.locationscout.us is not an attorney or for that matter, a legal professional in any capacity - The content presented here should only be considered general information derived from experience in the production field and you should consult an attorney for answers to any questions and / or to check validity of any statements made or forms referred to here within.

    American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) | Home > Commerce > Legal Resources > Property Releases Tutorial | By Richard Weisgrau and Victor S. Perlman

    “This article originally appeared in “A Subject of Urban Legend,” which is posted in our Legal Resources area.

    The whole subject of property releases is filled with urban legend, assumption and myth, along with a bit of actual law. As you know, using a person’s likeness for trade or advertising purposes requires a model release. That is because a person has a reputation to protect, a right of privacy and (in some states) a right of publicity. Property has none of these rights. So why should you go to the trouble to get a release?”

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    • American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) | Home > Commerce > Legal Resources > Releases Tutorial | Why you need releases

    “A release is a written agreement between you and the person you are photographing, or the person who owns the property you are photographing. The purpose of the release is to protect you from any future lawsuits the person might file for claims such as defamation and invasion of privacy.”

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    The ASMP piece directly above discusses property and model releases. The location professional will obviously be most concerned with the property release parts of the discussion, however it is probably a good idea to have a general grounding in both types of releases especially if your job descriptions cross over between location services / general production / photography / directing.

    About.com | Desktop Publishing | Property Release

    “Definition: When using pictures that contain clearly recognizable places or other property (such as pets), a property release protects you against legal claims by the owner of the property.”

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    Fotalia Blog | How do you download a model and property release?

    “Fotolia offers personalized model releases to you for various situations (pictures of a minors, pictures of models, and photographs of personal property).”

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    Eyes in the Sky | May 11, 2007 in GPS, Johnny Appleseed, Nuvi, driving, location scout | by jhalbrook

    “…The fact that I was once employed as a location scout in Hollywood land may strike some of you as puzzling, perhaps even perverse. Finding the locations wasn’t difficult; it was finding my way back that was hard. The art director of one show, who seemed to be alternately amused and annoyed by our outings, coined the term dipsy doodle to describe my circuitous navigation. I would approach each address as if I had to circle it a few times to get there. It was my landing pattern…”

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    About Google Blog Search

      What is Blog Search?

      “Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you’re looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.”

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    Livin' the dream/ diary of a photographer's wife/2 « axeldupeux … 4 Jul 2009, 10:01 am

    UNSUSPECTING LOCATION SCOUT/DRIVER(pulling over to basically a ditch on the side of the road as cars wiz by) Umm..ok.is this safe?! who needs safety when trying to attain the perfect shot???!!!!!! My vacations consist of sitting in a …

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    Location scout. 30 Jun 2009, 8:00 pm

    A few images from a scouting trip for an upcoming sports/ action shoot and product shoot in July. grass 20090629-055.

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    Bloody River Blues: A Location Scout Mystery (Unabridged … 30 Jun 2009, 7:48 pm

    Hollywood location scout John Pellam thought the scenic backwater town of Maddox, Missouri, would be the perfect site for an upcoming Bonnie and Clyde-style film….

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    LOCATION SCOUT: 4 New Warm-Weather Spaces, Plus Another for Fall 22 Jun 2009, 6:09 pm

    Spring brought a handful of new outdoor venues and since then several more have popped up. Here are four suitable for open-air events and business entertaining, plus one that will officially debut in the autumn. …

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    Technorati: About Us | Welcome to Technorati

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    Technorati is the recognized authority on what’s happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”

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    Get PAID to Work on a Halloween Fan Film! 1 Jul 2009, 12:00 am

    July 1st, 2009|Posted in Fan Film, Filmmaking, Halloween, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, News Tory Jones is still putting the finishing touches on his first fan film, Halloween Homecoming, but he’s already hard at work on a sequel, Halloween: The Eyes of a Psychopath. In fact, he’s so gung ho about it that he plans to shell out bucks for a crew, according to a recent online ad.SEE THE AD AND THE HALLOWEEN HOMECOMING TRAILER AFTER THE JUMP!The ad reads:It’s the largest production I’ve ever

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    June 29, 2009: Counting Down To The Summer Hiatus! David Blue! 29 Jun 2009, 10:51 pm

      David Blue (Eli Wallace)   With three days to go before the official start of our summer hiatus, I was back in the office today, trying to figure out the beat sheet for the big SGU Season 1 finale (hint: the title rhymes with the name of the preceding episode). Lots going on in this one and this first pass was really just an attempt to establish the major beats, who is where doing what and why, and the general escalation of the action. Tomorrow, I get down to details and s

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    Watch This Space 24 Jun 2009, 3:02 am

    24 has always been my lucky number.  As today is the 24th, I fully expect nothing but good things to happen.That, and they have GOT TO HIRE A CASTING DIRECTOR TODAY!  The showrunner has been in Atlanta the past two days on a location scout and with TPTB.  Now that she is on a jet plane back to the 310, they are going to have to hire some empty spots.  And God knows, it has not been for lack of trying on my part.I had a bizarre thing land in my lap that I can’t talk about now, but trust me - it’s

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    Is Tom Cruise Coming to Boston? 19 Jun 2009, 4:47 pm

    According to Boston.com , Tom Cruise is set to film his next movie there “Wichita”, co-starring Cameron Diaz . Not much is known about the script yet, but we do know from Variety that it centers on a single woman who meets a mysterious man on a blind date, and he turns out to be a handsome secret agent. Reports are saying that the movie will contain some action sequences and that the producers have already approached state officials about securing permits for the close of bridges a

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    Hossa the Untimely 17 Jun 2009, 11:22 pm

      ( Detroit . 40th floor of condo building. A location scout for a new season of ‘MTV Cribs’ knocks on a door . Marian Hossa answers ) Hossa : Hey. You must be the guy from MTV show. Scout : Hi Marian, nice to meet you. Hossa : Come in, come in. I must say, I was very excited to hear that you would be interested in showing my place on your program. Can I get you a drink or something? Scout : I’m fine, thanks. Say, this place is huge! Hossa : 3400 square feet, 12 foot ceil

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    Press-Tribune | filmauburn Blog | About Me: Film Auburn is a location Library for films and productions wanting to film in the Northern California Reign.

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    News and Events | Lucent building brings starpower to North Andover | Hollywood East: Massive vacant space in old Lucent building brings starpower to North Andover | By Crystal Bozek and Drake Lucas | Lawrence Eagle Tribune June 1, 2008 | …via Google Blog Alerts / Massachusetts Film Office

    NORTH ANDOVER — “Owners of the massive Osgood Landing may have once lamented the barren space that exists in the previously thriving manufacturing plant. But as it turns out, 600,000 square feet of vacant property is a find for Hollywood producers.”

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