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Times Square, New York City, NY on Flickr

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Times Square, New York City, NY - a photoset on Flickr by nyc.locationscout.us

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NYC.gov - FILM - Photo Gallery

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NYC.gov | FILM | Photo Gallery | Hot Shots Photo Gallery

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Location Scout Linkit

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on March 13, 2008
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short version:

location scout linkit (locationscout.ning.com):

New York City and Northeast US Film Offices

misc location scouting and film production resources

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P3 Update Magazine

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P3 Update Magazine | About P3 Update Magazine

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Strike Over

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The WGA Writers Strike is officially over, as reported by The Economist:

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Location Scouting Tips

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There is a valuable informational article on VideoMaker entitled 11 Tips for Location Scouting which includes some basic flight-checks relevant to location scouting.

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Kubrick Week Continues

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In a previous post, I hereby declared “Kubrick Week” (ok, well, Kubrick Friday at this point, anyway…) here - with no small thanks due the Kubrick-sessives over at Coudal Partners, who I found, quite accidentally, on Michael Heilemann’s Kubrick Page (Michael has such long-standing admiration for Stanley Kubrick as to have named his iconic Wordpress theme (Kubrick) for the late film director.

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Stanley Hotel in CO Mountains

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…or “Inspiration and Filming Locations For The Shining (1980):

Coudal Partners Kubrick Page

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Set Photos From A Clockwork Orange

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Coudal Partners | Kubrick Page | Set Photos From A Clockwork Orange | photos found on malcommcdowell.net

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Coudal Partners

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I LIKE THIS WEBSITE | Coudal Partners (Chicago, IL)

HEY GUYS - Headed to New York anytime soon?

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$14 Steadicam

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…via Coudal Partners…

$14 Steadicam “The Poorman’s Steadicam” | By Johnny Chung Lee

“Why build a cheap steadycam?

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Kubrick - Scratching the Surface

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Michael Heilemann | Kubrick

I have always been fascinated by the work and life of film director Stanley Kubrick.

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Any Press is Good Press

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Any press is good press, right? (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) | DUBIOUS HONORS FOR LOCAL LOHAN FLICK | Posted By Sarah Linn | Tue, Jan. 22, 2008

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The Field

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Michael Porte, one of the partners at the helm of the media production community portal, Wheresspot, just sent an email around announcing his latest start-up, The Field.

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Wikipedia-n-Me

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on January 12, 2008
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I recently authored my second article for Wikipedia, a short definition / description of the term “location library”:

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ALL My News, Baby!

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FeedAge Group - Location Scouting | Lots of browser-readable content feeds from my sites and other rss-enabled sources

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Prez Powerz Vid

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on January 9, 2008
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A production associate friend, William Voermann (Brooklyn, NY) (IMDB) recently emailed me about a music video he was a part of, Know One by Prez Powerz. Looks Great Billy- good job!

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Laundry List

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Location Request Questionnaire at nyc.locationscout.us | For just about any location or production services request there are 8-9 basic questions we need answered right right from the git-go!

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Shoot Online Publicity Wire

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Shoot Online has recently announced its Publicity Wire Service.

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Production Point Preferred

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on December 19, 2007
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I got an invite to become a Production Point Preferred Member, so I followed up on it…not sure what’s in it for moi? ;-)

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Lightbox-NY

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Mark McKennon and I recently had the opportunity to tour Lightbox-NY, a 10,000 sf rental studio / industrial location in the Bronx, on Barretto Street, in the Hunts Point area, in the building complex I have always known the Bronx Apparel Center.

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Photo Plus Expo + Leica D-Lux3

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on October 21, 2007
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The 2007 Photo Plus Expo was this week in New York City.

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Template for Recording Location Scouting Data

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I had seen this around on the web for a while, just getting around to posting about it:

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New York City Film Office Newsletter

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The New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcast (MOFTB) publishes a monthly newsletter which features news about the film office as well as other news of interest to the film and tv production communities.

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BizBash Location Scout Archive

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BizBash, an event-planning resource website, has recently begun a series on its different city and regional websites, which include New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Florida and Toronto entitled BizBash Location Scout Archive (link is for New York- Location Scout Archive for other cities can be found under the “Venues” tab(s) on each city’s respective website).

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Find Free Parking in Manhattan

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Primospot

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CT Film Commissioner Suspended

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This interesting newspaper editorial article came my way via my email inbox via The Hartford Courant and Google Alerts wherein the Courant calls on the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism to clarify its placing Film Commissioner Heidi Hamilton effective August 21st.

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Inbox Zero

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Are you running your email or is your email running you?

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Instant Campy Classic- The Cartoon Dump

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The Cartoon Dump | Spoof on hosted children’s tv show format that features host(s) interacting with the viewing audience and introducing presentations of (very often, very “awful”) cartoons - the twist is these twisted minds celebrate the “awfulness” and are (tongue-in-cheek) pretty darn awful themselves! Meet Compost Brite and Moodsy, The Clinically Depressed Owl!

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Music Video: Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror

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  • …yet another Videology-TV find…
  • Jeffrey Lewis’s Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror
  • As published on Director Mark Locke’s website (higher res)
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