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City’s film business in a cliff-hanger? – Crain’s New York Business
City’s film business in a cliff-hanger? – Crain’s New York Business | Bigger fees, smaller incentives threaten boom | By Miriam Kreinin Souccar | October 18, 2009 5:59 AM
Some Blogs by Other NYC Location Scouts
Below is a list in no particular order of blogs authored by other New York City area location scouts:
Diving dollar has gold lining for silver screen – The Age
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 …
Uncertain Business Climate Impacts On-Location Film Production – SHOOT Online (subscription)
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 …
Directors cut to different locations – Financial Times
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. …
Comedian Schneider to shoot film in Detroit – Detroit Free Press
… Male Gigolo" and "Saturday Night Live" ) will be on location in Detroit starting Monday to begin shooting the feature film comedy "Virgin on Bourbon …
Shot in Texas: More wrangling over film incentives – Dallas Morning News
One proposal has a little bump for films shot here and deemed family-friendly, says Bob Hudgins, head of the Texas Film Commission. …
County in big screen spotlight – Ipswich Evening Star
“Location filming can therefore help Suffolk to showcase the beauty of the county's countryside and historic heritage.” Anyone who knows of a Suffolk …
Bigfoot Entertainment hires Cebuana as location scout for upcoming … – PR Inside
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 …
St Albans Abbey is favourite location for film directors – Advertiser 24
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 …
Upcoming film being shot in downtown Phoenix – ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
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, …
Seattle lands leading roles – Seattle Post Intelligencer
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 …
New nyc.locationscout.us Promo Postcard
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.
Indian film-maker selects Coventry as location for next project – Press Trust of India
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 …
Take the Noor & Mohannad trail to exotic Sri Lanka – Al-Bawaba
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. …
Film festival ‘history in the making’ – The National
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.” …
Win "Bond On Set" Books – MI6
Experience the glamour of film-making on location with premier celebrity photographer Greg Williams and follow the making of "Quantum of Solace". …
Made in North Carolina – Hollywood Reporter
"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
Film group to host meeting – DeSoto Appeal
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.
Legislative panel OKs film-incentives hike – Deseret News
Marshall Moore, director of the Utah Film Commission, said Kevin Costner recently visited Moab and wants to shoot two large-budget westerns in Utah. …
Mayor Bloomberg and NYC & Company Open Travel and Tourism Office … – Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) is also actively recruiting the production of Indian films to New York City. …
Cars torched on Travolta film location-From Paris, with Love – Orlando Sentinel
Production on John Travolta's new film has been suspended after French youth torched stunt cars in one of the economically disadvantaged neighborhoods where …
They’ll film ‘The Truth’ in downtown Tacoma – TheNewsTribune.com
It’s been a while since Tacoma has been used as a location for a major feature film. In the late 1980s and throughout the ’90s, pictures such as “Three Fugitives,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” “I Love You To Death” and “10 Things I Hate About You” were all shot in the city. …
Film rolls in the Bluffs – Daily Nonpareil
“Our company is based in Iowa because of the exceptional economic development program that the State of Iowa Film Commission has enacted to encourage TV and Film Production,” Weiner said in an electronic message. “We might not have considered Iowa for the location if it were not for this program, but Iowa has turned out to be a Field of Dreams.”
20th Anniversary of Mystic Pizza's debut to be celebrated at Olde … – Stamford Plus Magazine
Visitors may use the fun, easy to follow map tour to enjoy Mystic Pizza film locations in New London, Mystic, Stonington, Stonington Borough and Pawcatuck. …
Film location scouts shoot for a look of authenticity – LA Times
LA Times | Articles | 2003 | January | 24 | Entertainment | Archive for Friday, January 24, 2003 | Film location scouts shoot for a look of authenticity | By Christopher Reynolds | January 24, 2003 in print edition E-1
Lone Pine on location – Los Angeles Times
Watch the video to see some of the exact locations. It's the legacy of these works that the Lone Pine Film Festival (Oct 10-12) hopes to preserve. …
Alternate ending for Michigan's film incentives? – MLive.com
"My bill says, let's put a cap on it at $100 million, so the Film Office can award these up to a certain point in a calendar year, then they have to stop. …
Show that you love local films – The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com
"It is hugely encouraging that this is, in part, an initiative of the Louisiana Film Office and the Lt. Governor's Office in Baton Rouge, " Duffey said. …








