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Film in New Jersey

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New York Times: Getting the Big Picture; The Film Industry Started Here and Left. Now It’s Back, and the State Says the Sequel Is Huge. | By ANDREA KANNAPELL | Published: October 4, 1998

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Alabama Film Office

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Alabama Film Office | Alabama Film Office: Mission Statement

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Colorado Production Resource Guide

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The Colorado Production Resource Guide is a comprehensive portal of production resources available around the state of Colorado, produced and presented by the Colorado Film and Video Association:

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links for 2008-04-26

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Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive (MPTV)

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  • Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive (MPTV)
  • Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive Blog
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    Trigger Street

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    Trigger Street.

    From Trigger Street - About Us:

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    links for 2008-04-22

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    Bloglines Post

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    location scouting resources and a del.icio.us social bookmarking primer

    By locationscout (me)

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    NY Moves to Up Tax Incentives For Filming

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    NY moves to up tax incentives for filming | WheresSpot | …via NY Times…

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    New Jersey Film Office Needs Our Help

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    Save Filmmaking in New Jersey

    “Governor Corzine has eliminated funding for the New Jersey State Film Commission starting July 1st 2008.

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    NYPG

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    NYPG (New York Production Guide) On-Line Resource

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    Location Managers Guild of America

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    Location Managers Guild of America | Who We Are

    “Location Managers and Scouts are vital members of the design team for film, television, commercials, music videos and print advertising.

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    Shoot Online

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    Shoot Online is a trade journal and one of the tv commercial production industry’s “bibles”. (…also Adweek and Advertising Age - also Wheresspot - Prisoners of Advertising)

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    Lessons From the Music Industry?

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    I present for your consideration:

    Seth Godin’s Blog | Music Lessons | …via PhotoMatt

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    WGA Writers Strike 2007 - 2008

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    Note: The author is a freelance film / photo location scout and location manager and is neither a member of AMPTP or WGA. Any of the opinions expressed are those of R. Richard Hobbs.

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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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    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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    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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    Excellent Article About Filmmaking in New Jersey

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    Entertainment Law In New Jersey: A Century Of Supporting The Motion Picture Industry

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    Montclair State University Film Students Seeking Summer Internships

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    Professor Tony Pemberton, from the Montclair State University Film School, Montclair, NJ recently contacted me requesting assistance placing his film students in intern positions during the coming summer months.

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    Interviewed By WCBS-TV (NYC) Re: Orangetown, NY Filming Fees

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    I was interviewed last week by New York, NY CBS affiliate WCBS-TV, for a video news article entitled Hollywood Being Priced Out of 1 Upscale Rockland County Town that ran on the Thursday, April 12th 11pm Newscast and in extended form the following morning on the Morning News regarding a situation in Orangetown Township, NY whereby the town has initiated a $500 per hour fine for film crews present before 7a.m. or after sunset.

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    New York State Filming / TV Incentives Kick In: Commercials Up Next?

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    Shoot Magazine (print edition) | or Seeking Deja Vu: N.Y. Looks To Fuel Spot Business (subscription required) | Commercial-making Incentives Hope To Mirror Success of N.Y. Feature Film / Television Program Tax Credits | By Robert Goldrich

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    Performers, Unions and Advertising Industry Tentatively Agree

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    Performers’ Unions and Advertising Industry Tentatively Agree on Two-Year Extension of Commercials Contracts
    “Joint Study to be Conducted Over Next Two Years

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    NJ Offering Financial Incentives For Filmmakers

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    From the New Jersey State Film Commission:

    New Jersey currently offers these financial incentives to filmmakers, and the US Government has an incentive program as well:

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    New York Location Scouts to Lose Scouting Tag Priveleges

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    MOFTB: Scouting Tag Program Discontinued

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    Location Scouting

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    GO FOR RESOURCES: Location Scouting | by Scott T.S. Trimble

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    Association of Film Commissioners International

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    Not everybody knows about the Association of Film Commissioners International …or even what a film commission (or film office) is. ;-)

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    Creative Planet Websites

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    The Creative Planet websites are the online version of all those niche trade magazines you always can never resist subscribing to (free for qualified subscribers!) and often wonder what you were thinking as six months of “Widgets Monthly” piles up unread; the upside of the online versions (if you can stay your trembling hand from subscribing by email) is you can stay up to speed on your own time on the latest technologies (yup, lot-o industrial/gear/tech press releases) online -and no trees died for your sins:

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    Movie Maker Magazine Article

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    Note: The following is a draft of “Securing A Great Location”, published in Moviemaker Magazine’s 2005 Beginner’s Guide To Making Movies

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    RTR Locations

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    Welcome to RTR Locations

    “Founded in 1982, Real to Reel is the largest, most complete location agency in the world representing private properties throughout the Los Angeles area to the entertainment industry.”

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