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Portfolio.com | Careers | Job of the Week | View Finder | Location Manager Michael Burmeister | by Michelle V. Rafter | Sep 7 2008

“Michael Burmeister can make Utah look like Antarctica and New Mexico resemble Mars. That’s just a day’s work for the location manager, who’s scouted locales for movies ranging from Tropic Thunder to the upcoming Terminator sequel.”

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Wicked Local | North Andover (MA) Citizen | Fun | Entertainment | Arts | Quiet on the set! | Hollywood invasion not popular with some North Andover residents | By Sally Applegate / Correspondent | Thu Sep 04, 2008, 01:15 PM EDT

“NORTH ANDOVER - Ever wondered what it would be like to have Hollywood at your doorstep? Sound exciting? Well for some of the residents of Marion Drive in North Andover, the nearly month-long invasion of the cast and crew of the low-budget drama “Don McKay” by writer/director Jake Goldberger has not been all that pleasant.”

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LA Times | Entertainment | Hollywood protests LAPD effort to take over security on location sets | A coalition of labor and industry groups tries to block a plan to replace so-called movie officers, many of whom are retired cops, with off-duty active police officers. | By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer | September 3, 2008 | via Google News

“Hollywood’s production community is yelling “cut!” to a plan by the LAPD to take over the jobs of handling security — many of which are filled by former cops — on film sets.”

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I am interested to see how this all works out…

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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.

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

Cash B’s My Life As A Location Scout

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I just made a static page with an embedded news map of excerpts of location scouting and location management-related news stories from around the world, aggregated from Google News, Yahoo News and MSN News.

The excerpts are in placed in conversation balloons which are placed geographically on the map, via geospatial data contained in the excerpts.

Additionally, the page contains a Post Map of geotagged content from nyc.locationscout.us.

View Location Scouting Management News Map Google+Yahoo+MSN

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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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See also: del.icio.us :: tagmasher

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

Resources include:

Yahoo News

Google News

MSN

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Yahoo Answers: In film, is there a difference between a location scout and a location manager? | and if so what is it that each of them do? | Jamie Starr

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters | By Mark M

“Yes, there is a difference. Location Scouts research various local and distant locations to meet the criteria of settings that are in the script.”

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It is summer and I have been receiving a number of requests lately for beach and waterfront houses, so I have pulled a number of beach house locations from my location files an added them to a beach houses album on Locamundo:

Beach Houses Location Album


Beach Houses Location Album
These are beach houses, ocean-front and bay-front houses of many diverse types and architectural styles, located all over the New York City Tri-State area - Jersey Shore, Long Island, Hamptons and the Connecticut Shore; in the album look for the town and a short description of the style of the house.

Location Scouting Notes:

Not all houses shown “own” the beach they are near, this in fact would be the exception rather than the rule, and since a private beach is a considerable real estate asset, rates for use of houses with private beaches could be reflected accordingly.

Beach towns and other waterfront recreational communities exist primarily for the leisure pleasure of their residents which provide much in the way of economic development and most attempt to create a pastoral, peaceful ambience, however, in the northeast U.S., some of the population density and traffic congestion from the cities and adjacent suburban areas is transferred to vacation / recreation areas during the summer months (specifically between Memorial Day and Labor Day) and can strain local vehicular traffic control, local law enforcement and local government resources in general. That said, there may be restrictions in place by towns in popular beach, other waterfront and get-away areas or there may be permits and permit fee requirements for shooting in these towns. You should check with local government (i.e. Town Clerk’s Office / Police Department) in any municipal area in which a location under consideration for use as a location may be located to find out if filming and / or photography is allowed and if there are restricted areas. A measure of common sense is in order; be realistic about what levels of impact or disruption your production vehicles or set and crew may have on traffic patterns or day-to-day life during peak times and discuss your needs with local authorities to find out if agreements can be made to accommodate all. City, County, State and National Parks may have also have restrictions with regard to areas available for filming during peak periods. Just about all have permit requirements, altho the fees can be very reasonable *if* the areas needed are, in fact available. Most, if not all have restrictions regarding filming on weekends, when the utilization of park resources are likely to be highest by the general public.

More remote locations with lower utilization of resources by the general public are more apt to be receptive to hosting film / video or photo shoots during the summer months, however, you must build in increased travel times, crew fees for remote locations (including possible overnight stay-overs) and other considerations into your budget. Private estates with plenty of acreage for shooting and off-street, private parking could be viable options, too, but locations of this type, close to large metro areas, when available, are likely to reflect the convenience and amenities in the fees charged by the property owners. A matter of fact that seems to be oft-overlooked is the owners of leisure / get-away / recreation / vacation properties are likely to want use of their property during the summer months for themselves and availability is likely to revolve around times when the owners have made plans to use their property or a premium rate may be charged to accommodate production during periods planned as “personal” or “quality” time. Accordingly, please be realistic about your budgetary resources when making location enquiries about beachfront / waterfront and other recreation / vacation properties during peak use times. The same could be said of many “public” properties, such as hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts; you are advised to plan your production well in advance and should expect to pay premium rates during months of highest demand. The summer is the “bread and butter” time for most hospitality establishments in recreational areas (including restaurants) and they must generate enough income during peak times to see them thru the lean periods such as winter.

Other Location Scouting notes:

Any enquiries regarding availability and rates should be accompanied by our location number and information requested on our Location Request Questionaire.

We are available to perform custom file searches, do detailed research as well as provide location scouting and location management services for your production. Please contact us for rates.

Other Location Scouting / Production Information

FAQS

Location Request Questionaire

Search Our Locations

Location Research Guide

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Google News is a world-wide internet source of syndicated news on a world of subjects.

Of course, here at nyc.locationscout.us, since I am in fact, a location scout and location manager, news on the specific subject of location scouting is of keen interest!

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Most currently updated information go here: http://www.rrhobbs.us/locproc.html Excerpt:

ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LOCATION PROCEDURES*
*but were afraid to ask!
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR ALL PRODUCTION and CREATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS
(property owners should read this)

How it all works:

You need a location for your production- You have a visual/graphic idea, perhaps a geographic idea where it needs to be for it to work for you and hopefully some idea of how many people, what equipment will be used, how many vehicles might be involved and (not leastly;-) what you can afford to spend.

We have locations- (over 2,500 on file as a matter of fact!) We have pictures of locations. We know the owners. We know the tri-state area. We network with our peers- other location agents, scouts, other production professionals, film commissions, real estate professionals and others.

Read the rest… Most currently updated information go here: http://www.rrhobbs.us/locproc.html

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