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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.

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Reel Jersey Film Festival: WeirdNJ Party / Midnight Movie: The Blood Shed

I got to the party at Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ around 10:30 pm; fortunately, there was still plenty of “Joisey-cuisine” - icy cold Busch beer and White Castle burgers left to drink and eat!

While The Coffin Daggers got ready for their set, the screen in the grand old Rivoli Theater played scenes from a very diverse variety of b-movie horror and soft-core 60’s nudie flicks (just like a midnite movie At around 11:15pm The Coffin Daggers played an excellent set of hard-driving and loud surf rock instrumentals, to a horror muxvid loop playing above them, after which the overweight drag couple in matching Bo-Peep-hybrid outfits (I didn’t see any shepherd’s canes …or sheep, for that matter, but maybe that’s a good thing! … or maybe they were sposed to be the twins from The Shining? …dunno… ) joined Mark and Mark from WeirdNJ onstage for the raffle drawing. I didn’t win - oh well…

The cast from The Blood Shed took the stage, Mark introduced the film and we were all off and running! (to the comfort of ulphostered theater lounge seats in the Rivoli, that is…)

The Blood Shed is classic Alan Rowe Kelly fare falling somewhere btn the b-movie flicks, John Waters, John Carpenter and Hammer Films (all of who I am sure must be influences for Alan); toss in Alan’s own Jersey je nais se qua… Alan, of course, plays one of the lead characters, the burly “child”, Beeftina Bullion as well as having directed and produced. The whole thing’s just a mad, gory hoot!

I didn’t get a chance to speak with Alan, tho I hope to sometime this weekend at the festival. I did have the wonderful opportunity to meet Alan several years ago at the premiere of I’ll Bury You Tomorrow at the Darress Theater in Boonton, NJ.

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Reel Jersey Film Festival: September 25-29, 2008

“The Bergen County Film Commission, in association with the Fort Lee Film Commission, presents:

Reel Jersey Film Festival: A Celebration of American Film Past, Present & Future | September 25-29, 2008 at the Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey”

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Featured Location: 1830s Federal Victorian House Location / Montclair, New Jersey | 45953 is currently available as a location for film / video/tv and photo production applications.

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Featured Location: Lakefront Log Mansion - Bergen County, NJ | 45937 is currently available for bookings for use by production for film, video/tv and photo applications.

This location is IN the New York City local film zones, in northwest Bergen County, NJ.

Location Scouting Notes:

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Featured Location: Horse Farm Estate NJ / 175 Acres | 45906 is currently available as a location for film, photo video and possibly, events.

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Following a hard fought battle fending off the threat of elimination via loss of its state funding, the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (NJFilm) manages to live on, operating, going forward, on a reduced budget of $395,000 per year, as reported by the Star Ledger Online:

“Dear Supporters,

We are pleased to inform you that the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission has been funded for the 2009 Fiscal Year, which began on July 1st.”

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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

“MERYL STREEP came to Maplewood for ”One True Thing.” Scott Rudin brought Kevin Kline to Montclair for ”In and Out.” Harrison Ford stalked through Newark City Hall in ”Presumed Innocent.” Nicolas Cage and Matt Damon stormed Atlantic City for ”Snake Eyes” and ”Rounders,” respectively. Jim Jarmusch is in Jersey City now, for ”Ghost Dog.” Woody Allen worked at the Jersey City Armory for ”Deconstructing Harry” and in Atlantic City for ”Celebrity”; he is planning to cross the George Washington Bridge again this month for his next project. Norman Jewison will be here, too, to recreate the story of the boxer Hurricane Carter.

They’re all filming.”

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…via Mixed Nuts Productions:

South Jersey Magazine | Coming Soon to a Theater Near You (free registration required)

“…From the pages of South Jersey Magazine…

South Jersey’s picturesque landscape, fertile fields of talent, and unparalleled personality make it big-screen worthy more than you probably know…

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CNN: Atlantic season’s 1st tropical storm forms near Belize | May 31, 2008

“MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, formed Saturday near the coast of Belize but was already over land and was expected to weaken later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.”

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More often than not we here in New Jersey get rainy spin-off from tropical storms and hurricanes, in fact if anyone remembers Hurricane Floyd (1999), it did considerable flood damage in the NJ / NYC area - let’s just say I remember being thankful I live on the second floor LOL

…but we DO get the odd hurricane and in fact we get tornadoes from time to time but nothing like down south where I grew up or Oklahoma - AKA “Tornado Alley“.

In any case, a location scout’s duty is to mind the weather, so the fact that Hurricane Season has begun is duly noted.

over and out.

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Unordered List of Northeast U.S. Links of Interest for Location Scouts / Location Managers | These links will likely prove useful to Film / Photo Producers and Production Companies, Film / Video Directors and Photographers as well.

New York City / NY

Connecticut

Philadelphia / Pittsburgh / Pennsylvania

New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission Production Services Directory
“The Production Services Directory is your comprehensive guide to production related personnel, goods and services available in New Jersey. Search the category index…” …read the rest…

…Get listed…

…My NJ Film Production Services Directory listing (as well as listings of other New Jersey Locations Professionals)…

New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission Website Headings
# New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission Home Page
# About New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission
# Filming Regulations and Guidelines
# State Info - Weather, Maps…
# New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission Location Library
# New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission Production Services Directory
# New Jersey Filmography
# Now Filming
# Bulletin Board
# Press Releases
# Contact New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission
# Links
• Save New Jersey Film - at this writing, 4/5/2008, the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission is slated to be eliminated as of July 1st, 2008, per New Jersey state government budget cuts. NJ Film is responsible for economic development in the state of New Jersey by way of film production occurring in the state to the tune of $92m per year and is an invaluable resource for for filmmaking and production professionals statewide.
  · Support NJ Film / More Info
  · Contact New Jersey State Governor Jon S. Corzine’s Office

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R. Richard Hobbs | nyc.locationscout.us | New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video / tv and events.

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@tangerinetoad sez, “It appears that NJ Transit has WiFi on board? Tweeting off something called “NJTransit WiFi“. Go figure. Commute improved 100% about 2 hours ago from twhirl”

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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.

That means they will no longer exist after that date.

Beginning June 30 2008, The Government of the State of New Jersey has decided to eliminate The New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission from the state budget -

Filming in the state of New Jersey generated $92 Million dollars last year, money spent to employ New Jersey residents, as well as purchase goods and services from New Jersey businesses.”

…read the rest…

There are often HUGE misconceptions about the purpose and scope of a film office - when someone, especially perhaps a person not directly involved in the production industry (please note that word - “industry”) - hears that phrase, “film commission”, their knee-jerk reaction might be, “oh, that’s lovely - a department for the arts”… and the conventional school of thought might be, “oh, that’s lovely, but if state funds are scarce….”

Guess again. The New Jersey Film Commission is about economic development.

“Filming in the state of New Jersey generated $92 Million dollars last year, money spent to employ New Jersey residents, as well as purchase goods and services from New Jersey businesses.”

That ain’t chump change.

Filmmaking is a clean industry as well - you won’t have a movie come in and find out later they left heavy metal deposits in the ground water.

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Please contact The New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission today and find out how you can help save this invaluable economic resource from misguided legislative actions at New Jersey state government levels:

New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission
153 Halsey Street - 5th Floor
P.O. Box 47023
Newark, New Jersey 07101
Phone: 973-648-6279
Fax: 973-648-7350
Email: njfilm@njfilm.org
Web: http://www.njfilm.org

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I recently had the opportunity and pleasure recently to work with our own Passaic County Film Commission, which is an economic development arm of the Passaic County, NJ county government.

Passaic County, NJ (I live in Clifton, NJ, which is in Passaic County) is a very viable resource for location scouts, location managers and producers of film, video and photo media, given its proximity to New York City (most, if not all of the county is in the NYC film zone), population density and subsequently, diversity of potential locations and other resources of likely value to production.

The Passaic County Film Commission also sponsors the Passaic County Film Festival.

The film office is headed up by Deborah Hoffman, Director of Economic Development for the county. Deborah, if by no other virtue than her job, knows LOTS of people around the county and is well connected in the local business community. What this translates to is Deborah is the initial point person for “making things happen” if there is interest in making use of production and location resources in Passaic County. Deborah’s contact info can be found on the Passaic County website.

As a side note, Deborah’s office works closely with the New Jersey Film Commission. The New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission is located in Newark, NJ. The State of New Jersey currently offers attractive tax incentives for film production in New Jersey, which, of course, includes Passaic County.

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Bill Westheimer is an photo industry associate, long-time photographer and artist residing here in New Jersey.

I am proud to have known Bill for a number of years at this point, which includes having viewed at least one of his public photo / art exhibits and am always impressed with his work and creativity.

I am subscribed to Bill’s monthly newsletter, which I always look forward to reading. I am continually inspired by the content contained within Bill’s newsletters and on his websites.

Bill Westheimer’s Websites:

Thank you Bill, for sharing your art and adventures with us all!

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The Hudson Reporter - HOBOKEN REPORTER - 03/19/2006 - Look out your window at The Sopranos Popular TV show scouting local locations; residents talk about new season | By Mark J. Bonamo | Reporter correspondent 03/19/2006

“Charlie Krajewski Jr. is hoping that his Secaucus bar soon becomes a shooting location for the HBO TV mob drama The Sopranos, because a location scout recently stopped in to check the place out.”

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