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Location, Location, Location: Scouting Tips | By Scott Spears - Cinematographer

“Just like in real estate, when you leave the studio (if you were ever in one) one of the biggest factors to a good shoot, is location, location, location. I’ve been on many a location scout and have seen some great location and so not so great locations. One of the biggest things when seeing what looks like a great location is you have to think will it work logistically. The factors to locations are cost, sound issues, power and logistics. We’ll break those down in a minute.”

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Sooke Film Society / Film in BC, Canada

“British Columbia is the third largest film production region in North America. This growth in the film industry has lead the Canadian Government to introduce tax incentives for productions outside of the lower mainland and the Vancouver area. The southwest tip of Vancouver Island and other areas of BC are prime film production locations, taking full advantage of this Government tax break.”

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How to Shoot a Photo File: (to International Film Commission Standards)

“The Film Industry expects location information in the standard location file format shown in the file assembly guide.

*Film: ASA 400

Location photofiles must show all aspects of the recommended location. They are not “postcards” showing only pretty views or distinctive features. They are an organized photographic documenting of the entire location including background views and reverses. (Reverses are the location as seen from two opposite viewpoints.) This allows the production company to see all the potential of the location.

Before you start to photograph the property consider what unique qualities the property possesses. Try to record the uniqueness of the location.“

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*nyc.locationscout.us only accepts digital photos in full color, .jpg format.

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update 5/9/2008 | added map, links, excerpts | original timestamp: February 27, 2006 at 10:43 am

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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.

By virtue of being included in an article on a site called VideoMaker, the tips would seem to be suggested specifically for those in the video production profession, however, I feel the points raised are also general enough to cover many issues and challenges typically encountered location scouting for film and photography projects as well.

Here are the titles of the tips:

1. Know your script
2. Scout at the right time
3. Look at light
4. Follow the sun
5. Check for power supplies
6. Listen (not quite as important for stills - RH)
7. Examine the elements
8. Decide where to set up
9. Get permission
10. Evaluate the area
11. And finally, take notes!

Merely listing the tips doesn’t do the VideoMaker article justice, much more valuable additional information is available if you read the actual article.

A while back I included a link in a post on locationscout.us to another good article on VideoMaker entitled Video Pre-Production FAQ. Admittedly, there are lots of production links in that particular article on locationscout.us; the quickest way to find the link (if you don’t want to simply follow the link above? - duh …or maybe some other production-related link you might have in mind (?) is to do a term search using your browser (Windows: CTRL-F in both IE and Firefox).

I will be adding a link to this article (which obviously includes links to the two VideoMaker articles) on my FAQS Page.

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RICH’S QUICK GUIDE TO POSTING PICTURES TO A WEBSITE

also here: http://rrhobbs.com/postingyourpics.html

It’s good to know how to post pictures to a website- whether you are an artist or you have some other tangible object or property you need to illustrate. A lot of people go about this task using email, but there are a few reasons this IS NOT a always a good idea. Consider this: You have a dozen pictures (of anything) that you need to have someone see. Depending on the resolution of the pictures, you could spend HOURS emailing these pictures.

AND

1.) If you get ONE letter or number or other character in the recipient(s) email address wrong YOU GOTTA START OVER
2.) If your ISP limits the message size (my isp limits each email msg size to 2mb) and you go over YOU GOTTA START OVER
3.) If you need for someone (else) to see the pics later on then YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AGAIN
4.)If you forgot to cc: someone YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AGAIN
5.) If you left out a picture you have to figure out which one it was and email everybody again.
Doesn’t it make a lot of sense to only have to go thru these hassles once?

FIRST THINGS FIRST- WEB BASICS

A basic understanding of how the www works is needed. For instance, what happens when you look at a web page is that your computer (browser/client) sends a command over an electronic network (the web) to another computer(server) asking it to let you look at some files. (The computers have to understand each other but that’s a story for another day) The spot on the network AND on the other computer where the files are stored is known as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The spot that you are “calling” from is known as your IP address (Internet Protocol address). Provided everything goes well, you are sent the content that you requested and you will see a web page(text and/or pictures, etc.) That’s all the web is: FILES ON COMPUTERS! Proper software and hardware on your end makes VIEWING these files possible.

So the next question is: “How do I become the computer (server) on the “other end“?

Answer: Unless you are a REAL techie (in which case you would not need to be reading this) you have no business running a web server. BUT there ARE plenty of techies in this world, and there are many servers, AND there are many servers you can USE to display your info to the world. In most cases servers are Unix operating system computers with a direct, very fast connection to the web. Some are free to use, some you pay for.

Next question: “So how do I get my files to a server?”

Answer: Several ways, to start.
Since you are probably new to this you may want to try one of the many “free web space” services available. Several popular ones are: Geocities ( Geocities ), Tripod ( www.tripod.com ), I’m not going to go into detail about using these services, if you go their site(s) plenty of info is available. One way or another the files you wish to display are UPLOADED to the server (More about this later)
NOTE: The reason these services are free is because you almost always have to display some advertising on your web pages for them. Often you can pay a fee and forego this duty.
ANOTHER NOTE: You probably use an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to “get on the web”, like AOL, Earthlink, Concentric, RCN using a DIAL UP CONNECTION or maybe you have a DSL or ISDN or CABLE MODEM connection, or maybe you are affiliated with a learning institute or have a a job with a company that is “wired” and they provide you with access to the web. Anyway the point is, if you have an ISP that you pay for you often get web space to use as part of the service.
You can also get your own DOMAIN. This has a certain amount of appeal because you it’s YOUR domain, and its often easier for people to identify you, which can be a huge boon, especially if you are in business. (i.e. www.rrhobbs.com is MUCH easier to remember than www.tripod.com/rrhobbs or www.geocities.com/broadway/6247/ (these are real url’s however they have not been updated for some time) Getting your own domain involves checking availabilty of whatever domain name “dotcom, net, org” you have in mind, (i.e. rrhobbs.com), and registering the domain with the INTERNIC. The INTERNIC is: “US Department of Commerce regulated organization provides public information regarding Internet domain-name registration services.” See the INTERNIC site for all the details ( www.internic.net )

Once you have your own DOMAIN alas, you still need a HOST (a server to use). Often your present ISP offers WEB HOSTING SERVICES, and there are many companies who do nothing but web hosting. www.ispcheck.com is a good starting point for finding a web hosting service. Your web host can assist you in registering your domain, too.

GETTING YOUR FILES ONLINE- REALLY

If you get your own domain and web host, most likely the way you will be getting your files on the server is to FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) them to the server. Your webhost will most likely have plenty of details about this (the parameters,settings and password needed by your FTP PROGRAM (your webhost will probably have some suggestions, a couple I know of are WSFTP ( www.ipswitch.com ) and Cute FTP ( www.cuteftp.com ). There are Mac OS ftp programs (clients) at www.macosarchives.com .
A user friendly way to present your pictures is to use THUMBNAILS. A program I use is Thumbnailer . It will not only create thumbnails, it will automatically generate web pages, saving a LOT of time and headaches.

NOTE:Unfortunately, (at this writing) Thumbnailer is available for Windows only. I’ve heard that Extensis Portfolio is a good thumbnailer for Mac OS. I don’t know whether it will generate web pages on the fly or not tho. You can also make thumbnails in Photoshop.

This is not, nor is it intended to be, a be-all / end-all for web publishing. In that vein, please don’t email me with questions about any of this unless I specifically requested you do so. Use your ingenuity and search for more info about stuff you dont understand or would like to know more about on the web. There’s A BUNCH of stuff! Good luck!

Legal Mumbo-Jumbo: The reader uses information obtained via this document at his/her own risk. The author is in no way responsible for damges incurred in any way from use of any information contained in this document.

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Pengin Productions | Filmmaking Tips

“What follows is a long list of tips that are based on things I’ve learned while making movies.”

Script | DO NOT START FILMING UNTIL YOU’RE SURE THE SCRIPT IS READY. With Hearts It Is, the script was done in January 2000. But instead of filming that summer, I took the year to work on the script. It went from 80 pages to 104 pages, and had a much better ending. …read more…

Pre-Production | Do location scouting. Locations can be anywhere. A friend or family member’s house works nicely. Ask your cast and crew if they’re willing to use their house. ALWAYS check out the place before the filming day. Bring the camera and mic and make sure that there is no strange video or audio interference. …read more…

Casting | You can find potential actors in lots of places. Put an ad in the newspaper, or a local entertainment magazine if your city has one. Post flyers up around high schools, college campusues, and/or local theaters. Go to some plays and get in touch with the actors you liked. Ask other local filmmakers for recommendations. …read more…

Rehearsals | The first rehearsal should be a full cast read through. Do this in a very casual setting, like at your own place. Have some food and drinks. It’s just everyone hanging out and getting a feel for each other and the script. …read more…

Equipment | Buy the best camera you can afford to buy. Do lots of research. Find a camera you think you might buy and look for reviews of it on the web. Go to message boards like on IndieClub.com and ask about the camera. …read more…

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