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Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations

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The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations | Film Locations Travel Guide

Welcome to the ultimate travel guide to film locations around the world, with original location photographs, trivia, links and travel details. If you ever wondered ‘Where did they film that?’, or you want to visit the filming locations of your favourite movie, simply navigate by film title or browse the name of your favourite actor or director. To check out locations, use the world map.

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This site is run in association with the books The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations and Movie London. Titles listed in bold have full entries on the site. All other titles listed can be found in the books. All the titles will eventually have full entries, so check back often.

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The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations (NEW updated edition)

Tony Reeves. Titan Books 2006, Paperback, 464 pages, $12.22

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Wanderlust: Get Paid to Travel | How To Be A Location Scout

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Wanderlust | Get Paid to Travel | How To Be A Location Scout | By Nick Ray

“What could be more exotic and more glamorous than scouting far-flung locations, trying to find the best places for Brad and Angelina to play out their latest blockbuster? There’s travel, five-star luxury, a healthy pay check and lots of beautiful people!

But with a job description like that, you know it’s going to be a hard industry to crack. You need to prove your expertise in a destination, and master the knack of finding inspirational realities that mirror the director’s vision. You need to be prepared for hard work and odd requests. And you need to be able to beat off the millions of other location-scout hopefuls.”

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“Wanderlust is the UK’s leading magazine for independent-minded and adventurous travellers.”

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Dipity: Where Am I? What Am I Doing?

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    • Dipity could be good for chronicling (in several very aesthetically attractive ways, as shown above…) location scouting activities and later, actual shooting activities for a film, photo or video production.

    Didpity works with RSS Feeds you can generate from a number of sources including most blogs / microblogs (i.e. WordPress, Twitter) and is geographically aware, so if you if you geotag your posts, they will be placed on Dipity’s map. Dipity and FireEagle also talk to each other, making updating a physical location a rather painless chore, whether by mobile phone, laptop or desktop computer.

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    “Dipity is a consumer site that organizes articles, blog posts, pictures, videos and other content from around the web into interactive views showing anything from a user’s life to the Iraq War.”

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        Advertising Age just published an article on how the next frontier doesn’t seem to be better search, but better synthesis. Given that there are. […]
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      I took a field trip today to talk with our newest customer, San Jose Museum of Art . The museum is using Dipity on their web site, and they had let us. […]
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    Plazes: Where am I?

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    “Plazes allows you to find out what others are up to and see what’s happening at different locations. Users share where they currently are, what they’re doing and post future plans. Posting this information can be done on Plazes.com or by mobile phone (via text messaging). Users can also join groups to stay connected with their favorite people and Plazes.”

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      We would like to thank you for your patience: the mobile site http://m.plazes.com is now working again and you could enjoy Plazes on the go, even if y. […]
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      The Plazes iPhone and iPod touch application has finally arrived! After month of development our friend Thomas Kollbach recently released on iTunes st. […]
    • Plazes goes mobile! | Thursday, 6 November 2008, 5:20 am
      You have been waiting for a Plazes mobile site since long time already and now your patience has been rewarded: m.plazes.com just launched and it work. […]
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    Featured Locations: Beach and Waterfront Houses

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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
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    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.

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  • 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.

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    NY Times / Travel / Where to Go This Summer

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    …via New York Times | Travel | The 31 Places to go This Summer

    “Traveling this summer may sound like a cruel joke: airlines are getting worse, gas prices are creeping toward $5 a gallon and the euro continues to go up, up, up. It’s almost enough to make you stay home. Almost.”

    • “…previous list of destinations, both international and domestic, compiled in “The 53 Places to Go in 2008,” (Dec. 9, 2007)”

    …read the rest… (interactive - lots of photos :-)

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