Posted on February 27, 2012 in Cinematography, Contracts and Law, General Production, Location Scouting | 1 Comment
With phrases like “If you see something, say something” the government has made our fellow citizens suspicious of photographers in the public space. I’m not sure if it is making us safer, but one thing is for sure, getting interrupted by the long arm of the law can really harm your shoot.
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Posted on August 24, 2011 in Location Scouting | 1 Comment
Edmund Helmer of BoxOfficeQuant.com has taken the top 2000 films from 1910-2010 according to IMDB, and fed their locations into a Google Map. Click on each marker for more information, and enjoy exploring for yourself.
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Posted on July 21, 2011 in Location Scouting | No Comments
The house that Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) bought in the winter of his 35th year is located on Archer Avenue in the film, not in Harlem on Convent Avenue at 144th Street, as it is in real life.
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Posted on March 1, 2011 in Location Scouting | 3 Comments
Anthony Mason of CBS News looks at the fascinating, yet often invisible world of movie location scouting.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 in Location Scouting | 3 Comments
Urban Decay can be great locations for guerrilla filmmakers, but they don’t come without risks and challenges. This is an interview with David Horbach, talking about lost places and evaluating their pros and cons.
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Posted on September 30, 2009 in Location Scouting | 2 Comments
Locations are the starting point for the look of your film. In this article, Kendal Miller gives a few helpful suggestions for successful location scouting.
…You have heard that they key to success in retail, and real estate is your location. Well a lot of the same can be said for filmmaking. There is no [...]
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