from : NorthernLife.ca — Forum focuses on finding solutions with film crews Black Cat owner John Rutherford is anything but starstruck. He said the six productions filmed in the downtown core since the summer have had a negative impact on his Durham Street convenience store’s bottom line. Rutherford said his business lost $1,500 when Durham Street was shut...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Location managers for HBO’s drama “Luck,” the Ben Affleckspy movie “Argo” and “Hitchcock” won top honors at the 18th annual California On Location Awards Sunday night. Chris Baugh, location manager for “Argo,” won the award for location professional of the year in the...
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from: TheLocationGuide.com — The Four Aces Movie Set offers a collection of permanent sets that evoke a mid-20th Century romantic Americana road-stop. Roughly an hour’s drive north-east of Los Angeles, the facility offers a 1940s diner, a gas station and a motel. Each set is positioned to be filmed individually and the overall lay-out was designed to maximise...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — When British TV personality Richard Hammond was searching for an A-list American stuntman to teach him the techniques of one of Hollywood’s oldest trades, he turned to Rick Avery, a former Santa Barbara police officer who has doubled for Dustin Hoffman, Richard Gere and John Travolta. Avery, who has worked on hundreds of...
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from: Dave McNary, Variety.com — Overall offlot filming in Hollywood has heated up in October with three consecutive weeks of increased activity. Last week’s total hit 720 permitted days, according to permitting agency FilmL.A., up 19% from the same period in 2011, following hikes of 12% and 8%. The weekly increases have come after Gov. Jerry Brown signed...
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from: P3update.com — The new drama series “Vegas” needed a vintage location for its setting in the wild, early days of 1960s Las Vegas, Nev. According to Greg Walker, the show’s co-creator, executive producer and showrunner, this presented a challenge for the CBS Television Studios production. “Everyone knows those iconic images of downtown Fremont Street...
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