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Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help save the New Jersey Film Commission, we have recieved the following message from Joseph Friedman, Executive Director of the NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission
Dear Supporters,
We are pleased to inform you that the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission has been funded for the 2009 [...]

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While the neighboring states of New York, Connecticut, & Pennsylvania are all increasing tax incentives to filmmakers, New Jersey Governor Corzine has decided to eliminate funding for the New Jersey State Film Commission starting July 1st 2008 - 
The New Jersey Film Commission provides invaluable services to location scouts and location managers working in the New York City area, without which, many [...]

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Governor Announces New Tax Incentives During Start of Seventh Annual Tribeca Film Festival
Tax Incentives for Commercials info
Tax Incentives for Feature Films & Episodic Television info
New York State Governor David A. Paterson today announced that he will sign legislation this afternoon, which will dramatically expand the Empire State film production tax credit program and help attract even more [...]

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ALSAM Location Scouts Sam Rohn. Carl Bellavia, Les Fincher, Sasha Tsyrlin and others have provided the cover photo and all index tab photos for the 2007-2008 & 2008-2009 editions of the New York 411 Production Guide. Check out more of our members photographs of New York City locations in this essential reference guide for the New York film industry !
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The Hunter
A veteran film and TV location scout shares how he finds unusual spaces
Event producers aren’t the only ones scouring the city for the perfect place with a certain mood. Location scouts are also on the lookout for environments to communicate the proper feel for films, television shows, commercials, and photo shoots. We talked to [...]

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On Location in the Homeland
By Deren Getz as told to Jaimie Epstien - November 13, 2005 - NYTimes.com
from ALSAM Location Scout Deren Getz -
Do you remember that restaurant scene in “Quiz Show,” where John Turturro is told to take the dive? It took me weeks to find that place. And it wasn’t even a restaurant. It [...]

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Giving Commercials Their Best Shot
By DEBRA GALANT - New York Times October 26, 1997
To David Fitzgerald, New Jersey suburbia essentially breaks down into two basic types: Norman Rockwell and Edward Scissorhands.
Montclair and Tenafly are classic Norman Rockwell towns, with stately colonials on shade-dappled yards, places that evoke a memory of a time when childhood was safe and [...]

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