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LA In A Picture
As a location scout, I love places that, in a single image, can instantly communicate exactly where they are in the universe. Saw such a place yesterday when scouting apartments: palm trees, stucco, Spanish accents, courtyard pond with statuary… Quintessential historic LA.
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Abandoned Building
Once, I was scouting an abandoned hospital building for a movie. I started to go into a large common room, and my guide said, “Oh, don’t go in there.” I asked why and he said, “because that floor is severely water damaged, and you’ll fall through into the basement.” You’d NEVER have known from looking…
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New York In Los Angeles
When I first moved to LA from NYC to continue my scouting career, I assumed it would be the major differences that would be hardest to get used to. But in fact, it’s the elements that are sort of similar, yet VERY different, that still hit me as strange. One example: Bob Hope Patriotic Hall……
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Jump Scare
Nothing like scouting a creepy abandoned property… No power, lights out… World is silent except for your footsteps… Step into what was once a child’s bedroom… THEN TWO BIRDS LEAP UP SQUAWKING CRAZILY AND FLAIL OUT THE BROKEN WINDOWS. And another floor or two full of rooms to cover before I’m finished… (in fact, the…