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Staging A Murder
One thing I love about scouting on crime shows is when they’ll ask the locations department for fresh ideas on where to stage a murder. I’ve always thought the maze of tires you find at mom-and-pop auto repair shops could make a pretty solid option…
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Iconic LA Filming Location #542: Hillcrest Road @ Carmelita
Single-handedly responsible for making movie-goers around the world think this is what all LA streets must look like.
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The Mysterious POV
Here’s another example of how hard it is to shut off the location scout part of my brain when watching old movies. I’m watching Pickup on South Street, the 1950s noir I mentioned yesterday. Set in NYC, it was actually filmed in LA, as seen in this shot staged on Grand… Like most films of…
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Exorcisms and Tennis
People always ask, “so what big actors have you met as a location scout?” And I’ll always lie and drop a few big names, because that’s obviously what they want to hear. But what I’m actually thinking about are moments like the time I was scouting a midcentury house outside LA… The owners are showing…