THE NEWSLETTER OF
THE FILMMAKERS CONNECTION
www.LONGISLANDFILM.COM
TODAY (FEB 17) IS THE LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD SUBMISSIONS TO THE LONG ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM EXPO (LIIFE) – YOU CAN STILL ENTER TILL 4/1 – BUT PRICES GO UP STARTING TOMORROW. ENTER ASAP AT www.longislandfilm.com Long Island, foreign, shorts, features, animations, students, documentaries, scriptwriting, trailers, music videos and more!! (Don’t forget to take your student and filmmakers connection discount!)

And we have formed some cool associations with Molloy College and Westbury Music Fair (NYCB Theatre at Westbury) – so stay tuned for new/offers and events from there.

The Finishing Fund Grants Applications are now available at www.longislandfilm.com If you’ve filmed in Nassau County or Suffolk County, and are a Filmmakers Connection Member, you could be eligible for a $500 for $1,000 grant. Applications will be available at the meetings. Cut-off date is March 31, 2012. Good luck!

A tentative Filmmakers Connection Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm at Five Towns College, 305 North Service Road, Dix Hills NY room 303. More info tba.

Filmmakers Panel Discussion!!
Last April’s panel discussion at Adelphi University was such a success that we have decided to do it again! Our event will take place at Adelphi’s Alumni House on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm! The details of the panel tba. The date, however, has been locked in, so be sure to mark it on your calendars!

In addition to the Filmmaker panel April at Adelphi University, we will also have a Film Financing panel at Molloy College on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Legal Counsel for the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, Marc Jacobson, will lead the discussion. This is a free event that will cover in detail the complex world of raising money to make your film. More details to follow.

If you’re interested in finding out up-to-the-minute information on film jobs that I hear about (both cast and crew) or locations needed for film/tv/commercials, plus other film related information (or my own personal musings), check www.debramarkowitz.blogspot.com You can also sign up for our twitter account below, and I will tweet whenever I have anything film-related of interest. Let’s keep the work here!! If you are a filmmaker/casting person who knows of any positions, I can post those for you as well. Please e-mail me details: Union or nonUnion, personnel needed, whether it’s a paid position, when, where and what. Thank you.
We’re now on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace AND have our own Youtube channel! Come join us at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Long-Island-International-Film-Expo/125921132847, youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/LongIslandFilmExpo, myspace at: myspace.com/liifilmexpo and Twitter at: www.twitter.com/liintlfilmexpo.

If you had a film in the Long Island International Film Expo and have received a distribution deal (DVD, theatrical, and/or television), please send us a blurb and a link, and we’ll promote it for you on the Long Island International Film Expo facebook site.

If you have a home in Nassau County and would like to list it as a possible location for film/tv/commercial production, please contact debfilm@aol.com or call 516 571-3168.

If you have a business, service, or headshot you would like to bring to the attention of the dedicated audience that visits LongIslandFilm.com – consider placing a banner ad. They are quite reasonable. You will have your ad shown in random rotation for an entire year. Small banner ads are $150 – (120 x 60 pixels). Large banner ads are $300 (468 x 60 pixels). If interested, please e-mail your banner ad in the appropriate amount of pixels to debfilm@aol.com. Please include the URL you would like your ad to be connected to. You can pay by check to LIFTF, or by PalPay under “The Foundation” and then “Donations.” Just let us know when you send in your banner ad.

You can now pay for your membership to the Filmmakers Connection through PayPal on the www.LongIslandFilm.com website. Please be sure to include your name, address, phone #, e-mail address, which area of the film industry you are involved in (ex. Writer/director/producer) and whether or not you are already getting this newsletter by e-mail. Cost is $30 per year fee. If you are a student with current ID, it is $15 to join.)

If you would like to become a member (or renew your membership) of the Filmmakers Connection, please send $30, made out to the LIFTF to the Long Island Film/TV Foundation, c/o Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Avenue, Side Entrance, Bellmore, NY 11710. You may also pay at the meetings. The $30 membership fee entitles you to attend the Filmmakers Connection meetings for free. It also entitles you to discounts on Foundation functions such as the Long Island International Film Expo, the Awards Ceremony party, all mailings and newsletters, and (if all other criteria is met) a chance at winning the $1,000/$500 Finishing Fund Grant. (When you send in your $30, please be sure to include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address and how you are involved with the film industry, i.e. director, producer, voice overs, etc.) and whether you are already getting this newsletter by e-mail. If you are a student with appropriate college/high school ID, the cost is $15 to join for the year. If you do not join, you can still attend meetings for free.

Please be advised that the Foundation/Film Commissions/Film Offices are not responsible for speaker cancellations. Every effort will be taken to insure a speaker’s availability on the date mentioned. In case of a cancellation, every effort will be made to book an alternate speaker.

For information on the Long Island Film/TV Foundation contact Robert Hansen at 516 707-2237. For information about the Long Island International Film Expo, please contact Debra Markowitz at 516 571-3168.

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Locations for Feature Film!!

Hi everyone,     (This must be in Nassau County)

For feature film, Bitter Pill, a Steven Soderberg film, they're looking for a home on the water to simulate Greenwich, CT, but they want to stay in Nassau County.  They also may have to hover a helicopter at the home.  This film stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tateum and Catherine Zeta-Jones.  They have a "decent" budget, but not a huge budget. Village fees will have to be taken into account. They also have 60 person cast and crew as opposed to a usual 150 +, so it's more manageable.
I've attached a representative photo.
They are looking for one day of exterior filming between April 10 and the end of May.  They may need to be able to hover a helicopter, which would ideally base nearby, and bring in only for the shots, perhaps for a total of about 4 hours throughout the day. 
Please let me know if your area has this and would welcome this, based on the aesthetic and the helicopter requirement. 
Also, they want the house to be ON the water.  Their producer specifically asked about Oyster Bay.  How about your area?  Please send suggestions to debfilm@aol.com and reference Bitter Pill.
Thank you.
Debbie

Locations Needed for Film/TV Production

Locations Needed for Film/TV Production

Hello all, (These must be in Nassau County)
I am looking for the following locations:

1) For television pilot, The Carrie Diaries, they're looking for a barn. I recommended Old Bethpage Village Restoration, but do you have any other suggestions? If so, please reference The Carrie Diaries and e-mail to debfilm@aol.com

Thank you for your attention.
Best,
Debbie

Locations Needed for Feature Film and Television

Locations Needed for Feature Film and Television!!

Hello All, (These must be in Nassau County)
I'm looking for the following locations:

1) For CBS television series, Person of Interest, they're looking for a gated, secure grand mansion. They want to film one day, and have one day of prep and one day of wrap. Not a huge budget, but decent. This is set for second or third week in February. They cannot pay huge village fees with this, or it will eat away at what they can offer the homeowner.
If you have any suggestions, please e-mail debfilm@aol.com and reference Person of Interest.

2)From the Location Manager: I am working on a new feature film for 20th Century Fox entitled "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", directed by and starring Ben Stiller.  We will begin production on the film later this spring in the New York area.
We are currently scouting for a modern archive / storage facility to film scenes for our movie.  In the film, one of the main characters works as a photo archivist for a major magazine company and his office is described as an expansive modern archive facility.  Our production team has responds favorably to a number of different looks for this location but we haven't been able to find the right place yet.  Some of the features for this location include: high ceilings, file storage or shelving, no windows or very few windows.  Mostly likely we will find a space that has some of those elements that we are looking for and dress in the rest.
The filming would take a couple of days to perform with some prep time in advance and time to restore after completion of filming.  We would schedule this work for some time between April and July of this year."
If you have any suggestions, please e-mail them to debfilm@aol.com and reference "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Thank you.
Best,
Debbie

Locations for Television, Commercial, Print

(Photo: Teddy Sears of Masters & Johnson)

Hello All, (These must be in Nassau County)

It's going to be one busy year! I'm looking for the following locations.

1) For Lion's Gate TV Series, Orange is the New Black, they're looking for a campus style setting, minimum security women's prison ala Danbury Women's Correctional Center (where Martha Stewart stayed). They're looking for empty so they can take it over and shoot as needed. Maybe a closed County Club or Closed school. THEY ARE NOT FILMING TILL SUMMER - THIS IS PRELIMINARY SCOUTING. If you have any suggestions, please e-mail debfilm@aol.com and reference "Orange is the New Black"

2) For HBO tv pilot, Masters & Johnson, they're looking for a mid-century home, mid 50's modern home. For mid-February. They have a healthy budget for this. (The manager may send me some representative photos at a later time, and if so, I will forward them to you). Village MUST be film friendly. Please e-mail debfilm@aol.com and reference "Masters & Johnson)

3)For a "Got Milk" commercial, they need an olympic sized swimming pool for February 2. They most likely need it closed or maybe can shoot at night. They're already looking at Hofstra and the Nassau Aquatic Center. 50 person cast/crew. Please reference McGrail/Got Milk.

4) For a big Aetna print job, they need a modern hospital with the following: Drs. office and examining room, CAT Scan, MRI, reception area, waiting room, hopefully a pharmacy. 3rd week in February for 2 days. Cast/crew only about 25. Decent budget. If you have any suggestions, please e-mail debfilm@aol.com and reference Hutch/Aetna.
Thank you for your help.
Best,
Debbie

Location Needed for Feature Film

Location Needed for Feature Film
(This must be in Nassau County)

A feature film is searching for a location for April/May -- attached cast already includes Katie Holmes, Dianne Wiest, Michael Gambon, Mark Rylance, with another 4-5 name actors in stages of offer right now, to be secured in the next couple weeks.

While they did find a perfect setting on Lake Waramaug in Connecticut, they are very much hoping to keep the film in New York!

Per the script, here is some useful information about the property requirements from the producer:

"- Our film is set in 1984. It is the weekend LAKESIDE home of celebrated actress, who travels there for Memorial Day weekend.
- The estate is managed by a caretaker and his wife, who live in a smaller house on the property.
- There is a barn and an outhouse.
- The house needs to have at least 4 bedrooms, preferably more.
- There is a veranda.
- One of the upstairs bathrooms oversees the lake.
Might you have any ideas? I would also love to find a house with character. The type I refer to is in the living room you can view by clicking "interiors" of this house, http://www.comfort-island.com - as it would fit the artistic character of the owner.
We are beginning to look at locations next week, so anything you can think of sending that is ready to view in person, please send on!"

If you have any suggestions, please e-mail debfilm@aol.com and reference Gluadini lakehouse.
The photos are snapshots from the lakehouse on Lake Waramaug.

Thank you.
Best,
Debbie


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Locations Needed for Feature Film AND Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE)

Hello Everyone,

I don’t know about you, but I am SO psyched for 2012. Working on manifesting great things in all areas of my life.

It will be the 15th year of the Long Island International Film Expo from July 13 – 19, 2012 –and if you’re a filmmaker – this is the place to be! We’re in early bird submission phase until February 18 (then the prices start going up), so take advantage of the deep discounts. Also, if you’re a student or a filmmakers connection member (heck even if you’re a LIIFE alumni), take a further discount and submit, submit, submit. We’ll also be holding a music video, trailer and scriptwriting competition to go along with all the film competitions (animation, student, feature, short, director, documentary, foreign film, Long Island Film, etc, etc, etc). Enter at www.LongIslandFilm.com.

Now for the locations needed:

Hello everyone, (These must be in Nassau County, NY)
Happy 2012!
We are looking for the following locations.
1) For feature film, Untitled David Gray Project (he also did The Yards), from Jewel Box Productions (it stars Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotilliard and Jeremy Renner), they are looking for: a) a 1920's bath house, preferably with white tiles for 1920 period piece. This is for one day.
b) They also need a pier at which to dock a 1920's ferry.
If you have any suggestions, please e-mail debfilm@aol.com and reference Sage/Gray.
Thank you.
Warm regards,
Debbie