Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/16

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Location fee
From: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jul 16 19:23:50 2006

 
In a message dated 7/16/2006 8:40:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
lrzeitlin@optonline.net writes:

If a site adds value  
to a photographic project, it is simply  good business practice for the  
location to recover a portion of that  added value.


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Conversely, if a photo shoot or a film add value to a location, it is  
better 
business practice to forgo location fees.
 
In our little town we have had several feature film crews here in the past  
year shooting.  We contract for police details, and clean-up, but to my  
knowledge there is no location fee. The state of Louisiana provides tax and  
other 
incentives for producers to come here.   
 
Steel Magnolias was shot entirely here, and we still get tourists coming to  
see the locations, in fact, the prime locations are on a buggy tour.
 
Most  locations, in my experience, if you go to them early, and  present 
some 
credentials will give you pretty free access.  
 
You know that the U.S. Capitol Grounds has a prohibition against tripods; I  
have shot on the back stairs with a tripod.  How did I do it?  I  applied 
for 
a permit from the capitol police three days before the shoot.
 
 
 
Regards,  
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?,  crawfish

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