[Scan-DC] SCANNING OPPORTUNITY

[Andrew Clegg]

I read in the Examiner today there are two movies presently filming in town. 
One as-yet-unnamed movie with Owen Wilson and another one called "Salt" with 
Angelina Jolie.

Is anyone hearing anything? Any guesses what frequencies might be used 
during production?

Andy

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> This movie shoot should give some opportunities to hear the "Inside" of
> what is happening during the shoot.  Fourteen weeks of shooting will ample
> time get down there sometime.
>
> Ralph Johnson
>
> While D.C. Is Seeing Stars, Locals Will Be Getting Work
>
> Nikita Stewart
> Washington Post staff writer
>
> The District has given a $1.7 million grant to Columbia Pictures in return
> for hiring more than 100 local crew members, several hundred extras and 20
> youths to work on a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen
> Wilson and Paul Rudd to be filmed in the city.
>
> The still-untitled film by writer/director James L. Brooks will be in
> production for 14 weeks and is expected to generate $8.5 million in local
> spending, officials said yesterday.
>
> Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) and
> the film's producers made the announcement yesterday morning at a news
> conference inside an Adams Morgan building that will be used for a scene
> in the movie.
>
> The grant, through the Film D.C. Economic Incentive Grant Fund, is a small
> price to pay as the city tries to lure Hollywood to the District, said
> Kathy Hollinger, director of the city's Office of Motion Picture and
> Television Development.
> "You want them to come here and hire local people, not bring them from
> L.A.," she said.
>
> Film productions in 2007 and 2008 generated $115 million in spending in
> the District, city officials said.
>
> Students from McKinley Technology High School and the Duke Ellington
> School of the Arts, as well as some college students who live in the
> District, probably will be hired to join the production through the
> mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program, Hollinger said. The college
> students will start when filming begins next week, and the high school
> students probably will not start until school ends June 15, she said.  The
> experience should prove valuable for young people hoping to enter the
> entertainment industry.
> "They'll get a feeling for being on set. It's a start," producer Paula
> Weinstein said.
>
> The film's producers and Hollinger said this summer's student crew will be
> part of an effort to create a base of experienced workers for the future.
> Gary Martin, president of Sony Pictures Studio Operations and president of
> production administration for Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group, said
> the local hires could be called upon later when other productions come to
> the District to shoot on location.
>
> It is easier for studios to film in a city where experienced local crews
> are available, Weinstein said in an interview.
>
>
>
>
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