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Location Scout News 2008

Location Scout News 2008

October 23, 2008 by Location Scout R. Richard Hobbs

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Location Scout News about film / tv / photo work done in 2008

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News: Location Scout for Photography for Savella (Forest Pharmaceuticals (NYC)

Location Scout in the New Jersey area for an upcoming pharmaceutical product roll-out (Product since released to market).

 

Production: RelatedProduction (Los Altos Hills, CA)

Producers Gyorgi Sapojnikoff & Jessica Ruiz

 

Savella (Milnacipran) – Wikipedia

Milnacipran (Ixel, Savella, Dalcipran, Toledomin) is a serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) used in the clinical treatment of fibromyalgia. It is not approved for the clinical treatment of major depressive disorder in the USA, but it is in other countries.

 

Forest Laboratories – Wikipedia

Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in New York City, US. The company’s research and development spending has grown rapidly in recent years, and as of 2007, approached almost a billion US dollars a year, which put it on the list of the top 100 global corporations in R&D spending. Forest Laboratories is also known for licensing European pharmaceuticals for sale in the United States. The company also has offices in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Jersey City, Oakland, Dublin, Kent and Paris.


peek-cloppenburg

News: Location Scout Peek and Cloppenburg

– Location scout services for Boston-area fashion photography for Peek and Cloppenburg (Dusseldorf, Germany), produced by World Locations / Clare Beresford (London / Los Angeles / Paris).


norditropin

News: Location Scout – Location Management Norditropin (Novo Nordisk / Princeton, NJ)

Location Scout and Location Management for an industrial / corporate pharmaceutical video

CCG Metamedia is now Cell Division

Production Company: CCG MetaMedia (NYC); Director / Producer: Joel Pomeroy; Assistant Producer: Justin Powell; Director of Photography: Roger Grange

 

Novo Nordisk / Norditropin – Wikipedia

Norditropin is a brand name for somatropin, a polypeptide hormone of recombinant DNA origin. It contains the identical sequence of 191 amino acids in naturally occurring pituitary human growth hormone (hGH).

 

Novo Nordisk – Wikipedia

Novo Nordisk manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services and was created in 1989 through a merger of two Danish companies dating back to the 1920s. It produces, in particular, diabetes care equipment and medications. Novo Nordisk is also involved with haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Novo Nordisk is researching pulmonary delivery systems for diabetic medications, and in the early stages of research into autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, using technologies such as translational immunology and monoclonal antibodies.


geodon

News: Location Scout – Location Management Pfizer Geodon

Location Scout and Location Management for an industrial / corporate pharma video.
 
 

  • Client: Geodon (Pfizer / NYC)
  • Production Company: CCG MetaMedia (NYC)
  • Director / Producer: Joel Pomeroy
  • Assistant Producer: Justin Powell
  • Director of Photography: Roger Grange

Geodon (Ziprasidone) – Wikipedia

Ziprasidone (marketed as Geodon, Zeldox by Pfizer) was the fifth atypical antipsychotic to gain approval (February 2001) in the United States. It is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of schizophrenia, and acute mania and mixed states associated with bipolar disorder. Its intramuscular injection form is approved for acute agitation in schizophrenic patients for whom treatment with just ziprasidone is appropriate.


brendan-james-green-video-youtube

News: Location Scout Services for a music video, Green, by Decca recording artist Brendan James (NYC).

  • Director: Laura Crosta (NYC)
  • Producer: Andrew Byrd
  • Director of Photography / Video Editor: Michael Stern
  • Watch Green on Laura Crosta’s website

Brendan James – Green | Decca Records @YouTube

American Buffalo on Broadway – Playbill

News: Location scout for publicity photography for American Buffalo.

American Buffalo is a well-known play written by David Mamet; the current revival stars Cedric The Entertainer, John Leguizamo and Haley Joel Osment and will begin performances on Broadway in New York City October 31st, 2008 at the Belasco Theatre. American Buffalo is being produced by Elliot Martin, Ben Sprecher, Louise Forlenza, Wendy Federman and Nelle Nugent. (producers info via Playbill)

  • Photographer / Photo Production: Justin Borucki Photography (photos) | Producer: Rebekah Peterson
  • American Buffalo Broadway Website (photo)
  • Wikipedia | American Buffalo
  • Playbill News: Revival of Mamet’s American Buffalo to Begin Previews Oct. 31
  • IDB | American Buffalo
  • Google Search | “American Buffalo” Broadway

  • American Buffalo by David Mamet at Amazon

femara

News: Location Scout Novartis Femara

Location Scouting and Location Management for photography for a pharma print campaign for Femara

 

Client: Novartis

(East Hanover, NJ)

 

Ad Agency: AgencyRX

(NYC)

 

Photographer: James Salzano Photography

(NYC)

 

Producer: Rob Mackler

(NYC)

Wikipedia

Letrizole – Wikipedia

Letrozole (INN, trade name Femara) is an oral non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor for the treatment of hormonally-responsive breast cancer after surgery.


US-Environmental-Protection-Agency-EPA

News: Location services / Location scout for photography for a print psa campaign for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Washington, D.C.)

  • Ad Agency: Plowshare Group (Stamford, CT)
  • Photography and Production: Paul McGuirk Photography (Redding, CT)

Wikipedia: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes USEPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.


toyota

News: Location Scout Toyota – Location scout for a still-photography, lifestyle-themed shoot for Toyota

 

Advertising Agency: Dentsu America (NYC)

 

Photographer: Jamey Stillings (Santa Fe, NM)

 

Production / Producer: SKS Productions / Susan Shaughnessy (NYC)

 

Photo District News (PDN): The Cars of Tomorrow

…The agency had already shot a tv spot as part of Toyota’s campaign that shows kids riding home-made go-carts, but once photographer Jamey Stillings came on board, the print component took on its own personality.

 

Toyota – Wikipedia

Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In March 2014 the multinational corporation consisted of 338,875 employees worldwide and, as of November 2014, is the twelfth-largest company in the world by revenue. Toyota was the largest automobile manufacturer in 2012 (by production) ahead of the Volkswagen Group and General Motors. In July of that year, the company reported the production of its 200-millionth vehicle. Toyota is the world’s first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year. It did so in 2012 according to OICA, and in 2013 according to company data. As of July 2014, Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization (worth more than twice as much as #2-ranked SoftBank) and by revenue.


boniva

News: Location Scout Roche Boniva

Location scout for photography for a pharma print advertising campaign for

  • Client: Boniva (Roche USA) (Nutley, NJ)
  • Advertising agency: K&L Advertising (NYC)
  • Photographer: John Fortunato (NYC)
  • Produced by: Steve Beaudet / Southlight Associates (Boca Raton, FL)
Hoffmann – LaRoche
Wikipedia

Wikipedia: Hoffmann – La Roche:

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. is a Swiss global health-care company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.


coldwater-creek

News: Location Scout For Coldwater Creek

I feel very fortunate to enjoy a so-far ongoing working relationship with Coldwater Creek (Sand Point, ID) over a period of several years with regard to providing location scouting services when they are shooting in the New York City area.


coldwater-creek

News: Location Scout for Coldwater Creek Holiday Fashion Apparel:

Location Scout for a series of shoots in New York, NY for Coldwater Creek (ID).


coldwater-creek

News: Location Scout for Coldwater Creek Holiday Book

Job: Location Scout a wonderful farm location in Bucks County PA for the main location for Coldwater Creeks Holiday 2005 fashion catalog.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Wikipedia: Coldwater Creek

Coldwater Creek is a women’s apparel and accessories retailer based in Sandpoint, Idaho, United States. The company was founded in 1984 by Dennis and Ann Pence. Coldwater Creek sells its products in stores, through catalogs and online. The online outlet carries apparel that was featured during previous seasons.


federal-express-worldwide

Location Scout for Hispanic market print advertising campaign for Federal Express (Fedex) (Memphis) in the New York City area

 

Advertising Agency: Zubi Advertising (Miami)

 

Photographer: Matt Hoyle (NYC)

 

Producer: Marian Walsh / Button Productions (NYC)

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Federal Express: Wikipedia:

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. The name “FedEx” is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company’s original air division, Federal Express, which was used from 1973 until 2000.

Location Scout Fedex – Photographs by Matt Hoyle

pillsbury

Location Services / Hebrew National / Pillsbury

Lately I have developed a very mutually enjoyable and productive working relationship with Craig Ball, Executive Producer at Path1 Communications (Atlanta) working with him and his company providing location scout services for video production and satellite transmission video projects taking place in the New York City area for his client, Firstline Media / Creative (Atlanta) for several name brands, including Pillsbury (General Mills / Minneapolis, MN) and

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Hebrew National (ConAgra Foods Armour / Quincy, MI).


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Location Scout News: Tom Contrino’s Director’s Reel

Mentor and long-time associate Tom Contrino (NYC) has uploaded his commercial director’s reel

Nice work, Tom! 🙂 chk it out!

I did quite a bit of overall production / location scouting / location management on most of these spots and was involved in some way or another in all of them.

Tom Contrino Director Reel Screenshot

samsung – u.s.

News: Location Scout Samsung

February: Location scout in New York City for photography for an advertising campaign for

  • Client: Samsung (Seoul, Korea)
    • Produced and photographed by William Vazquez Photography (NYC)
    • William Vázquez, Visual Waves Inc.
    • Blog: William Vázquez: Photographer
    • William Vázquez, Chairman, APA|NY, Advertising Photographers of America

    William Vazquez writes, “Rich, I posted the Samsung shoot photos on my blog – check it out.


    Click photo for a better view

    Samsung – Wikipedia

    Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol.

    Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics (the world’s largest information technology company measured by 2011 revenues), Samsung Heavy Industries (the world’s second-largest shipbuilder measured by 2010 revenues), Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T (respectively the world’s 35th- and 72nd-largest construction companies), and Samsung Techwin (a weapons technology and optoelectronics manufacturer). Other notable subsidiaries include Samsung Life Insurance (the world’s 14th-largest life insurance company), Samsung Everland (operator of Everland Resort, the oldest theme park in South Korea)[8] and Cheil Worldwide (the world’s 19th-largest advertising agency measured by 2010 revenues).

    Samsung produces around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports and its revenues are larger than many countries’ GDP; in 2006, it would have been the world’s 35th-largest economy. The company has a powerful influence on South Korea’s economic development, politics, media and culture, and has been a major driving force behind the “Miracle on the Han River”.


    red-prairie

    Video Location Scout M3 Productions / Video Location Scout RedPrairie

    – February: location scout for a viral video for RedPrairie (Alpharetta, GA)

    Who is RedPrairie? About RedPrairie

    RedPrairie is a world leading consumer driven optimization company. Built on advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) developed over the past 15 years, RedPrairie integrated E2e™ solutions offer on-demand capabilities to 32,000+ sites worldwide for many of the world’s largest companies.

    RedPrairie – Wikipedia

    RedPrairie is a privately-held supply chain, workforce and all-channel commerce software provider headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. The company’s solutions help ensure visibility and collaboration between manufacturers, distributors, retailers and consumers at over 60,000 customer sites in more than 50 countries.

    This latest viral was produced by M3 Productions (NYC) and directed by George Motz (NYC).


    terminix

    News: Location Scout for Terminix Viral Video

    – location scout for a viral video for Terminix (Memphis, TN), produced by M3 (NYC).

    Terminix: Wikipedia

    Terminix International Company, L.P., largest pest control company in the world, operating in 45 states in United States & 14 countries around the world. It is a unit of ServiceMaster.


    chicago-merchantile-exchange (CME Group)

    News: Location Scout in January for Chicago Mercantile Exchange

    in New York City for annual report photography by Tom Maday (Chicago).

    Wikipedia

    Chicago Merchantile Exchange – Wikipedia

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (often called “the Chicago Merc,” or “the Merc”) is an American financial and commodity derivative exchange based in Chicago. The CME was founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board. Originally, the exchange was a non-profit organization.


    lexus

    News: Location Scout Lexus Art / Marketing Event New York, NY

    Location scout September-October: In collaboration with Jane Stuart, of HomeworkPeople II (NYC) and World Financial Center (NYC), worked to supply an exterior art installation/marketing campaign location in Manhattan for Japanese automobile manufacturer Lexus.

    The Lexus Art / Marketing installation was created specially for this campaign by nARCHITECTS.

    Patrick Courrielche produced for Inform Ventures, LLC (Los Angeles).

    Here are some write-ups about the installation:

    • LS-460 Exhibit Images – Inform Ventures
    • Google Images page: “lexus unpacking new york narchitects”
    • From Dezignare Interior Design Collective:

      Car as Art Take on a New Form – Lexus Launches a New York Public Art Exhibit New York, NY – Oct. 20 /Lexus/”To mark the launch of the Lexus LS 460 luxury sedan and its emphasis on design, Lexus will unveil an intriguing public art exhibit at the World Financial Center Plaza, adjacent to the Winter Garden, in New York. (This article was also published in Inform’s Lexus Press Newsletter and quoted via architectureyp.blogspot.com)

    • via TrendHunter, Core77 Design Studio Bullits

      sez:

      nARCHITECTS Unpacking Luxury auto brand Lexus has commissioned NYC-based architecture firm nARCHITECTS to create a mysterious installation to be slowly unveiled over the course of 5 days.

    • From nARCHITECTS website: 0.06.06 – 10.22.06 Unpacking

      nARCHITECTS installation “Unpacking” , for the reveal of a new Lexus LS 460,was on view at the World Financial Center Plaza in NYC. The installation transformed over a 5 day period, from Monday Oct 16th to Friday Oct 20th. Press photos and contact.


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