LOVE PASADENA MORE
REASON #365: PASADENA IS FILM-READY
3 DAY TURNAROUND
•
OVER 1,000 LOCATIONS
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WITHIN "THE ZONE"
photo:
Jaime
Pham
"The Leadership Location" event in Vancouver. L-R: LMGI members Amy
Barager, Aine Furey, Georgette Turner, Ann Goobie and Stevie Nelson
services are requested. Ontario
Creates (the Ontario Film
Commission) promotes filming
in Ontario with a database of
close to 400,0000 images of
film-friendly locations. Ontario
Creates sends out images
packages when producers
require that service and when
required and available, I help
with some packages and that
"keeps my finger in the pie," so
to speak.
To succeed in this profession,
you have to love people, be
creative and communicate
well—a good listener is a
plus, able to multitask and
be good at logistics. Meeting
new people each day from all
walks of life is so educational
and I found a niche that gave
me a career that I loved and
afforded me personal travels
to many counties, always
with architecture in mind and
locations in my thoughts.
I sincerely thank all those
who took a chance on me,
allowing me to learn and gain
experience as without those
folks, who know where I would
be today. To me, you are only
as good as your team and I
had the marvelous pleasure
of working with people who I
could trust, understand and
give their all to make me look
good. Mumsie or Auntie Aine
were nicknames I was given by
some crew which I considered
terms of endearment or maybe
not?
We had the first reunion of
The Littlest Hobo a couple
of years ago and more than
40 people attended. It was
mentioned that the producers
are hoping to bring The Littlest
Hobo back with a new series
of contemporary episodes.
Fingers crossed. That was such
a great evening and seeing all
those faces again, made us all
realize just how fortunate we
all are/were to be/been in this
industry. A lot of us spent 15
years or more together as a
crew on different series. So it
all started with my phone call
to hear "how many movies did
you wrap" and I said "none"
and the rest is history.
Producer Adam Haight
recently asked me if I would
take him to Hamilton, Ontario,
to scout as they were writing
a new show and wanted to see
period locations. I knew the
area well and we got in my
car and then started laughing
saying, "Who would have
thought that 37 years later,
we would be together again,
scouting?"
Photo
by
Matt
Palmer/LMGI
