'Jack Goes Boating' Filming March 4th, 5th and 6th in Carroll Gardens
Film crews at Guido's Funeral Home on Clinton Street, corner of Carroll Street
Philip Seymour Hoffman has been directing and acting right here in Carroll Gardens in the last few days. That news came from friend Richard in an email yesterday. I checked it out for myself, and sure enough, crews were filming at Guido's funeral home on Clinton Street.
More details in Richard's email.
Hi Katia
Thought you might like to know that the reason why all those parking spaces are being taken over on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 4, 5, and 6, is that the movie "Jack Goes Boating" is being filmed in our neighborhood. The movie is based on the Broadway play and will be directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman of Capote and Doubt fame; it's his first time directing.
At minimum, Carroll, President, Clinton, and Court Streets are all affected. It would be nice if someone had given residents advance warning when the City decided to take away our parking spaces for three days. (Even nicer would haven been the movie company that's being accomodated arranging parking for those who are being disaccomodated.)
Doesn't someone -- CB6 or our local precinct -- get advance notice of these disruptions? It seems to me that (in the words of another short, fair-haired actor), "What we have here is a failure to communicate."
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5 comments:
There was advance notice, in the form of the signs on lamp posts and trees every 15 feet or so on the streets affected by filming. And yes, while it's a nuisance, these projects bring loads of money to NY and keep people employed. The positives outweigh two or three days of limited parking.
A friend of mine works in a locations department for a TV show and he says the Mayor's Office requires any and all productions to post no parking signs in advance (24-48 hrs?) of moving into a neighborhood. They also closely monitor how many productions are in an area during a given time and have strict limits to prevent too many crews in one neighborhood. The areas become "hot zones" and nobody shoots there for weeks.
About two years ago the Mayor's Office stopped issuing parking permits to all non-essential vehicles too. That move angered the film and TV industry but was necessary to ease the inconvenience to residents. Film and TV crews will be unable to do their jobs if a neighborhood is pissed at them so they usually try to be courteous, not to mention there is a "filmmakers code of professionalism" that most are required to sign with their contracts that outlines these exact concerns regarding residents.
So regarding communication, there are lots of measures in place to attempt clear communication, but maybe somebody has another idea that could help more?
Anonymous 1 "There was advance notice...." Well, the signs weren't there when I left for work Tuesday morning. It certainly didn't give much time to react. (BTW, there's nothing about this on the CB6 Web site.) I can't believe the film company didn't know it was planning to shoot all over CG before Tuesday afternoon; I know how site scouting works for a professional film outfit. Not against employing people, I'd just like to see some of the "loads of money" goes to those who are most affected.
Anonymous 2 "A friend of mine...."
There are any number of ways to get this information out. For one thing, there are a host of bloggers in Brooklyn who could inform the public, and CB6 has a Web site that could be used to post such information. In the age of RSS, Twitter, and all the other Internet-based apps, there's no excuse for not informing the public early when decisions are made that may affect them.
Film crews have been doing this for years. Maybe it's new to Carroll Gardens, but it's not new to the city and it's never publicized with CBs or blogs or whatever (except this one http://filminginbrooklyn.com/ )
There are film crews in Brooklyn Heights all the time. 24-48 hrs notice via the signs on meters, posts, trees, etc. It's a mild inconvenience that brings a lot of money and employment to the city.
And not to mention recognition for the neighborhood, potential tourism, money for local merchants, etc. Film crews are almost always respectful of the neighborhoods and my experience with them has always been pleasant.
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