Thursday, August 28, 2008
Movie 'production park' coming to Strip
PostGazette: "John Yost has struck a deal with David Kowalski, owner of the 31st Street Business Park, to redevelop the former home of Pittsburgh Flat Roll, next to the 31st Street Bridge, as a 300,000-square-foot 'production park' for creating feature films, television shows and commercials."
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Given my interest in TV tech I was kinda excited to hear about this. A similar development was done about two years ago in New Hampshire and it was exciting to see a place like NH that is, well, rural suddenly have a new interest in the (sorta, it is filmed after all) arts. Does anyone know when this thing might get built?
This is an amazing prospect and I am extremely excited to see the de-centralization of LA as the capital of film-making. As the article states, it will probably turn the city of Pittsburgh into the major hub for filming in western PA. I wouldn't be surprised if film makers become more interested in downtown Pittsburgh as a film location as they spend more time in it.
I'm glad to see more film and tech stuff coming to Pittsburgh. It's really good for the community to have a place like this hiring. I can imagine that the proximity to downtown and the ease of filming and editing in the same city will probably increase the number of movies made in Pittsburgh- always a good thing.
as others have said, this looks like a fantastic thing for the city of Pittsburgh. As it is, film permits in many if the major cities are becoming harder and harder to obtain. Real sound stages are also very overbook, at least the ones in NY. Attempting to turn Pitt into another film mecca will nor only aleviate pressure on the other hubs, but also hopefully inspire filmakera to look outside downtown Pitt as a location. The surrounding areas have a lot of 'location potential' which I assume is under utilized.
I wonder if we could set up an internship program through that studio, or collaborate with them as we do with QED in the future.
I know that when I started going to CMU, I knew nothing of film or TV, but upon working with Shirley at QED, I became very interesting in learning more. The location of this center alone can bring a lot more artists into film/tv without making them sacrifice everything by moving to Hollywood.
Part of the success of Pittsburgh becoming a popular place to film could be the integration of Pittsburgh culture into these films. Kevin Smith's upcoming "Zach and Miri Make a Porno", from what I've heard, includes a few Pittsburgh references in the film, which was entirely filmed in the city. This may help filmmakers realize that there is a lot of potential for interesting locations in a diverse city like Pittsburgh, which could easily become a mecca for filmmaking.
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