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SEATTLE FILM DIRECTORY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Info | Seattle Film Education | Film Related Links | Unions | Popular Locations | Seattle Area Sound Stage Options | Liability Insurance
GENERAL INFO
NORTHWEST PRODUCTION INDEX
www.nwfilm.com
In the Northwest Production Index you'll find a directory of every production resource you need, whether you're shooting a feature film, TV commercial, corporate video, building a website or developing a CD-ROM. You'll find comprehensive listings, many with hyperlinks to customer sites.
For a hard copy of the Index, contact the Washington State Film Office, 206-256-6151, wafilm@cted.wa.gov.
NORTHWEST LOCATION PROFESSIONALS (REPRESENTING LOCATION SCOUTS & MANAGERS)
www.nwscouts.com
Location Scouts and Managers serving the Pacific Northwest and Beyond.
WASHINGTONFILMWORKS
www.washingtonfilmworks.org
Dedicated to helping filmmakers bring their vision to the small and big screens, WashingtonFilmWorks (WFW) is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (6) organization that offers funding assistance to commercials, television and feature films shooting in Washington State.
Offering up to a 20% return on all qualified in-state expenditures (including Washington based labor and talent), WashingtonFilmWorks raises $3.5M annually to incentivize production statewide.
WASHINGTON STATE FILM OFFICE
www.filmwashington.com
The Washington State Film Office works with all types of productions to facilitate their needs from project conception through completion, including: script breakdown, location scouting, liaison referral, accommodations, permits, and troubleshooting.
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE HOTELS
www.downtownseattlehotels.net
Downtown Seattle Hotels offers a great selection of hotels and accommodations in and around the downtown Seattle area for the best local rates available. All of the hotels are approved by AAA and Mobile Travel Guide, the authorities in hotel inspection. All hotels offer a generous savings off of regular hotel rack rates. Book securely online for great rates on hotels near Seattle!
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SEATTLE FILM EDUCATION
911 MEDIA ARTS CENTER
www.911media.org
911 is a non-profit arts center that supports the creative use of media for communications and artmaking. Offering low cost production equipment, workshops and a screening room for indie media, 911 is a member-supported organization with crew lists, bulletin boards and networking opportunities.
Workshops include Digital Post Production, Video Production, Documentary Filmmaking, Fundraising and Computer Graphics & Animation.
THE ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE
www.ais.edu
The Art Institute of Seattle serves a special role in the educational process by channeling the creativity inherent in life's transitions into life-long careers focused on the creativity of the commercial arts.
Programs include Video Production, Audio Production, Media Arts & Animation and Interactive Media Design.
THEFILMSCHOOL
www.thefilmschool.com
TheFilmSchool mission is to encourage the individual voice, excellence in dramatic writing, and the illumination of the human condition.
Now offering The Core 3 Week Writing and Directing Session and the year long Saturday Speaker Series. Founders and faculty include Stewart Stern, Tom Skerritt, Rick Stevenson, John Jacobsen and Warren Etheredge.
NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
www.nwfilmforum.org
Film Forum classes and workshops are designed to instruct filmmakers on both the mechanical skills required in current filmmaking technology and the artistic application of tools to explore the critical and emotional range of the cinematic experience. Classes and workshops are taught by working artists: filmmakers, writers, producers and editors.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT TRAINING SEMINARS
www.productionworkshops.com
Production Assistant (PA) work is an entry level position into the film business and can open doors to other opportunities. TV Commercial film crews are always looking for well-trained Production Assistants and offer a good wage. This intensive 2 day seminar will jump start a new career in the film business.
SEATTLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
www.seattlecentral.edu/filmandvideo
The Film & Video Communications Program is a two-year, A.A.S. degree program characterized by interdisciplinary teaching and cooperative educational opportunities, with an emphasis on development of technical and creative skills needed to work in an industry which is basically artistic in nature.
SEATTLE FILM INSTITUTE
www.seattlefilminstitute.com
The Seattle Film Institute, founded in 1994, offers the largest film program in the Northwest, providing a variety of hands-on classes ranging from intensive one-day seminars to a forty week full-time total immersion program. New and expanded offerings include Digital Video and Final Cut Pro, and the much enlarged Youth Program.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
www.seattleu.edu/artsci/film/
The B.A. in Film Studies gives students a disciplinary knowledge of cinema - its history, aesthetics, craft, genres, and great directors - and it situates film in its international context with studies of national cinemas all over the world. Students especially interested in filmmaking can study screenwriting and film production, and complete off-campus film projects and internships in the regional film community and through study abroad.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
www.depts.washington.edu/cinstud
Certificate Programs: These professional programs are designed to keep you competitive in the ever-changing job market, whether you need to learn new skills to advance in your current career or want to make a career change. Programs include Film and Video Production, Documentary Production and Multimedia Design and Production.
For current schedule information on the Certificate Programs and other classes through University Of Washington Extension Programs, visit www.extension.washington.edu/ext/.
Cinema Studies Program: This program allows students to develop their understanding of how films function as a distinctive mode of transmitting and critiquing cultural values and practices.
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FILM RELATED LINKS
35TH STREET MISSION
www.35sm.org
911 MEDIA ARTS CENTER
www.911media.org
AFCI (ASSOCIATION OF FILM COMMISSIONERS INTERNATIONAL)
www.afci.org
ALPHA CINE
www.alphacine.com
ASIFA NORTHWEST (A CLUB FOR ANIMATORS)
www.asifa.net
AUDIOSOCKET
www.audiosocketmusic.com
Audiosocket is a music licensing agency that represents all types of
pre-cleared quality music for placement in Film, TV, Advertising,Video Games and New Media. Their catalog is full of bands, musicians and composers that are active in the market place. licensing@audiosocketmusic.com
BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY
www.bnsf.com / Gus Melonas 206-625-6220.
THE FILM COMPANY
www.thefilmcompany.org
FILM GUIDE SEATTLE
www.filmguideseattle.com
Film Guide Seattle is a comprehensive listing of professional film and video people in the Seattle area. This site also offers industry links, and links to Seattle traffic maps or Washington State road conditions.
GALES CREEK INSURANCE CO.
www.galescreek.com
IFP/SEATTLE - INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT
www.ifp.org
INDIETV.TV
www.indietv.tv
NATAS (NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES)
www.natasnw.org
MODE STUDIOS
www.modestudios.com
NORTHWEST FILM FORUM / WIGGLYWORLD STUDIOS
www.nwfilmforum.org
NORTHWEST PRODUCTION INDEX/MEDIA INDEX PUBLISHING, INC.
www.nwfilm.com
www.media-inc.com
NORTHWEST SCREENWRITERS GUILD
www.nwsg.org
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF)
www.seattlefilm.org
SEATTLE FILM INSTITUTE
www.seattlefilminstitute.com
STUDIO TRUCKS LLC
www.studiotrucks.com
VR SEATTLE - 360 DEGREE PANORAMIC PHOTOS OF SEATTLE & WASHINGTON STATE
www.vrseattle.com
THE WARREN REPORT
www.thewarrenreport.com
WOMEN IN FILM
www.womeninfilm-seattle.org
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UNIONS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ACTORS
www.aftraseattle.com
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES MOVING PICTURE TECHNICIANS - LOCAL #488
www.iatse488.com
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
www.sag.org
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174
www.teamsters174.org
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POPULAR LOCATIONS
PARKS AND RECREATION
www.seattle.gov/parks
PIKE PLACE MARKET
www.pikeplacemarket.org/
PORT OF SEATTLE
www.portofseattle.org
SAFECO FIELD
www.safeco.com
SEATTLE CENTER
www.seattlecenter.com
SPACE NEEDLE
www.spaceneedle.com
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
www.washington.edu/externalaffairs/filming/
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LIABILITY INSURANCE
IFP/SEATTLE
www.ifp.com
Contact IFP/Seattle, for membership and insurance information.
NORTHWEST PRODUCTION INDEX
www.nwfilm.com
Check in the Northwest Production Index, under Support Services for insurance company listings.
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SEATTLE AREA SOUND STAGE OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL STAGE SPACE
JONAS JENSEN
www.jonasjensen.com
Studio A - 15,000 sq. feet
Studio B - 8,000 sq feet
Both with overhead rigging grid at 20'
SEATTLE GRIP & LIGHTING
www.seattlegrip.com
5,315 sq. feet with 2-wall corner covered cyclorama and grid
Additional 2,000 sq ft insert studio
Both with overhead rigging grid at 20'
PACIFIC GRIP
www.pacific-grip.com
5,300 sq feet
24' ceiling with 19' grid
HANGAR/WAREHOUSE SPACE
BUILDING 2 - CITY OF SEATTLE, WARREN MAGNUSSON PARK
2 hangars with office space and storage -144,232 total sq ft
South Hangar - 31,512 sq ft with 45' ceiling
North Hangar - 15,912 sq ft with 25' ceiling
$25/day
Tentative availability beginning Jan 2010
See attached PDF for floorplan and photos
SABEY PROPERTY
www.sabey.com/pdfs/ige/ige-bldg1-brochure.pdf
21,117 sq ft
24' ceiling
26' x 50' typical column spacing
TERMINAL 109 (PORT OF SEATTLE)
Total property is 533,910 sq ft
Typical column spacing is 21' x 68' (there are spaces with further column spacing)
18' ceiling
See attached PDF for photos
Terminal space is noisy as it is in the flight path, so soundproofing would be a necessity.
City of Seattle and WFW can help negotiate price.
NOTE: None of these options are pre-cleared. They are available on a case-by-case basis based on availability.
For the Hangar/Warehouse spaces please contact WashingtonFilmWorks directly for contact info and initial questions.
SEATTLE AREA LIABILITY INSURANCE PROVIDERS
Download/Read the List (Word format)
Here is a list of Seattle area liability insurance providers used by recent filmmakers. The City of Seattle does not endorse any indidvidual company and filmmakers are urged to pay due diligence in making insurance decisions.
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