| Show Cameras Tallon roll on college campuses Amy Reynolds CPS i. i HESE days movies arent aren't just made in THESE Hollywood As production companies scout different locations and different looks college campuses campuses campuses cam cam- nationwide have caught their attention I didn't ever realize there were as many campuses in movies as there are until I got involved involved involved in in- with it said Carolyn coordinator coordinator coordinator coor coor- of community relations at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta Recent examples alone are numerous numerous Lit Lit Little tle tie Man Tate Driving Miss Daisy Back to School Fried Green Tomatoes and Woody Allens Allen's latest project still in the works in New York City Typically the film company will send location scouts to look over the campus said Beverly director of public relations at Barnard College where Allen filmed some scenes for his upcoming film They want to know Do we have the right look the right light the space that they need How the scouts find the campuses varies Oftentimes colleges are suggested by state or city film commissions Just as frequently production companies have certain campuses campuses campuses cam cam- in mind that they suggest to the commission commission commission com com- mission or to the school directly The Indiana Film Commission doesn't solicit films at its schools but We do get requests usually for Notre Dame Indiana University and Ball State said Lisa Duda a member of the We then usually talk to the president of the school or an administrator administrator administrator ad ad- and tell them the storyline because because because be be- cause most dont don't want want- to be associated with something negative One of the most well-known well movies filmed at a college in Indiana is Breaking Away shot almost entirely on the Indiana University campus in the Miami University in Oxford Ohio about 30 miles northwest of Cincinnati got involved involved involved in in- as a possible film site for Little Man Tate through the Cincinnati Film CommisSion Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion which persuaded director Jodie Foster to film the movie primarily in Cincinnati t and surrounding areas The same s setup tup worked for tor Agnes Scott College in Atlanta where pieces of Fried Green Tomatoes and the winning award-winning Driving Miss Daisy were filmed after the Georgia State Film Commission in an attempt attempt attern at- at tern tempt p t to b bring r i n g m more 0 r e tel television e vis ion a and n d movie projects to the state added the small women's college to its list of possible possible possible pos pos- sible locations Some of the projects filmed at Agnes Scott include an NBC movie called The and a USA network film White Lie with Gregory Hines parts of the film Four Seasons with Alan Alda AIda and a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie Decoration Day with Jam James s Garner credits the appeal of the school to its picturesque campus filled with a amix amix amix mix of old century-old buildings and Southern Victorian homes and parlors said Barnard scouted by several production companies in the past is attractive attractive attractive tive because the school is well established in the New York community and because any number of production people live nearby nearby nearby near near- by the schools school's Broadway location The filmmakers paid all of the schools fees for use of the campuses None would say how much but at Miami Holly Wissing director of Miami's new bureau says the school just broke even t I We were proud to have our name associated associated associated as as- with Little Man Tate Wissing iSSing said Wh What t we charged basically were our expenses said the lithe fees vary from from institution tion to institution and that althou although h Agn Agnes s Scott isn't getting rich on its deal fit it is ni nice niceto eto e to have the extra income About 50 to students worked as extras extras extras ex ex- tras on the Woody Allen film Many students students students stu stu- dents served as extras in Little Man Tate as aswell aswell aswell well and Wyn ns said Agnes Scott students students students stu stu- dents frequently get involved in some of the projects projects' there Not only do the films bring visibility and sometimes profit to the schools they also give students a chance to o get involved ed I t i JS j h H |
