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About G-Star Studios and our No- Charge Facilities
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Motion Picture
Producers,
Are you shooting a film and
considering a Florida location? Would "state of the art" motion
picture studio space including 12 acres of studio property for
NO CHARGE be helpful? Then the G-Star Studios is for you.
In the past 7 years the G-Star Studios has had dozens of films,
music videos, television shows and commercials
produced on our back lot. A few of the more notable persons who
have filmed at G-Star are:
Director/Writer Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan with
Madonna , pilot and episodes of Sex in the City with Sarah
Jessica Parker , She-Devil with Meryl Streep, Looking for Mr.
Right with John Malkovich).
Master Producer Jonathan D. Krane with 2 billion dollars in box
office including: Swordfish, The General's Daughter, Face Off,
Look Who's Talking trilogy.
Bobby Moresco, the four-time Academy Award winning Co-Producer
and Co-Writer of CRASH and Million Dollar Baby.
G-Star Studios offers the following:
*South Florida's newest and most modern 18,000 s.f. sound stage.
80' x 120', 35' to grid.
Click here to view floorplan.
* a 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse for shooting and set construction
(built in 1941, it has great atmosphere and is one of the last
of its kind in Florida)
* a Key West style bungalou with green room and talent
accommodations.
* 8,500 sq. ft. of production buildings that include 12
furnished production offices with conference room (all equipped
with T-1 lines, complete phone system, wireless internet)
* a 2-acre asphalt parking & turning area for production
vehicles including 18-wheelers with completely enclosed security
fencing
* a SDMO R 75 625 AMP generator with dual axle trailer
* 9 individual workshops (art department, set construction,
props, wardrobe, grip, lighting, etc.) equipped with metal and
wood working machinery with roll-up bay doors for easy truck
access that include a picture car and prop paint shop & a two
ton crane picture car assembly and repair shop
* a 25 ft. scissor lift for high shots
* a 7,000 lb lift fork-lift with 14 ft. extension for medium
high shots
* a 20' Mako center console boat with 200 hp Yamaha engine for
scouting and shooting water scenes
* a 150 person commissary indoor and 75 person dining
accommodations outdoors
* 24 hour / 7 days per week access
* a car/boat/airplane wash station
* lockers for crew plus multiple men & women shower facilities
* Lighting and Grip truck
* Camera truck
* 16-passenger talent and crew transport with electric lift
for equipment loading
* 4 production/picture golf carts
* a variety of production vehicles including a police car, an
American La France fire engine (17 tons, 35' long), pick up
truck, and more
* two WWII airplanes: a DC-3 twin engine plane and a P-47
Thunderbolt fighter plane
In addition, based on availability, you may avail yourself of
facilities including:
* the TV production studio with green screen and corner cyc wall
* rehearsal halls
* acting studios
* Black Box Theater (125 seats)
* conference rooms
* a state-of-the-art recording studio on site (including ADR,
Foley, looping and film scoring)
G-Star Studios, in cooperation with the Palm Beach County Film
Commission (561-233-1000) and the Palm Beach County Convention
and Visitors Bureau , offers you “turnkey production packages”
that include one-stop permitting, locations, hotel
accommodations, crew lists from recent productions filmed in
Palm Beach County , area sound stages, and vendor support lists
for every aspect of filmmaking. It also is excellent for a
variety of shooting locations including hospitals, theaters,
business offices, corporate entrances, warehouse, concert
setups, picnic areas, fishing village, 1960's gas station and
large parking areas.
In addition, your association with our non-profit organization
allows us to offer IRS tax write-offs to owners of locations,
vehicles, planes, etc., thereby giving your production company
the ability to utilize these items for no charge in many cases.
Filmmakers shooting at the G-Star Studios have garnered free
locations such as mansions and business buildings; free
airplanes, helicopters, and yachts, for example.
An important feature of this proposal is that in the process of
raising money for a film project, we may help add to your
already successful project financing. Having a viable studio
location is compelling for investors. They can visit it. It puts
bricks and mortar to a film proposal. In addition, G-Star is a
non-profit organization with a public high school of the arts
supported by local, regional and State politicians, Congressmen,
school officials and business organizations. Our image is
pristine and, we have found, all of this is very reassuring to
investors. If you decide to shoot at the G-Star Studios, you
will be free to include our location and facilities as part of
your investor package.
All of Palm Beach County is our “back lot”. The Studios are 3
minutes from I-95, 8 minutes from Palm Beach International
Airport , 15 minutes from the Turnpike and one mile from the
Trump International Golf Club. We are not on a flight path or
near a train track.
G-Star is inviting film production companies to use our
production facilities for no charge by becoming an “educational
partner” with us by:
Allowing G-Star students to visit your sets to observe and/or
intern when you designate and under our strict supervision
without any interference. Also, a very important note: G-Star
carries full film production insurance . You do not have to
increase your own insurance.
If there is a character(s) that is in the range of our acting
students (12-20 years old), allow them to audition first –
however, they are not to be given any preference – if they earn
the part, that's great, but if they don't, that is fine.
You pay only for utilities, phone usage, housekeeping, and trash
pickup. There is no additional cost .
We ask that as many above-the-line cast and crew as interested
would consent to give a talk to our students about their craft
in a classroom environment.
We ask that you give G-STAR a “Special Thanks…” or “Filmed At…”
end of film credit and a tag line on your one-sheet.
If your film production company is interested in our offer
please contact:
Greg Hauptner
561-386-6275
or email me at:
greghauptn@aol.com |
