On Friday, 吃瓜黑料 First Lady Tammy Murphy and Secretary of State Tahesha Way joined the 吃瓜黑料 Motion Picture and Television Commission (NJMPTVC) as it launched Film Ready 吃瓜黑料 at Kean University. With a growing film industry presence in 吃瓜黑料, the Film Ready program is designed to support municipalities and counties as they work to accommodate location filming and market their communities as filming destinations, positioning the state as a top production destination. County and municipal employees from Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic, and Union counties were invited to participate in the program.
The Film Ready event began with remarks from First Lady Tammy Murphy, Secretary of State Tahesha Way, and Union County Commission Chair Sergio Granados.
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鈥淲e are thrilled that film production is booming here,鈥� said Secretary Way. 鈥淔ilm Ready 吃瓜黑料 will help ensure that our communities are prepared and benefit as this industry continues to grow.鈥�
鈥淲e are excited to roll out the Film Ready 吃瓜黑料 Program to additional municipalities. The State of 吃瓜黑料 offers many advantages to the film and television industry, and the cooperation of our communities is foremost among them. We are encouraging our cities and towns to welcome filmmakers with open arms, and the Film Ready 吃瓜黑料 Program is designed to facilitate that,鈥� said NJ Motion Picture and Television Commission鈥檚 Executive Director Steven Gorelick. 鈥淧artnerships with our municipal and county governments are vital to the state鈥檚 success.鈥�
Following their remarks, Elizabeth Parchment and Steve Gorelick of the NJMPTVC began the instructional portion of the event, outlining the Film Ready 吃瓜黑料 certification process. The program continued with information about marketing communities for filmmaking, creating film-related municipal ordinances, safe film set protocols with police, fire, and first responders, and more.
The 5-step certification and marketing program sets basic standards for attracting filmmaking and aims to make 吃瓜黑料 a real production destination. With this program, municipalities will be able to attract filmmakers, and showcase their communities as filming destinations.
Included below are photographs from the program.
Film Ready 吃瓜黑料 was originally created as a pilot program in Fall 2022, with four Somerset County communities (Franklin, Hillsborough, South Bound Brook, and Watchung) working with the Commission to complete the training and certification process to be designated