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It’s Kind of a Funny Story, starring Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts, will be filming again today (and tomorrow) in the vicinity of Sherman Street and Greenwood Avenue.  Thanks again to @stenro for the tip.

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According to a twitter tip (twip?  Or is that just too precious?) sent in by @stenro, It’s Kind of a Funny Story will be filming today, tomorrow and Thursday in the vicinity of Sherman Street and Greenwood Avenue.  The movie stars Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts.

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Boy Wonder in Windsor Terrace

Tipster Lindsey just emailed to let me know that Boy Wonder, a drama due out next year, is filming right now at Smolen Bar and Grill.  Their permit goes until 2am and according to Lindsey they just got started shooting around 10pm. Thanks Lindsey!

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A week ago Friday was a busy day in Brooklyn, with two different 30 Rock shoots as well as a small Fringe shoot.  I got some great pictures of the 30 Rock shoot in Cadman Plaza Park, but was less successful with the nighttime shoot in Brooklyn Heights, despite the fact that I was very close to the action.

Tina Fey and Peter Dinklage were filming a scene on a street in Brooklyn Heights that I now can’t remember.  I wasn’t going to post the pictures because the quality was so terrible, so I didn’t make a note of where they had been taken.  And now that I’ve changed my mind, the best I can remember is that it was somewhere in the area of Pineapple and Henry.  I’m sure someone who lives in the area will be able to tell the exact location by the pictures.

When I arrived on the scene I was kept back by a P.A. saying that nobody could get any closer, but I noticed that there were tons of people standing closer watching.  So I said “What about if I’m going to one of those restaurants?”  And he said just to make sure my flash was off.

I sat down at a table outside of a restaurant very close to where the scene was taking place, and was warned by the other people at the table that we were in the shot and had to make sure not to watch the scene as it was being filmed.  So while I did get to watch while they reset for each take, I couldn’t take any pictures while the scene was actually being shot.  Which sucked, because Tina Fey ended each take walking right towards me and it would have been a great picture.

This would be a great time to mention (again) that my camera sucks.  It actually takes decent nighttime pictures with a tripod, but I don’t carry one with me, so every picture I tried to take in the dark was totally blurry.  I had to take all of these shots with my cell phone, which has much better image stabilization (but doesn’t zoom).

Here’s Tina Fey, barely visible in the center of the frame, wearing a black coat, standing to the right of a bald man.

Here’s a blurry picture of Tina Fey getting her make-up touched up between takes.

Here are Peter Dinklage (on the left) and Tina Fey (on the right, back to the camera) about to shoot another take.

And here’s the crew resetting for another scene.

That’s when I took off, and ran into Peter Dinklage, on a break, walking his dog.  I asked him if I could take a picture of him, and at first he said yes but then changed his mind when I told him it was for my blog.  I can respect that, although it would have been a great picture.  So once again I lost out on a great picture by being nice and doing the right thing, despite the fact that there were at least half a dozen cameras flashing away behind me as we were having our little exchange.

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Earlier that same day I found a small Fringe crew filming scenes inside a moving limo in Prospect Park.

The staging area was at the Center Drive entrance off of Prospect Park Southwest in Windsor Terrace.  I didn’t actually get to see any filming, because the limo would drive up, cameras and lights would be reset, and it would take off again into the park.

Since I was the only one there not with the crew, I stood out like a sore thumb.  But when I introduced myself to Anna Torv she was very nice.

There was also an actor in the limo with Anna Torv named Billy Burke, playing a character named Lucas.

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And last, another “production” was filmed in my house, but this one was much smaller than the TV show that filmed there.  My son and I were interviewed for a piece on MSN.com about kids and money.  You can read more about it here.

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A documentary about autism called Loving Lampposts is doing interviews in Prospect Park, at the Imagination Playground.

Something called The Archive is filming today all over Brooklyn, in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Red Hook. They’re kind of roving, but some possible locations include Greene and Adelphi, Washington and Willoughby, Fulton and South Elliot, Conover and Coffey, and Van Dyke and Van Brunt.

The Tested is filming at a liquor store on 23rd Avenue near 85th street (is that Windsor Terrace?).

Language and Learning is filming on Fourth Avenue near Union Street (is that still Park Slope? I’m having neighborhood dyslexia today), and also at Old Fulton Street near Water Street in Dumbo.

A movie called Heterosexuals will be filming tonight at The Rabbit Hole, 352 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.

And last, Have You Slept With Me is filming at 540 Metropolitan Avenue, also in Williamsburg.

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Update: We just got a call back, and it was indeed Demetri Martin’s show. They’re filming in Brooklyn today as well, near Grand Army Plaza.

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You can see the rest of the pics here.

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These two nice cops were assigned to the set. I don’t know how these assignments are divvied up, but movie and TV shoots always seem to get the nicest, funniest cops.

Earlier in the day there was a little kerfuffle when one of the businesses on the block complained because other businesses had been compensated by the production. Problem was, those other businesses had actually been used for the film. Eventually things were smoothed over.

Location manager Tim Stacker explained that his goal is for all of the businesses and residents impacted by a shoot to be happy. To say “Yes, they were here for a week, but it wasn’t that bad.” He told us that for a small production such as this one, a business used in a scene might get $500-$1,000 total for the whole shoot, even if the same locations are used for more than a week. Larger productions are able to compensate much more.

Here’s director (as well as writer and star) Nia Vardalos setting up a shot.

Filming In Brooklyn doesn’t get flustered too easily around actors, but the first time John Corbett walked by, well, we forgot why we had been standing around on a hot sidewalk and just stared, camera in pocket. But eventually we got our act together, and managed to take some great pictures.

Here’s John Corbet, getting lit.

Here he is, peeking outside, just before shooting starts.

Here’s Ms. Vardalos with actor Gary Wilmes. Is it just us, or is Mr. Wilmes looking a little McDreamy-ish from that angle?

More from the set tomorrow!

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A new tapas place coming to Windsor Terrace? [Blondie and Brownie]

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