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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016
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as seen on TV Citrus College doubles as filming site for movies, TV shows and commercials BY BRIANNA SEWELL STAFF WRITER
BSEWELL@CCCLARION.COM
In addition to classrooms, faculty and homework, students at Citrus College can find Actors such as Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and the cast of “Faking It.” Last month, Fine Brothers Entertainment, creators of the “React” series on YouTube, chose this campus to film their first movie. On any given day, students have an opportunity to see a celebrity, because Citrus is constantly used as a popular film location. Out of all rentals, including sports games, performances at the Haugh, summer camps and conferences on campus, about 40 percent of rental requests are filming, Facility Rentals Supervisor Judy Rojas said. Rojas said Citrus makes $100 to $600 an hour depending on the location when production companies come on campus to film for movies, TV shows and commercials. “It’s a good source of income for us,” Rojas said about the money, which goes into a capital out-
lay fund for emergency repairs around campus. Fine Brothers Entertainment, famous for its “React” series on YouTube, warned Citrus College students of participation during the filming of their first movie “F*&% the Prom” from April 8 to April 15. “F*&% the Prom,” previously known under its working title “Text Me When It’s Over,” is about two high school seniors — a popular kid and a not-so popular kid, who used to be friends in the past, and joined forces to sabotage their senior prom to “make a point.” Citrus is a popular filming location because it lies inside the Hollywood Studio Zone, also known as the Thirty Mile Zone, which starts at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Hollywood and extends in a circle with a 30mile radius. Within this zone, filming is less expensive for studios. If the studios want to film outside of the zone, they are responsible for some compensations, including transportation and meals for the workers on set, Studio Labor and the Origins of Hollywood’s Thirty-
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Actresses Jennette McCurdy, left, and Kiersey Clemons, right, pose on set of the film “Little Devils” on Dec. 4, 2015, at the campus center mall at Citrus College. McCurdy was known for her role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon show “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat.” Clemons played Diggy in the film “Dope.”
“Since the whole premise of ‘Faking It’ is that Hester is an aspirational school, we wanted it to look aspirational too, and Citrus totally fit the bill.” -Carrie Rosen Writer for “Faking It”
Mile Zone explains. This zone was a part of an agreement between the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Alliance of
Motion Picture and Television Producers. The MTV show “Faking It” chose Citrus from a number of possible locations within the
zone and has filmed on campus multiple times. The “Faking It” cast and crew originally filmed the pilot for the show at another school, then decided to film at Citrus. “They weren’t as production friendly and the school wasn’t as pretty and green,”writer Carrie Rosen said in an email. “Since the whole premise of ‘Faking It‘ is that Hester is an aspirational school, we wanted it to look aspirational too, and Citrus totally fits the bill.”
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