Although a relatively unknown city located in eastern Alabama, Auburn can’t possibly by described as ‘off the map’. Nicknamed the ‘Loveliest Village on The Plains’ it now is the fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama and is the 19th fastest growing area in the United States since 1990. Home to Auburn University, a university known for it’s highly competitive college football team, the Auburn Tigers, Auburn has been fiercely competitive in the NCAA. Considering the fact that Auburn is located only an hour and twenty minutes from the Atlanta airport, it’s an ideal town to shoot a film, TV episode, music video, or commercial in.In addition to a variety of Auburn Hotels, there is a golf course that will appeal to the production crew that prefers the sunday off.
The entertainment industry has paid respect to Auburn in many ways in the past.
The character Beach Head, from GI JOE, was from Auburn. Although not filmed in Auburn, Tim Burton’s Big Fish, which was originally a book by Daniel Wallace (Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions), is largely set in Auburn. Auburn has been mentioned in the 1960 film Ocean’s Eleven and the 1971 film Brian’s Song. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee speaks about Auburn. Auburn University Grad and Novelist Anne River Siddons, created a fictionalized Auburn campus in her book, Heartbreak Hotel. In the novel Family, written by Caroline Ivey, her characters visit Auburn. All of Ann B Pearson’s mystery novels were set in a fiction version of Auburn-Ann had graduated from Auburn University, where her grandfather was a school president . Dr. Pharamond Haristeen. a part of the mystery series that Rita Mae Brown wrote stated he was a graduate of the Auburn Veterinary School . In Jennifer S. Davis’s short story, Her Kind of Want, Jennifer talks of Auburn. In recent times, Auburn was mentioned on the hit sketch comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in an opening song. John Travolta plays a former Auburn University professor in the film A Love Song for Bobby Long, while the character who is his protege, Lawson Pines, is an ex Auburn University English teaching Assistant. And lastly, Auburn is featured in a video game. The game, called Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, features villain who states he is a football player at Auburn University.
Thus it is clear that Auburn, Alabama is a town that has long been subtly referenced in Cinema, TV, and Literature. Seeing as how Auburn’s growing economy has Auburn Hotels, a mall, a shopping center with a Target, Best Buy, etc, tons of restaurants, and bars it’s definitely the best place to produce a commercial project. If, like the hit TV show Lost, a television show is to span across a couple of years, Auburn is well equipped to handle a massive production crew and its needs. Auburn Hotels are well equipped for extended stay guests. If the crew were to stay longer, the Auburn Public School system is top notch and has been ranked in the nation’s best schools. Having been named in the top ten best places to live in 2009, Auburn knows the importance of hospitality.
Shooting a film, TV, commercial, or music video in Auburn would be the best decision for any production crew that is looking for a unique experience.
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