For the first time ever films, commercials, music videos and television series productions shooting in NYC will have purchase City Hall permits that have been free since the MOFTB was established in 1966.

As we previously mentioned, Discovery hired us to produce some short-form videos as interstitial programming for Planet Green. Hosted by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, we took to the rooftops of Manhattan to see how New York City honey with made in the hives of urban Beekeeper David Graves.

As we previously mentioned, Discovery hired us to produce some short-form videos as interstitial programming for Planet Green. Hosted by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, we ventured out to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to the Roof Top Farms to speak with Annie Novak about her Growing Chefs program for kids.

As we previously mentioned, Discovery hired us to produce some short-form videos as interstitial programming for Planet Green. Hosted by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, we ventured out to Greenpoint to the Brooklyn Standard Deli.

As we previously mentioned, Discovery hired us to produce some short-form videos as interstitial programming for Planet Green. Hosted by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, we went to the DUMBO, Brooklyn storefront of Recycle-A-Bicycle to get a bike refurbished and to hear about the program.

We’ve just finished shooting the shorts with Graham Hill. Feel free to poke around and we’ll let you know when video is available!

We had a hoot working for a brief time with Sara Paxton. The CW show The Beautiful Life came to a close all too soon. Now starlet Sara Paxton is telling how the bad news was broken to the cast of the Ashton Kucher produced soap series about young, hip fashion models that would have been.

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Looks like we’re off to the (bike) races again with our old friend Graham Hill, Founder of TreeHugger.com The development team at Discovery’s Planet Green Channel have turned to Big City to produce as series of on-air interstitials centered around reproducible, medium-sized green solutions being implemented in New York City. And the host for these four segments is going to be Graham.

The Isabel Toledo dress worn by Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day went on display yesterday at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology as part of a retrospective of designs by the Cuban-born designer.

We ran into our old friend and ANTM winner Whitney Thompson on the subway today. On the Green-Line for you gawker-stalkers out there…

Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford is chased through the streets of the West Village in NYC by the paparazzi.

ABOUT TOBIN AND TUCKER
Tobin and Tucker, a New York-based specialist in public relations and marketing, has spent close to two decades at the center of the burgeoning international contemporary design market. Founded in 1989, the firm focuses, laser-like, on the specific goals and particular needs of individual clients.
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TV Guide covers boys’ night out as some of Hollywood’s biggest actors attended GQ Magazine’s Gentlemen’s Ball. See what stars like Forest Whitaker, Mark Wahlberg and Usher think makes a true gentleman.  Big City stopped by the red carpet for Discovery’s TreeHugger TV and chatted with the stars about do-gooding and the environment.

Actor Mark Wahlberg attended the GQ Magazine Gentlemen’s Ball at The Edison Ballroom on October 15, 2008 in New York City. Big City stopped by the red carpet to chat with him about his do-gooding and the environment for Discovery / Planet Green’s web show TreeHugger TV.

Graham Hill & Ben Harper on Greening NYC Public Spaces, Cleaning Up Rivers & Oceans, and the TreeHugger Name
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Graham Hill & Ben Harper on Greening NYC Public Spaces, Cleaning Up Rivers & Oceans, and the TreeHugger Name
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Graham Hill & Ben Harper on Greening NYC Public Spaces, Cleaning Up Rivers & Oceans, and the TreeHugger Name
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Graham Hill & Ben Harper on Greening NYC Public Spaces, Cleaning Up Rivers & Oceans, and the TreeHugger Name
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Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static Interviews for Discovery’s Planet Green/TreeHugger
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Discovery TreeHugger commercials & segments with Summer Rayne Oakes
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The Spot: Reality Show Contestant Biography — Buki, Video Artist
The good folks in the promos department at VOOM HD Networks cut together a series of contestant bios from Big City’s footage to help plug the reality show ArtStar Season 2 on Gallery HD.
Buki was born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Toronto, Canada. Buki is [...]

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Big City Pictures produced, shot and post-produced this series of standard-definition videos for Core77.com in November of 2007.
As a designer, performer, and consultant, Ze Frank explores the ways that technology shapes the human experience. He has worked as a consultant on issues surrounding online community building in a number of large and intimidating [...]

Big City Pictures produced this video about the pilot store of the Roasting Plant on Orchard Street in lower Manhattan. Begun by the former supply-chain manager of Starbucks, this is one start up that can start you up with a truly fresh cup of Joe. Mmmm, enjoy the coffee…

Industria Superstudio is primarily used for photo shoots and is not a bona-fide sound stage. However, when an upcoming cycle of America’s Next Top Model does its press junket, both photo and moving image work is shot for promotional materials.

Ellie Crystal is the author of the books 2012 Sarah and Alexander: The Alchemy of Time appears in the DVD Crystals: Metaphysical Explanations and Uses for Crystals and founded the website CrystalLinks dot com. This clip was shot by DP Scott Sinkler in HD at the Angel Orensanz Center on New York’s Lower East Side.

Planet Green is the first and only 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network with a robust online presence and community.

Jay Weidner is the author of the book Secrets of Alchemy – The Great Cross and the End of Time which is also available on DVD. This clip was shot by DP Scott Sinkler in HD at the Angel Orensanz Center on New York’s Lower East Side.

BCP produced the sit-down interview shoots for on-camera experts in the History Channel television show The Lost Book of Nostradamus, somewhat based on the Michael Rathford book The Nostradamus Code World War 3 (2007-2012).

Sundance Channel asked Big City to come up with a few example videos for their first annual “Big Ideas Contest.” This video shows off the simple yet amazing patented idea some NYC high school students had for a new kind of compost box. The spot was shot by George Spyros in 24p standard definition to mini DV tape using the Panasonic DVX camcorder.

Its signature black garment bags are made from recycled plastic soda bottles re-used, and deliveries take place to over 600 residential and commercial buildings and more than 10,000 clients via smart cars, pedi-bikes, and hybrid and bio-diesel ready vans, a welcome sight in the Big Apple where the Mayor’s plan for a greener, greater New York is in full swing

Founded by Chris McKenna and Monica Hinden, Wee Beastie is one great LITTLE  *wink* design boutique.  Chris is an idea guy and not just pie in the sky; he not only makes sure that concept is king, but that it is executable within budget so that it can make it to the screen and then [...]

The CW Television Network (The CW), launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season, is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network (UPN), and Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB (Warner Brothers) Television Network (a network that has since been resurrected, with repeats of its programming, on the website TheWB.com). The “CW” name is derived from the first letter of the names of these corporations (CBS and Warner Brothers).

TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.

Behold the relaxing new aerie that are the new Big City Pictures offices…

Creative Cuban-America couple Isabel and Reuben Toledo chatted with us for Styleyes on Sitv Network.

New York City’s “MADE IN NY” INCENTIVE PROGRAM from the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting (MOFTB) offers film and television productions a slate of opportunities that make it more attractive than ever to shoot in the five boroughs, featuring a combination of tax and marketing credits – along with expanded customer services for production.

In-house post production on a series of comedic station IDs.

George Spyros served as the DGA director and a cameraman on this 12-minute documentary about the New York Latino music scene produced for KCET and broadcast on PBS in conjunction with the national premiere of Buena Vista Social Club.

Movie-style computer-generated effects bring to life a world of cutting-edge technology. Shot in Paris and New York, CEO interviews and narrative vignettes paint a six-minute portrait of the new company formed by the merger of Seagram, Vivendi and Canal +. (4:15 minute excerpt)

Filmed in Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City and Munich, these Hollywood stars and international Latino celebrities welcome AOL service to Mexico in the country’s native tongue. Watch the hilarious results as Michael Douglas, Gregg Kinnear, Magic Johnson, Boris Becker, Luke Perry and others try out their Spanish in this show opener for the launch in Mexico City. (1:42 minutes)

Avid offline and Flame supervision on these long-running spots.

Avid offline and Flame supervision on these long-running spots.

This is the full-length version of the music video for indie rock group Yo La Tengo’s song Blue Line Swinger. Shot live in concert in Chicago & New York City, with additional footage shot on a soundstage. 16mm film and posted entirely on the Avid Media Composer. Matador/Atlantic Records.

This is the cutdown, excerpted version of the music video for indie rock group Yo La Tengo’s song Blue Line Swinger. Shot live in concert in Chicago & New York City, with additional footage shot on a soundstage. 16mm film and posted entirely on the Avid Media Composer. Matador/Atlantic Records.

Created in 1966, the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting (MOFTB ) was the first film commission established in the United States. Is mission is to provide a one-stop shop for production needs in New York City, including free permits, free exterior locations and free police assistance.