subject: Auburn Hotels For Film Shootings. [print this page] Located in Eastern Alabama, Auburn isn't a city that is easily dismissed as just another southern city out in the 'boonies'. 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. You can also find mentions of Auburn in 1960's Ocean's Eleven and 1971's Brian's Song. Harper Lee mentions Auburn in To Kill A Mockingbird. In Heartbreak Hotel, Anne River Siddons, a writer of novels and Auburn University graduate, created a campus like Auburn. 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 . Rita Mae Brown's mystery series portrayed an Auburn Vet School Grad, Dr. Pharamond Haristeen, as the main character . In Jennifer S. Davis's short story, Her Kind of Want, Jennifer talks of Auburn. On Saturday Night LIve, a hit comedy sketch show, Auburn was an opening part of the show in a song that has 'the lights of Auburn, Alabama in it. And finally, John Travolta plays a former Auburn University English professor in the movie A Love Song for Bobby Long, in which Travolta's protege, Lawson Pines, played by Gabriel Macht, is a former Auburn University 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, Auburn, Alabama is hardly 'off the map' when it comes to Films, TV, and written word. Considering the fact that Auburn has a thriving economy packed with Auburn Hotels, two major shopping centers, countless restaurants, bars, and more, it is probably a perfect place to shoot any commercial venture. If a production crew feels the need to stay for an extended period of time, lets say a couple of months to a couple of years, Auburn's infrastructure has been built to last. Auburn Hotels are well equipped for extended stay guests. Ranked as one of the best public school systems in the country, Auburn has a high priority for education. 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.
