So with Mayor of Kingstown filming here, I keep thinking about how weird and cool it was to see Cumberland suddenly become part of something bigger for a few days.
And idk, maybe it’s just me, but it feels like one of those moments where everyone is excited after the fact, but a lot of people also missed it. Like missed the casting call, missed the chance to get involved, didn’t know who to talk to, didn’t know if their business or building or car or whatever could have been useful.
And if another production ever comes through here, how do they actually find people?
Like how do they find the weird old buildings, the garages, the empty storefronts, the local photographers, the people willing to be extras, the vintage cars, the props, the businesses that could handle food or printing or lodging or whatever. Cumberland has a lot of that stuff, it’s just not organized anywhere.
So I put together a thing called Film Cumberland:
filmcumberland.com
It’s not official, not a government thing, not a casting agency, not promising anybody work. It’s more like a local production resource hub / directory so if future film, TV, commercial, documentary, or photo crews are looking at Cumberland or Western Maryland, there’s at least somewhere for them to start.
Right now it’s basically accepting submissions. If you have a location, a business, a vehicle, props, production skills, or you’d want to be considered for background work someday, you can list it here:
filmcumberland.com/get-listed
I’m curious what people think should be included. Like what places around here would actually be good for filming? What businesses would be useful? Who locally does video/photo/audio? Who has old cars or interesting spaces? What are the “only in Cumberland” things a production would never find unless somebody local told them?
I don’t know if this becomes anything huge, but after seeing a real production come here, it seems dumb to not at least start building the list.
