Be a Location Scout and win a trip to Branson, a Netflixx membership, and movie passes!

Help the Missouri Film Commission and Missouri Life identify great new potential film locations for every season to share with Hollywood producers.
We’re looking for a range of ideas, and anything could be the grand prize winner. Take those digital cameras and start snapping. Major prizes will be chosen quarterly for a year. You will upload a low resolution photo, but you will need to keep a larger image for possible printing. You will also need to give us a two-sentence description of the photograph and precise directions for finding the location. Get permission to shoot private property if you do not own it. Enter photographs of public sites, too. Hollywood is happy to work out filming permissions and fee, should the site you shoot be chosen.

Click HERE or on the Submit Photo button at the bottom of this page to get started!

Tips for winning entries:

Location, location, location are the criteria we'll use to judge the contest. Think facinating locations more than beauriful photography.

You must include the precise location. We have to be able to tell scouts how to find you entry.

The location must exist as shown in the photo today.

Shoot inside and outside. Producers look for the perfect interior shots as well as exteriors.

We'll pick one major prize winner plus a winner in every category quarterly, and one grand prize winner who submits the most entries accepted by the film commission at the end of a full year of scouting. Enter as many location as you'd like.

Categories:

Small Towns*
Landscapes
Ozark Mountains
Landscapes with Water (river, lakes, ponds)
Urban Scenes
College Campus Scenes
Country Roads
Farmsteads
Historic Buildings
Mansions, Inside and Outside
Other Homes, Inside and Outside
Cemeteries
Airports
Theme Parks
Commercial Buildings
Business Locations
Industrial Locations
Train stations and tracks

About the contest:

This contest is sponsored by the Missouri Film Commission, Netflix, the Missouri Motion Media Association, True/False Film Festival, and Missouri Life.

Entry deadlines

Enter By Win By
Fall and Winter Season, Dec 20 Dec 30
Winter and Early Spring Season, Mar 20 Mar 30
Late Spring and Early Summer, June 20 June 30
Summer and Early Fall Season, Sept 20 Sept 30
GRAND PRIZE WINNER Sept 20 Oct 15

Community entries

Community entries may be submitted by anyone, but must include at least 12 photographs of locations-worthy spots around your community. You may define your community. Perhaps you're a small section of a larger urban area, such as Maplewood at St. Louis, or Downtown Columbia. Separate prize for this winner.

Prizes

Grand Prize Winner: A four-day vacation to Branson with tickets to shows and attractions, plus a year’s subscription to Netflix movies (see netflix.com), plus two passes to all films shown at the next True/False Film Festival in Columbia.
Quarterly Major Prize Winner: A six-month subscription to Netflix, plus a $100 gift certificate to the theater of your choice.
Quarterly Category Winners: Two tickets to one movie shown at the theatre of your choice.
Community prize is a 30-second commercial using images submitted on Missouri Life’s web site, to run in a theater of your choice for one week, plus special recognition in a future issue of the magazine.

Contest Rules

Entries must be digital and submitted online. Deadlines for entry for each season are Dec. 20, March 20, June 20, and Sept. 20. Winners will be judged by representatives of the Missouri Film Commission and notified by e-mail. Contest is open to residents of the United States who are at least 18 years of age, except employees and family members of Missouri Life, Inc. and all companies, agencies, and organizations listed as sponsors. Prizes will be delivered by mail. Void where prohibited. Applicable federal, state, and local taxes are the winner’s responsibility. Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or substitute. Winners release sponsors from any liability that may be incurred by the winner. Judges’ decision are final. In the event of any dispute, decision of Missouri Life editor will be final and binding. List of winners names will be posted at MissouriLife.com or may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Missouri Life at 515 E Morgan St., Boonville, MO 65233. Entry gives permission to Missouri Life to post name and use images submitted.

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