Swatch offers many shades of locations

April 11, 2008 The Location Swatch, an innovative way to compile and list film-friendly properties in the Los Angeles area, is causing something of a stir. The swatch, from locations agency Image Locations, is like a swatch of fabric or paint you can find at a Home Depot but with well-known homes and landmarks that are classified and color-coded into 25 categories including retro, Americana, garden and mansion. Image Locations president Paul Kim said that a Midwest film commission tried to replicate the swatch, which has a pending patent and is copyrighted.

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