Filmapia

Short story - Filmapia is an online library for movies and locations.
Long story – Filmapia is an informational website that attempts to capture, explore and present various places around the planet (who knows.. beyond as well) that
• have been used as shooting locations in movies,
• Can be used as shooting locations in movies,
• Or simply are famous, stunning, inspiring or amazingly unusual.

• Filmapia is not about a street, a house or any location just because it has been used in a movie.
• Filmapia is not necessarily always about the usual tourist sites.
• Filmapia is not a static collection of movies or locations. The authenticity and the quality of the content on the website will constantly be improved, based on input and comments from avid travel and movie enthusiasts around the globe like you.

Filmapia endeavours to be a dynamic online library about movies and locations.
• You find out about that amazing location you wondered about while watching a movie.
• Your next travel plan can be enriched with information from Filmapia.
• Jump in and upload your pictures, share your travel experiences, suggest different movies, locations and scenes. Be the star!!!

Yes, it is a free website and it will always be!

The information has been gathered from various sources, viz. from our travels, friends’ inputs, local hearsay, location scouts or location managers for movies from a few cities, internet (e.g. wikis), travel magazines, in-flight magazines, guide books, etc.

Filmapia attempts to make the information as accurate as possible, by verifying it on the internet, if available or with people, if possible. If there are some inaccuracies, go ahead and point it out. The idea is to make the information freely available to all as authentic and precise as possible.

Starting out with about 150 movies, Filmapia is a continuous process of covering as many movies with fantastic locations as possible.
As you know there is still a lot of ground to cover. The list is endless.

Well, the start is with Indian movies but it definitely doesn’t stop there. Any language, any year, any film industry, any country, any city, any lane or even any slum goes, as long as it’s ……… famous, stunning, inspiring or amazingly unusual :-)

The navigation bar (in transparent grey) at the top right-hand corner is the first step to start exploring Filmapia.

Yep. Access it at www.filmapia.com/sitemap.
This would help you navigate and give you a one page view of all the different links available on the website.

All content that has been reviewed and corrected to as much precision as possible will be released. All such data falls under Published Content. As of now, Filmapia has three facets of Published Content:
Movies (for all published movies)
Scenes (for all published scenes belonging to different movies)
Places (for all published locations – belonging to a scene/ movie or independent of it.)

The Atlas will give a bird’s eye view of all the locations/ places across the globe that have been covered in Filmapia. Click on any marker on the map to view more.

Rants and reviews about Filmapia go here. Chip in to improve the correctness of the content on the website.

Navigate to Published content and choose “Movies” from the drop down menu or from the menu on the left hand side (once you click on Published Content.) In the Movies section, multiple filters can be applied to narrow down the search results, e.g.
- Click on the alphabet that the movie name begins with
- Search by any option closest to the movie – by Place/Language/Year/Title

Navigate to Published content and choose “Scenes” from the drop down menu or from the menu on the left hand side (once you click on Published Content.) In the Scenes section, multiple filters can be applied to narrow down the search results, e.g.
- Select a particular place
- Enter the movie title.

Navigate to Published content and choose “Places” from the drop down menu or from the menu on the left hand side (once you click on Published Content.) Again, the search can be filtered by selecting the options available in the drop-down listings.

The Scenes which have higher rating will show up on the front page. The rating system has been explained in later sections.

Navigate to the location that you are interested in and open its page. The list of movies shot at this place is available right below the location pictures.

This is an endless one, isn’t it ?!
• Rate the different scene/ place entries on this website.
• Suggest different movies, beautiful scenes, fantastic places.
• If some scene/place in a movie was fantastic and you just had to find out about it, drop in a message requesting the same.
• Travel and be the star!! Go to different places, pose away and send in/ upload your pictures. Share your experiences with all.
• Spread the word. Tell your friends, near n dear ones about Filmapia. Buzz about it.
• Provide your feedback about how to improve things in here.
• Speak up as to what else can come in here for this question or anything else in the FAQ!!

Navigate to the scene that you would like to rate. At the top left hand corner of the webpage, you have “Rate this”. Hover the mouse across the 5 yellow stars and click on the stars according to the rating that you would like to give. Your vote will be saved and your rating shown as red stars.

Filmapia is more about locations and less about movies. Hence the rating is only for the scenes and locations.

Nope.

• Navigate to the page of the movie, scene or location.
• At the bottom of the page is where comments can be provided.
• You can choose to put in your comments by being logged into Facebook, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL or other clients (in the dropdown list).
• Once you write your comment, it will be displayed on the Filmapia site as well as be displayed on the client you have chosen (Example - will be displayed on your Facebook Wall).
• You can choose to put your comment just on Filmapia and not on your other clients, by unticking the check box below the comment.

- Click on Log In on the Home Page
- Click on the 'Create New Account' tab in the next page.
- Fill in the basic form.
- A validation email will be sent to your email address. (Sometimes, the email will lodge itself in the Spam Folder, since it is a new email address).
- Click on the url in the mail.
- On clicking the link, you are directed back to the Filmapia registration page, where you can add further details to your profile. Click Save.
- Your registration is complete.

Once you become a registered member, you will be able to add or modify the information by yourself. The next section "Steer Ahead" guides you on how to add or modify information regarding a movie, scene or location.

Filmapia is a free website and will have information and pictures provided by all users. Also no copyright infringement is intended anywhere on the website. If your picture has been inadvertently used on the website, we apologize.
If you would like it removed, do send us an email at info@filmapia.com with the details and rest assured that corrective action will be taken.
However, if you would like to continue sharing your picture, please do provide your name and other information, so that we will publish your name against the picture that is rightfully yours.

The pictures that you take should be more or less in the same spot of the scene and have the same background. Mind you, the pictures taken should be safe and in good taste. It will be great if you could enact the scene and be the hero/heroine or villian (if you prefer). In short, let it be as close to the actual scene as possible.

Most definitely! Currently you will have to upload it on any video-sharing website and provide the link to us.
The videos made should be safe and and in good taste. It will be great if you could enact the scene and be the hero/heroine or villian (if you prefer). In short let it be as close to the actual scene as possible.

Filmapia reserves the right to choose the pictures that can be displayed on the website. Incase your picture has not been published then perhaps it is not of the type that Filmapia wants displayed on the site. For more information on the kind of pictures that can be displayed, please refer Question 9.

Two ways that you can go to the interface to suggest new movies
a. On the Home Page, click on Submit Content --> Suggest a Movie
b. On the Home Page, go to the bottom of the page, below the Latest Published Movies, click on the link that says 'Click here to suggest/request new movies'

In the interface:
- Fill in the details you know.
- If you further want to specify a scene in the movie, click on create-n-reference button, which will take you through creating a scene suggestion. Else just click Save.
- After moderation, your movie will be opened for contribution by various users and will be published as soon as the appropriate information is collected.

Three ways that you can go to the interface to suggest new scenes
a. On the Home Page, click on Submit Content --> Suggest a Scene
b. On the Home Page, below the Latest Published Scenes, click on the link that says 'Click here to suggest/request new scenes'
c. Incase the scene belongs to a movie suggestion then open the suggestion page and create the scene at the bottom of the page.

In the interface:
- First choose Scene – Movie Source (since no scene can exist without the movie first having been established)
- Choose 'Published Movie' if the movie already exists in our database. If so, at the next step you will have to search and reference the movie name to the scene.
- Choose 'Movie Suggestion' if you or another user has already suggested the movie. Else you have to create a new movie suggestion first before proceeding with the scene suggestion. You can click the Create-n-Attach button to suggest a new movie. (Question 9)
- Proceed with the scene suggestion. Add as much information you can, with pictures of the scene and 'you at the scene', if you have.
- Choose Scene – Place Source as Published Place if you know that the location already exists in our database. Otherwise choose Place Suggestion, if you know the location but it is not yet in Filmapia. In this case, you can create-n-attach the place suggestion. Click Save
- After moderation, your movie will be opened for contribution by various users and will be published as soon as the appropriate information is collected.

Two ways that you can go to the interface to suggest new places
a. On the Home Page, click on Submit Content --> Suggest a Place
b. On the Home Page, go to the bottom of the page, below the Latest Published Locatons, click on the link that says 'Click here to suggest/request new locations'

In the interface:
- First choose Place Source
- Choose 'Published Place' if the place already exists in our database. If so, at the next step you will have to search and reference the place name.
- Choose 'Place Suggestion' if it is a new place.
- Proceed with the place suggestion. Add as much information you can, with pictures of the place, information, marking on the map and establishing its geographic location
- Choose Place – Scene Source as Published Scene if you know that their is a scene shot at this location which already exists in our database.
- Otherwise choose .Scene Suggestion e location but it is not yet in Filmapia. Click Save
- After moderation, your place be opened for contribution by various users and will be published as soon as the appropriate information is collected.

- Navigate to the particular MOVIE page for which you want to correct or add information.
- At the bottom of the page is a yellow bar, which takes you to the interface where you can add or correct the existing information.
- Add as much information you can, with pictures if you have.
- If you want to add some scenes in the movie, you can search-n-attach or create-n-attach at the bottom of the page. This will take you to a different interface of suggesting scenes. (explained in detail in a later segment)
- Your movie suggestion is successfully submitted to a moderator. The green bar denotes that it is a suggestion of a movie that has been already published on Filmapia.
- On verifying the information it will soon be published and you will be notified by email.
- However if you are in a hurry, you can just mail the information to suggest@filmapia.com

- Navigate to the particular SCENE page for which you want to correct or add information.
- At the bottom of the page is a yellow bar, which takes you to the interface where you can add or correct the existing information.
- Add as much information you can, with pictures of the scene and you at the scene, if you have. Click Save
- Your movie suggestion is successfully submitted to a moderator. The green bar denotes that it is a suggestion of a scene that has been already published on Filmapia.
- On verifying the information it will soon be published and you will be notified by email.
- However if you are in a hurry, you can just mail the information to suggest@filmapia.com

- Navigate to the particular PLACE page for which you want to correct or add information.
- At the bottom of the page is a yellow bar, which takes you to the interface where you can add or correct the existing information.
- Add as much information you can, with pictures of the place if you have. Click Save
- For the “Place-Scene Source”, choose Published Scene if the place for which you are editing information belongs to a scene that has already been published.
- Your place suggestion is successfully submitted to a moderator.
- On verifying the information it will soon be published and you will be notified by email.
- However if you are in a hurry, you can just mail the information to suggest@filmapia.com

You can go to the Published Places section and navigate to the specific location page.
- At the bottom of the page is a yellow bar, which takes you to the interface where you can add pictures and add any information about them.
- Choose the option of "Published Scene" if the location is already connected to a scene on our website. Else choose None
- Click Save.
- The pictures go through a moderator and will be published soon.

You can go to the Published Places section and navigate to the specific location page.
- At the bottom of the page is a yellow bar, which takes you to the interface where you can add pictures and add any information about them.
- Choose the option of "Published Scene" if the location is already connected to a scene on our website. Else choose None
- Click Save.
- The pictures go through a moderator and will be published soon.

Green – indicates that this specific suggestion has been referenced from a Published Content (movie/scene/place) page. This is meant as a correction/additional information for existing published content.

Red – indicates that this specific suggestion has been referenced from a Suggested Content (movie/scene/place) page. This is a brand new suggestion.

Your suggested content goes through a moderator who will verify the accuracy of the information. If the information is available readily, it will be published. If not, then the suggested content is open for other users to contribute information. If there are any queries, the moderator will clarify with you. It will be published after the appropriate information is collected.