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Northern Rivers residents will have access to buy props, sets and even motor vehicles used in TV and film shootings completed locally.
Byron Studios operations manager Steve Bocking said the idea is to reduce the footprint of the business, but also to give access to cheap building materials for local residents.
“A lot of the materials that we have after the sets are pulled down are recycled and reused,” he said.
“With the rest, there will be a sale.
“Soon the local community will be welcome to come in and buy materials that are more or less brand new, installed in a film set, briefly filmed and then we are done with them.
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