If you are looking for the perfect place to shoot a feature film, a television series, or a commercial let us help you in your search for new and different locations to film. Discover the long and storied history Modesto & Stanislaus County has with the film industry and how we are working to expand that history. Finally discover the "refreshingly different" views of Central California that we offer. Stanislaus County has the ability to be "anywhere" USA. Modesto, a community of 200,000, is the seat of Stanislaus County, one of the most diverse agricultural counties in the United States. Within just a few minutes from downtown Modesto are several small, rural and historic communities, farms and ranches and the wide open spaces resembling the mid-west.