Chris Tangey, from Alice Springs Film and Television, talks to The Location Guide about filming on location with BBC Science in the very centre of Australia's outback for How the Earth Made Us, a major new series on how geology has shaped human history and civilisation.
The Iowa Film Office is under criminal investigation after the discovery of irregularities in the handling of its film tax credit programme. An audit, conducted by the accounting firm
If a foreign production wants to use Thailand as a location for filming, they must hire a local coordinator who is officially registered with the Thailand Film Office to deal with permits and any other matters that may arise.
Last month Central Films, based at the Dubai Media City, and 1st Avenue Inc from Japan co-produced a new 60 second spot for the Middle East region for Toyota Prado. The four day shoot used locations in and around Dubai to show the on-road and off-road features of the model.
Sometimes everything falls into place on a commercial shoot: An exciting script with a heartfelt message, a director inspired to bring the story to life, and the right casting and location as a palette from which to work. So it was with HSBC's Dolphin Responsibility.
Fiji may be a nation spread across hundreds of islands, over thousands of miles of ocean, but their concise and generous range of film incentives show they are focused on remaining competitive as a filming destination. This was reiterated in 2009 when the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) increased their Tax Rebate Programme, aimed specifically at fully funded foreign productions, from 15% to 35%.
It went to the top of the US box office on its release (August 14 2009), making District 9 Sony/Tri-Star’s highest opening day for an R-rated August release, after 2007’s Superbad and last summer’s Pineapple Express. Award-winner Peter Jackson’s sci-fi movie, about aliens in South Africa, was 100% filmed in Gauteng and directed by local boy-made-good Neill Blomkamp.
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) was launched at the start of January 2007 and was a tremendous New Year’s present for the German film industry. When it’s generous (16 to 20%) cash subsidies were viewed in combination with a sophisticated national