[slideshow id=260]Pancho has worked as a Location Manager on features, ads and stills shoots in Argentina since 1995. In 2003 he moved to the Tucumán province in the north-west to focus on filming in the Tucumán, Jujuy and Salta provinces.
New 50s-set TV show Magic City built its own sound stages on location in Miami to make room for a huge hotel set. The city offers several studio facilities, but none were large enough for the show’s purposes.
Florida’s filming industry is looking for more money for its film fund. Back in 2010 the state launched filming incentives worth up to 30%, with the money coming from a film fund worth more than USD240 million over five years. It’s been a popular programme and much of the cash is now allocated.
The filming industries in Florida will call for higher caps on state-wide filming credits in the opening weeks of 2012. This year Transformers: Dark of the Moon showcased the Kennedy Space Center and the family-oriented Dolphin Tale was a big hit too.
Sarasota County in south-west Florida has become popular since launching its new incentive scheme five months ago. Productions can claim up to 20% cash back on non-governmental qualified expenditures and 100% of county governmental fees.
[slideshow id=178]Tom’s first sniff of the film industry was in the early 80s in California where he was studying at Cal State Fullerton. While hitchhiking he caught a ride with a guy who said he was a casting director who had just done a western called The Missouri Breaks with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando.
Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, wants to launch an incentive scheme that could include a 40% rebate, in a move that might establish the country as a production powerhouse. Producer Scott Steindorff, who most recently worked on feature film The Lincoln Lawyer, is supporting the plan.
We’ve been talking to several Location Managers this week to get their expert views on filming in Hawaii, Cape Town and Buenos Aires. The success of Dolphin Tale in the US has lifted Florida’s filmmaking profile and India has hosted the latest commercial from VW. There’s more Bond news too, with the production heading to Scotland in 2012.