This year's Ile de France Location Expo – run by the Ile de France Film Commission – will take place at the Parc de la Villette in Paris on 14th-15th February, and The Location Guide is a proud partner. It will showcase Ile de France filming locations, as well as options throughout the country.
Quentin Tarantino has headed back in time once again for Django Unchained, his ‘Southern Western’. Location Manager Wise Wolfe talks to TLG about fighting the weather on location and recreating the slave plantations of 1850s Louisiana.
Tom Cruise’s new film Jack Reacher shot on location across Pittsburgh, attracted mainly by Pennsylvania’s filming tax credit. The movie tells the story of a maverick detective uncovering a criminal conspiracy against the backdrop of a series of sniper murders.
Wildcard Films has chosen the distinctive Norney Grange near Guildford in Surrey to film low-budget supernatural mystery Blackwood. TLG visits the set to find out more about the location and see what appealed to the production.
About 25 years ago as a young production person, I was given the enviable task of trying out hotel rooms in Juan les Pins, south of France. Our main location was a palatial villa on the Cap d’Antibes and we obviously wanted to accommodate crew and cast as close to the location as possible.
Location scouts love a good film office. There is nothing more important and reassuring about scouting unchartered territory than a great film office. What makes a great film office is information and service. I know a good film office from the first meeting and it is love at first sight here in Bangkok.
Nancy Haecker, The Location Managers Guild of America's Vice President and International Committee Chair, and other top Location Managers have been invited to Thailand by the film office in an attempt to boost its industry. Nancy will keep us up-to-date on the trip.
The Thailand Film Office is hosting a familiarisation trip with a group of top Location Managers. International location filming surged in Thailand in the first half of 2012 as the film office worked hard to raise the country’s profile around the world.