The latest series from the critically acclaimed writer, Stephen Poliakoff was filmed largely in Liverpool after the production deemed the Northern city's locations to be far superior to that of the UK capital.
Having worked as a Location Manager for two decades and on a full range of production types, Harriet Lawrence is only just getting started.
In their latest commercial for the domestic appliance distributor Hotpoint, production service company Pull the Trigger have transformed Dublin’s city centre into a UK village from the 1980s.
As part of the UK production hub and with its own unique locations on offer, Northern Ireland is now a highly desired country for filming. Acting as a film office for the region, Northern Ireland Screen is the first port of call for Location Managers so we sat down with the head of the organisation, Andrew Reid to get to grips with his role in the industry.
The BBC’s new period drama The Moonstone, starring John Thomson (Cold Feet) and Sarah Hadland (Miranda) has begun filming in North Yorkshire. The production will be conducting on location shoots at Thornton Watlass Hall, a Grade I listed Georgian country house that will serve the show’s 19th century period setting.
The highly prestigious Palme d’Or has been awarded to British Director Ken Loach (Kes, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) for his film I, Daniel Blake which was shot on location in London and Newcastle. The film depicts a middle-aged man who is forced to seek out government benefits after suffering an injury at work, meanwhile befriending a young mother who is on the brink of homelessness.
Location Manager and founder of the zlocationz Production Compmany, Martin Zillger has seen his fair share of high profile projects. Operating mainly out of Germany and Austria, Martin has recently worked on Amazon’s original series The Man in the High Castle and feature film Race starring Jason Sudeikis. Martin was generous enough to speak with TLG to share his location expertise and insight.
Having worked in numerous production related roles over the last 10 years, Eleni Fanariotou’s knowledge of the Greek film industry is vast. We spoke with Eleni to better understand what the country has to offer for location professionals and how the nation has coped with the crippling financial crisis.