Chicago’s two separate studio facilities could help deliver a strong TV pilot season and commercial filming for 2013. Last year was the Windy City’s busiest-ever production period and it now offers both Cinespace Chicago Film Studios and Chicago Studio City.
Preparations are underway for the 15th anniversary of the CFP-E (Commercial Film Producers of Europe)/Shots Young Director Award. The competition is designed to give new filmmaking talent a chance to shine on the international stage.
[slideshow id=341]Michael John Meehan got his break as Location Manager on Peter Weir's Witness in 1985. Over the years his areas of expertise have become more specialised. He talks to TLG about the challenges of working with water in film production.
A new report has indicated that the UK’s major studios may need to expand if they’re to stay globally competitive. The study for Pinewood Studios and Creative England suggests Britain will need to continue developing state-of-the-art facilities as international production demands grow.
Politicians in New Mexico are calling for the annual spending cap to be dropped from the state’s filming incentive. Democrats want the state to be able to pay out more than the existing maximum of USD50 million a year, to help secure more big-budget films on the scale of The Lone Ranger.
[slideshow id=340]Tokyo-based TFC Films shot on location in Spain’s Tabernas Desert for a new Western-themed commercial for Fuji Xerox. In Big Picture a local artist paints a scenic landscape on the wall of an isolated town in the Old West to help camouflage it from local bandits.
New England Studios has urged the Governor of Massachusetts to resist introducing a cap on the annual state filming incentive. The company plans to open a new studio in Devens in a matter of months to help attract more productions like Oscar-winning movie The Fighter.
[slideshow id=339]Andreas Habermeyer’s production industry career began in the early 80s and he became an Oscar-nominated filmmaker before setting up his own company in Germany in 1997. He has produced more than a thousand commercials and moved to Mauritius in 2009.