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I knew the risk I was taking when I decided to change the name and nature of my thriving production company, Tidal Wave Productions, in 2009 and set up Green Shoot Films, an eco-friendly film company.
The long-delayed Mad Max sequel Fury Road has been confirmed for a Namibia shoot. George Miller’s film was development for Broken Hill in New South Wales but those plans were halted earlier this year when unseasonal heavy rain turned the place into a bed of wild flowers.
Instant coffee brand Nescafé has filmed a new commercial on location in Mexico City for the local market. In the ad, a hypnotist freezes life in an urban square and rearranges the crowd into poses that encourage them to have a more emotional connection with their surroundings.
[slideshow id=198]Paul moved from Überlingen to Stuttgart in 2001 to study at the Ludwigsburg Film Academy and got his first break as a Location Scout on a local TV feature.
New Mexico has tentatively announced it will be hosting part of the shoot for The Lone Ranger, set to star Johnny Depp as Tonto. The trials and tribulations of the project’s development were a big story over the summer as the ballooning budget prompted Disney to shut it down.
Indie filmmaker Alexander Payne avoided the better-known areas of Hawaii when he scouted locations for his latest feature The Descendants, which stars George Clooney. Budgetary limitations played a role in the decision, but Payne was also struck by the landscapes on offer on Kaua’i.
This week we’ve covered features filmed in Moscow and Dublin. In the US Spielberg’s long-time producer, Kathleen Kennedy, has been talking about the director’s ongoing Lincoln shoot in Virginia, while Alaskans debate the state of their filming incentive. Elsewhere, Chivas Regal has filmed a new commercial short in Chile’s Atacama Desert.