[slideshow id=247]MINI has blended comedy with action for its latest viral piece. Best Test Drive Ever. Period features a fan tearing through the streets of LA in a MINI before a stunt ramp launches him onto a dry lake bed. From here he’s chased by paratroopers and enjoys sushi and a rock concert in the desert.
Quentin Tarantino’s new feature, spaghetti Western Django Unchained, has been filming on location at a movie ranch in California. The Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita is a historic permanent set purpose-built for TV and film productions, and most recently hosted HBO Western series Deadwood.
In probably the most eye-catching language school commercial in the history of the genre, In & Out has filmed on location in California with Megan Fox and Mike Tyson. The spot shows two twenty-something Brazilian men washed up on a desert island populated by multiple clones of Megan Fox.
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.
Barcelona has stood in for the US in a new commercial for Dr Pepper. Always One of a Kind shows a crowd of people surging through a picturesque but anonymous American city as they assert their individuality with T-shirts summing up their personalities.
[slideshow id=229]Bruno studied music at Berklee College in Boston. He then went to Los Angeles and worked around town in different sound-post studios. People kept asking him about shooting in Peru and eventually he started helping them.
Alaska’s filming industries are renewing their call for a ten-year extension to the state’s existing incentive programme. The current scheme is worth USD100 million and expires in 2013, but supporters are campaigning for a lengthy extension that could attract more long-term projects.
Patrick studied film at Montana State University, before moving west to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the industry because, as he says, "that’s what you did”. He talks to TLG about his career, how the industry has changed over the last 20 years, and what it’s like to work with Eastwood.