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Los Angeles gears up for the AFCI Locations Show 2012
The AFCI Locations Show starts on June 15th in Los Angeles and The Location Guide will be there. It takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and this year is aligned with the Los Angeles Film Festival. Delegates can…
Filming in the State of Nebraska with Location Scout Jamie Vesay
Jamie is from the northeast US and eventually found himself in Los Angeles working with special effects. He enjoyed it but wanted to get into production and not necessarily in Hollywood. A cousin’s invite to slower-paced Nebraska proved a success…
On location with Producer Maggie Blundell
Maggie started in the industry as a researcher finding dog breeders as potential candidates for a Pedigree Chum dog food campaign. She’s been producing for over 25 years, worked at Ted Bates, DDB, BMP, DDBBMP and now Adam & Eve…
Cannes Soirée Partner: Finland Film Commission
One of The Location Guide's partners for our Soirée at the Cannes Lions Festival will be the Finland Film Commission. The commission facilitates projects filming in Finland by acting as a co-operational body between the country’s various regional film commissions.…
Donald Trump unveils Florida studio plan
Donald Trump wants to build a 250,000-foot film studio in Florida’s Miami-Dade County. The plans have surprised local authorities but a 180-day feasibility study has been approved. Trump Studio City could be built on county-owned land near the Homestead Air…
Arkansas Production Alliance designed to boost location filming
Arkansas has launched a new organisation designed to boost location filming in the state. The Arkansas Production Alliance – dubbed Arfilm – has a new website powered by Reel-Scout that will list all the state’s potential filming locations. The alliance…
Filming on location with Canadian Line Producer André Fitsialos
André was born and raised in Toronto and studied arts at university. He has been working in the city’s commercial film world since 1996, working on many national spots as well as serving the international commercial film community interested in…
Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth film Wales for Snow White and the Huntsman
Hollywood’s elite – including Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth - gathered on the Welsh coast to film dramatic scenes for Rupert Sanders’ fantasy epic Snow White and the Huntsman. The lavish shoot chose Marloes Sands in Pembrokeshire to film a…
JJ Abrams TV series Revolution picks North Carolina as base camp
A new TV series from Lost co-creator JJ Abrams is setting up its base camp in Wilmington, North Carolina. Revolution is a dystopian drama series set 15 years after the world has lost all its electrical power. The project has…
On location in north-east Florida with Location Manager Thomas Fallon
Thomas arrived in Florida in 1981 to work as a stage manager and lighting designer for The Alhambra Dinner Theatre. When the theatre was sold he made the leap to film as Location Manager on a CBS movie called The…