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Filming on location with BBC Science
Chris Tangey, from Alice Springs Film and Television, talks to The Location Guide about filming on location with BBC Science in the very centre of Australia's outback for How the Earth Made Us, a major new series on how geology…
Cadbury shoot in Ghana
An innovative brief from Cadbury’s left London creative agency Fallon, and production company Rattling Stick with a huge filming challenge in rural Ghana earlier this year, which relied on a combination of slick UK pre-production, and the on-the-ground assistance of…
District 9 lands in Gauteng
It went to the top of the US box office on its release (August 14 2009), making District 9 Sony/Tri-Star’s highest opening day for an R-rated August release, after 2007’s Superbad and last summer’s Pineapple Express. Award-winner Peter Jackson’s sci-fi…
Narnia heads to Gold Coast
The third film in the Narnia series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, has started principal photography on location in Queensland. The production is a joint venture between the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Walden Media. The first two…
Wrigleys choose South Africa
USA based production house MJZ, director Craig Gillespie, and BBDO Chicago have just finished shooting two commercials in South Africa with Ola! Films. The campaign is the latest quirky offering from Wrigley’s Orbit Gum. Although not traditionally positioned as a…
Here comes Cannes Lions 2009
Advertising professionals and advertisers from across the world are preparing to attend the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, which takes place on 21 to 27 June. The Location Guide is gearing up for its 5th year at the festival…
Dalbag Singh Khaira in interview
To describe Dalbag Singh Khaira as a busy man is something of an understatement. As Head of Production for Proctor and Gamble in Greater China, he is undoubtedly one of the most active members of the region’s commercial film industry.…
Filming in Gauteng
The 2010 FIFA World Cup will take place in South Africa. Events of this scale are commonly viewed with mixed emotions – as host cities benefit from increased attention but also risk suffering from over-crowding and drains on resources. So…
Study Shows USD29.2 billion economic impact for Florida
The Governor’s Office of Film & Entertainment has announced the results of an independent assessment of Florida’s film and entertainment industry, conducted by the Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development of the University of West Florida. The study…
South Africa's first online location service to be launched
The Cape Film Commission is planning to launch an online location service in March 2009 which will be the first of its kind in South Africa. It will hold images of public open spaces as well as private residences as…