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Filming in Macau with Location Manager Campbell Mclean
Campbell founded a location production company in 1989 specialising in line-producing Korean and Chinese TV commercials on location throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. He was Location Manager on the USD45 million production Pitch Black, starring Vin Diesel,…
Tool of North America takes MINI for a spin filming on a Californian dry lake bed
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…
Shooting in the Czech Republic with Film Commissioner Ludmila Claussova
Ludmila has been working with the Czech Film Commission since it was established in 2004. From the beginning it was clear that the Czech Republic needed to offer some kind of incentive to filmmakers to remain competitive. Rebates and tax…
BBC’s Ripper Street to double Dublin for period London with Irish Film Board help
New BBC TV dramas will be part-funded by the Irish Film Board (IFB) and will shoot on location in Ireland this year. Period drama Ripper Street will be the largest. It’ll be based in Dublin and is set in 1889…
World War Z filming location in London to prioritise more optimistic projects
Zombies recently terrorised the Heygate Estate in South London for Brad Pitt’s thriller World War Z, but local authorities now want different projects. Southwark Council is worried that Heygate and the neighbouring Aylesbury Estate are being portrayed as gloomy crime…
PCP faces model challenges on Volvo shoot with Stink in Malta
“We want to bring an existing 70-foot racing yacht from Spain to Malta and shoot it in the water tank.” This was the first phone call from the UK. But this proved too costly, which prompted the producers to opt…
Iceland offers dramatic winter visuals as Stink films on location for Honda
Stink has taken advantage of dramatic winter lighting in Iceland for a new Honda spot. Spark visualises the initial impulse that leads to great ideas, as a spark is born in an industrial warehouse and takes flight across a shadowy…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we’ve covered eye-catching new commercials from Garmin, VW China and a Brazilian language school, with filming locations found in Austria, Beijing and California respectively. New figures from Britain revealed that the UK had a good 2011, while Columbia…
British Film Commission data reveals rise in UK filming production spend
The UK benefitted from combined production spending of more than GBP1 billion in 2011, according to figures from the British Film Commission. Spending increased from the GBP979 million recorded in 2010, despite the number of feature films falling for the…
Filming in Tokyo with Location Co-ordinator Masato Yamada
Masato studied photography in Santa Barbara, California. After graduating he worked for several photographers in New York before setting up his own studio with a friend. Things began to slow in New York after 1986's notorious Black Monday so Masato…