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Remote-location shooting with wildlife filming expert Greg Hensley
Greg Hensley is based in Colorado in the central US and specialises in wildlife filming. His work has taken him to every state in the union, as well as to international projects. TLG discusses some of Greg’s more extreme assignments…
Far-Eastern Change: Myanmar Opens Up
Burma is emerging from the darkness. After decades of isolation and repression, the country of Myanmar (aka Burma) in South-East Asia is opening up. Politically, socially and economically a new age is dawning, with opportunities and challenges in equal measure.…
Spy thriller Jack Ryan doubles Liverpool for Moscow and New York
Jack Ryan, the new big-budget spy thriller directed by and co-starring Kenneth Branagh, has filmed on location in Liverpool. The English city has doubled for Moscow, while the nearby borough of Wirral has doubled for New York City. Jan Connor…
Slovenia hosts inaugural Bollywood location filming project
Slovenia in central Europe is being used as a Bollywood filming location for the first time. Filmmaker VV Vinayak has brought his Telugu-language feature film Nayak to three of the country’s most eye-catching locales. The Postojna Caves in western Slovenia,…
Jammu and Kashmir Government promotes regional Indian location filming
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir in the northern tip of India has set up a new committee to promote the region as a filming location. Boosting film tourism will also be a prerogative of the new Film Tourism Promotion…
Filming on location with UK-based Producer Olivia Hirschberg
Olivia is a Producer and Managing Director, running her own company, Johnny Foreigner, a Directors’ Agency based in London. Most of her clients are production companies who hire her directors for one-off assignments. How did you get started in the…
Hunger Games sequel chooses Georgia over North Carolina filming locations
Lionsgate will film Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire largely on location in Georgia and Hawaii. It’s a disappointment for North Carolina, which hosted the first film and made around USD60 million from the extensive shoot. Part of the reason for…
Filming in South Africa with Moonlighting’s Shayne Brookstein
Shayne started out as a receptionist 15 years ago for a local director-based company and was co-ordinating jobs within a month. As Head of Production at Moonlighting Commercials, Shayne oversees all projects, from budgeting and prep to shooting, and manages…
Bonkers creates ocean-based boating comedy for Centraal Beheer Achmea
Amsterdam-based production company Bonkers has taken to the ocean off the coast of Miami in a new comedy spot for insurance firm Centraal Beheer Achmea. A speedboat driver flirts with his scantily-clad companion, before a wacky accident leaves them both…
Filming on location in Poland with Location Manager Karolina Zielonka
Karolina moved to Warsaw after studying film production in Łódź and started her industry career about seven years ago. She has been a Location Manager from the start of her career but also has experience as a Production Manager in…