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Fireflies West cycling tour in California to benefit leukaemia research
Friday sees the start of the 4th annual Fireflies West cycling tour in California to raise money for leukaemia research. Advertising industry professionals will be taking part in the 550-mile, six-day ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Riders will…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy films Cold War Europe in London, Budapest and Istanbul
A new version of John le Carré’s Cold War spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has been filmed on location in London, Budapest and Istanbul. Set in the early 1970s, the film uses the cities as functional meeting places, in…
BBDO Proximity targets green commercial filming with Carbon Film Quote
Advertising agency BBDO Proximity in Dusseldorf is being pro-active in the quest for commercial production practices that generate less carbon dioxide. The agency’s new Carbon Film Quote has been spearheaded by Steffen Gentis and is being tested by German production…
Optus makes an elephant fly filming on location in South Africa
Australian mobile operator Optus has made an elephant fly in its new commercial. Elephant Flight shows one of the animals being carried airborne by a flock of birds, along with a host of other wild animals. The spot promotes a…
Game of Thrones comes to Croatia for location filming on second season
Game of Thrones, HBO’s hit fantasy drama, will film partly in Croatia for its second season. The first series was based in Northern Ireland and also filmed in Morocco and Malta. For season two it’s keeping Northern Ireland as its…
5% organic revenue growth for advertising giant Havas in first half of 2011
Paris-based Havas has announced organic revenue growth of 5.6% for the first half of 2011 over the same period in 2010. Overall there are mixed results. Organic growth slipped by 1.3% between Q1 and Q2 of this year, but North…
Turbulent seas and atmospheric skies: scouting Norway by sea and air
I’m in a speedboat on the North Sea a short distance from the Norwegian coast being chased by a helicopter. It’s been a few years since I last pretended to be in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie and I’ve got a…
Thailand as a location for filming
Nobody who saw the eye-popping skylines of Bangkok, coupled with the astonishing beach paradises of The Hangover Part 2 is likely to leave Thailand off their location shortlist. The exposure of Weerasethakul's Palme d'Or-winning Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His…
Rent-a-crowd: Filming on location with inflatable extras
Joe Biggins runs the Inflatable Crowd Company (ICC) and is a man whose innovative approach to problem-solving has put him in charge of a new kind of film servicing company. He’s worked on films like The Fighter, The King’s Speech…
The Iron Lady and Prometheus steer Pinewood Shepperton to revenue increase
It’s been a good 2011 so far for Pinewood Shepperton. Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus are among the projects that have driven the UK studios to a total revenue of GBP26 million for the first…