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Aerial filming in the UK
Aerial filming specialist Tim Desbois from Flight Logistics shares his tips for a safe and successful helicopter shoot. Your first consideration needs to be whether a single- or twin-engined helicopter is best suited to your needs. Camera platforms on single-engined…
Location Focus: Zanzibar
A paradise island set in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, the archipelago of Zanzibar is best known for its turbulent colonial history with the Omani, the Portuguese and the British until its independence in 1963. The island's…
Spielberg/Abrams film Super 8 begins shooting on location in West Virginia
A new sci-fi film called Super 8 begins shooting this week on location in Weirton, West Virginia, under the codename Wickham. The film is written and directed by JJ Abrams, with Steven Spielberg onboard as a Producer. Pam Haynes, Director…
Captain America doubles Manchester for 1940s New York
Captain America: The First Avenger has closed parts of Manchester’s Northern Quarter for two weeks of location filming. The area has been dressed to double for 1940s New York. Susan Williams, Drama Liaison Manager at Vision+Media in Salford Quays, said:…
Winning feature script from Los Angeles Greek Film Festival to shoot in Crete
The feature script that won the best screenwriting award at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in 2008 is to go into production in Crete in 2011. Romero, Julieta and the General was written by Nicholas Proferes. Freddy Vianelli, the…
Mini ad shoot dodges political demonstrations on location in Milan
Mini has filmed a new commercial in Milan and around Lake Como in Italy. Flow shows off the car’s versatility as it speeds around the tight streets of the city. As the car drives it multiplies into a fleet of…
Coke Zero shoots action-packed commercial in Bangkok
Soft drink brand Coke Zero has shot a new commercial in and around Bangkok. The Date shows a man racing to meet a girl on time and being helped along the way by a rapid-response unit resembling a SWAT team.…
Last Days of the Arctic shoots on location in Iceland and Greenland
Saga Film has shot a new documentary in Iceland and Greenland. Last Days of the Arctic is a profile of Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, who is better known in the region simply as RAX. The crew initially transported their equipment…
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion to film on location in Hong Kong
Steven Soderbergh is scheduled to film extensively in Hong Kong for his upcoming thriller Contagion. The production is due to begin filming in the next few weeks and is likely to span several continents as it follows doctors’ efforts to…
James Cameron to make 3D documentary on location in Brazilian rainforest
James Cameron is set to make a 3D documentary about the lives of indigenous tribes on location in the Brazilian rainforest. The filmmaker has already made a short film about tribal opposition to a hydroelectric dam that is due to…