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Victoria locations recreate WWII for HBO’s The Pacific
The Australian state of Victoria is a place that is proud of its film-friendly reputation. In the last four years, four large international productions have made it, and its capital Melbourne, their home wooed by a heady mix of production…
ATG horse advert shoots in Valencia
Valencia has a glamorous image, good weather and a film-friendly environment which recently pulled in a commercial shoot for Swedish horse-racing firm ATG. Know Your Horses shows horses taking part in everyday city life as equals to humans as they…
Avatar filming in New Zealand
James Cameron’s hotly anticipated USD250 million sci-fi blockbuster Avatar has opened worldwide, with a record-breaking USD232.2 million dollar opening weekend, globally - putting it on course for a USD1.2 billion dollar gross. Avatar is not just making headlines for these…
Morocco as a filming location
Morocco has long been the go-to destination for all your high-end historical epic needs, and the list of assets is pretty mouth-watering. Deserts. Mountains. Bustling ancient and modern cityscapes. Highly skilled and experienced crews. Incredibly cheap production costs. A permanent…
Toshiba's Space Chair launches from Nevada
When creative agency Grey London and production company Hungry Man wanted a backdrop for their groundbreaking new spot, Space Chair, for Toshiba, they chose Nevada. Shot in the wilderness of the Nevada Black Rock desert 12 miles north east of…
African locations double for Iraq
When UK-based Company Pictures was searching for locations to double for Iraq during the first days of the war, it was South African location specialists Out of Africa Entertainment who won the day with their extensive experience of Mozambique, Namibia…
The location power of Bollywood
In a first, prominent Bollywood producer and actor Shah Rukh Khan has been signed by the Korean Tourism Organisation as its cultural ambassador to promote tourism and to encourage Indian filmmakers to shoot in Korea. Korean Consul General, Dong Yern…
Guinness brings the world to life
When Guinness and creative agency AMV BBDO made the bold decision to move away from the well established ‘Good Things Come to Those Who Wait’ strapline, they knew that any television ad campaign would have to be something spectacular. The…
Filming in Egypt
In February 2000, the Egyptian government decreed that a new film and TV production zone would revitalise the fortunes of a struggling film industry. So how has the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) fared in the last decade, in the…
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…