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South Africa expands location filming incentives to boost international appeal
South Africa has improved its location filming incentives and expanded them to include post-production. The move could help it attract more features like superhero drama Chronicle. The country’s rebate has been lifted from 15% to 20% and shoots can now…
Ernst & Young assesses wider benefits of US location filming incentives
A new report from accountancy giant Ernst & Young has assessed the benefits of location filming incentives in the US. It coincides with a report from New York on the state’s location filming success through features like Men in Black…
Filming on location around the world with producer Jeremy Barnes
Jeremy studied for an MA in film at the Royal College of Art in London and then started out in the industry as a runner. He gained the experience and knowledge he needed, and has now been producing commercials for…
On location in Indonesia with Bali-based producer Deborah Gabinetti
Deborah moved to Jakarta from New York City in the early 90s after learning that the local industry was opening up. In 1998 due to the Asian financial crisis and lack of projects being developed in the capital, she moved…
Black Hangar Studios offers new filming stage and water tank near London
A new studio just outside London has officially opened, offering another option for productions planning a UK shoot. Black Hangar Studios lies next to Lasham Airfield in Hampshire and offers a 30,000 square-foot stage, as well as a sizeable water…
BBC prepares for cross-continental location filming with Planet Earth Live
The BBC is preparing for several weeks of cross-continental location filming in its TV series Planet Earth Live. Using crews around the world, live reports will be filed from seven different locations on five continents following the progress of animals…
Filming on location around the world with Producer Sherri Levy
Sherri began her career in production at Ogilvy & Mather nearly 20 years ago. She knew Ogilvy ECD Bill Hamilton, who helped Sherri work out that production was where she wanted to be. She spent six years at Ogilvy, followed…
Logan finds Heaven and Hell on location in Prague for Jim Beam
Production company Logan has created spaces suggestive of Heaven and Hell on location in Prague for its new Jim Beam commercial. The spot focuses on the brand’s Devil’s Cut bourbon as a man is drawn down into a dark and…
On location abroad with Madrid-based line producer Jaime ‘Jimbo’ Terol
Jaime worked various PA jobs in the industry while studying in the early 1990s and then in 1995 he became a runner for Lee Films International, the company that he has been working for exclusively for the past 15 years.…
Daniel Radcliffe’s The Woman In Black takes in Northamptonshire filming location
Daniel Radcliffe’s first post-Potter feature, supernatural thriller The Woman In Black, found its haunted house in Northamptonshire in central England. Cotterstock Hall near the village of Oundle was dressed for exterior shots of the haunted estate, while interiors were filmed…