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Chronicle finds Seattle on location in Cape Town filming superhero teens
Cape Town in South Africa doubled for Seattle for scenes in the new paranormal thriller Chronicle. Using a pseudo-documentary style, the film follows a group of Seattle teenagers who get special powers when they find a strange object in a…
Editor’s Weekly
We’ve covered two new commercials this week filmed in Canada and Italy, respectively. We have updates on filming incentive controversies across the US, while Australia has been hit by the cancellation of major feature project Paradise Lost. Deodorant brand Rexona…
Filming in Macau with Location Manager Campbell Mclean
Campbell founded a location production company in 1989 specialising in line-producing Korean and Chinese TV commercials on location throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. He was Location Manager on the USD45 million production Pitch Black, starring Vin Diesel,…
Editor’s Weekly
England is busily organising its new filming support structure, while traditional global filming hub California has revealed a general production increase for 2011, despite a massive fourth-quarter dip. Elsewhere, Peter Jackson’s hobbit films completed their first stage of location filming…
Ontario producers travel to India in a bid to boost co-productions
Producers from nearly a dozen Ontario production companies have visited India to encourage more co-productions between the two regions. The Canadians visited Mumbai and Goa, and took part in a programme at the International Film Festival of India focussing on…
Baja Studios in Mexico seeks the spotlight with new production
A new film shot at Baja Studios in Mexico could help put the facility back on the filmmaking map since it hosted James Cameron’s Titanic, as well as Master and Commander. Little Boy is set in California and is the…
Peter Jackson offers Hobbit location filming update from New Zealand
Peter Jackson has offered a video diary update on the Hobbit shoot in New Zealand. The initial stage of location filming lasted nearly eight weeks and wrapped in December with a main unit of around 500 crew members, plus around…
From the Editor: Review of 2011
It’s been a good year for the established production hubs around the world, with regions like Buenos Aires, South Africa, Eastern Europe and New Zealand maintaining their appeal for commercial projects. Australia has seen a production resurgence, while in the…
Filming in Fiji with Florence Swamy
Florence is the Fiji Audio Visual Commission's Chief Executive Officer, the Government agency responsible for the development and promotion of the audio visual industry in Fiji. Tell me about Fiji. Fiji is known for its lush vegetation. It's a tropical…
Filming on the South Island, New Zealand, with Location Manager Philip Turner
Philip started his working life in Queenstown as a ski bum, thinking it was a worthwhile alternative to further education. Eventually, after a very late and short stint at university, he got a job as (an older) PA on a…