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Renowned First AD Tommy Gormley voices support for Scotland film studio
Tommy Gormley, a prolific First Assistant Director and Glasgow native, has voiced his support for a purpose-built studio facility in Scotland. Television drama Outlander has been one of the largest productions to shoot in Scotland and filmed at adapted facilities…
Middle East dramas in vogue but Israel loses location filming to Malta and Croatia
Biblical screen stories are enjoying a surge in popularity, with Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings planning to emulate the global success of Darren Arronofsky’s Noah. However, a summer of violence in the Middle East means Israel is now losing…
Interstellar Location Manager Mandi Dillin on US filming hubs and California hopes
Mandi Dillin has worked on many of the biggest movies of recent years, including Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and now Interstellar for Christopher Nolan. She talks to The Location Guide about US production centres and her hopes for California’s…
The Location Guide launches new website Brandplacer.com
Following the success of The Location Guide’s pre-production forum, used by thousands of producers worldwide for location and production requests, we have launched a new website, Brandplacer.com. The site simply aims to link media productions with product manufacturers worldwide. Brandplacer.com…
Somesuch films innovative day/night Honda Civic ad in Croatia and Slovenia
London-based Somesuch filmed on location in Croatia and Slovenia for an innovative new web campaign promoting the Honda Civic Type R. The Other Side enables viewers to toggle between two separate but parallel stories involving a Honda drive during the…
Calgary film studio development starts with groundbreaking ceremony
Work has started on the Calgary Film Centre studio in Alberta, Canada, with a groundbreaking ceremony. The USD 20 million complex will eventually offer more than 80,000 sq ft of production facilities and could help attract more shoots on the…
Mori Inc and Honda film OK Go I Won’t Let You Down promo near Tokyo
Mori Inc filmed near Tokyo for the new music video I Won’t Let You Down for US alt-rock band OK Go. Backed by Honda, the promo features an imaginatively-choreographed dance number with the band riding on Honda’s UNI-CUB personal mobility…
The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol welcomes Radium Audio as new tenant
The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol in the UK have welcomed Radium Audio as a new tenant. Increasingly popular as a film studio facility, the Bottle Yard has hosted TV shows like supermarket comedy Trollied, historical drama Wolf Hall and…
RCN Films shoots in Colombian national park for glass bottle maker O-I
RCN Films shot in Colombia’s Tayrona National Park for a new campaign for the glass bottle manufacturer O-I. The spot features a castaway on a blustery desert island whose attempts to cast a message in a bottle into the sea…
Australia to streamline co-production filming process for partner countries
Australia is to streamline the co-production filming process for the countries with which it has formal agreements. The move was announced by Screen Australia during Ausfilm Week in London and will ease co-productions made with countries including the UK, Canada,…