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Colombia shaking off dangerous image
Colombia’s been fighting an image problem due to the country’s history of civil unrest, but this is changing. The audiovisual industry is becoming a force to be reckoned with and brands like Timberland, Corona Light and Specsavers - serviced by…
Central London muddied up for The King’s Speech location filming
Taking the shine off modern-day London was one of the bigger issues faced by the production team on The King’s Speech. The story’s set during the 1930s when the city looked very different from the modern-day reality and Director Tom…
Resignation of Ohio Film Office Director could become trend
Jeremy Henthorn has resigned as Director of the Ohio Film Office due to the state Governor changing and his staff have followed him. The Incentives Office said: “We anticipate additional resignations in many states where a new governor has been…
San Francisco appeals to crews with Vendor Discount Programme
In a bid to attract more productions to film in the city, San Francisco has launched the Scene in San Francisco Vendor Discount Program. Companies throughout the city are being encouraged to sign up to the scheme, which involves guaranteeing…
Glenn Close film shooting on location in Dublin
Glenn Close is the producer, co-writer and star of Albert Nobbs, which is filming on location in Dublin for the next few weeks. The story’s set in Victorian Dublin in 1898. Several other countries were considered as shoot locations before…
New Attenborough doc to film near Antarctic Peninsula
Sir David Attenborough is set to narrate a new wildlife documentary for Sky 3D called Penguin Island 3D that will be filmed on location on the uninhabited island of South Georgia near the Antarctic Peninsula. The film will include underwater…
ActionAid shoots child sponsorship commercial in Kenya
Child sponsorship charity ActionAid has filmed a new commercial in a Kenyan village. The spot highlights the organisation’s success in fitting fresh-water pumps in the region and takes a deliberately upbeat tone. James Sexton, of Ogilvy, said: “We spent two…
Tom Cruise praises Dubai after Mission: Impossible shoot
The Dubai leg of the shoot for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol has finished and Tom Cruise has written a thank you letter to the country and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed. Writing on his official website, Cruise said: “We were…
On location in Turkey
Turkey has most of the ingredients a truly world-class international filming location needs. There is just one thing missing: incentives. But when you consider everything else it has going on, are tax credits really that important? The 21st Century will…
Location Manager Christian McWilliams talks to TLG
This month I talked to Christian McWilliams, the English Location Manager who has reinvented himself as the undisputed go-to guy for Morocco. We discussed Tony Scott, Peter Weir’s The Way Back, and the most beguiling, history-steeped studio in Africa: Atlas…