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Location Report: Oxford
A truly unique city, Oxford is renowned the world over for its eminent university and its beautiful architecture. Romantically nicknamed the ‘City of Dreaming Spires,’ it can trace its history back to the 8th Century. Since then, the town has…
Filming Memorandum of Understanding formed between NZ and China
New Zealand and China have formed a Memorandum of Understanding. This means more Chinese film productions will be made in Auckland. The agreement was reached after meetings between a delegation of Auckland filmmakers and the China Film Association. Michael Brook,…
Filming on location in Cuba
The isolationist political regime of the last 50 years has made Cuba, the largest island of the Antilles, a timewarp of retro styling. As advertisers and filmmakers are finding, it’s also a cheap and efficient place to get your picture…
361 Degrees shoots new spot in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
A series of new spots have been filmed throughout the Far East by 361 Degrees in locations including Inner Mongolia in China. The adverts follow unknown athletes undergoing their training regimes as they prepare for the 2010 Asia Games. Marathon…
Tropicana ad shoots in Inuvik in the Canadian Arctic
Tropicana has filmed a new spot in Inuvik in the far north-west of Canada, a place which is in darkness for several months of the year due to its location within the Arctic Circle (see BBDO image). Brighter Mornings for…
Transformers 3 to film in Chicago and Moscow
Moscow and Chicago are to be used for major action sequences in the second Transformers sequel, according to the official website of director Michael Bay. The sci-fi action franchise has dominated the international box-office in recent years and the first…
Wilmington, North Carolina, as a location for filming
Everyone’s seen Wilmington before, only they don’t really know it. The quaint North Carolina town has become a favourite with filmmakers thanks to its subtropical climate and range of locations from the all-American Main Street to historical facades, grand buildings,…
The Book of Eli shoots in New Mexico
New Mexico in the American south-west offers distinctive desert landscapes that have been used recently to striking effect in films such as No Country for Old Men, Terminator: Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. A 25% tax rebate and…
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…
A year in Belize
Nigel Miguel, Belize’s dynamo of a Film Commissioner, is on a mission: to make Belize into the film capital of the Caribbean. And with terrain made famous by The Dogs of War, Heart of Darkness and The Mission at his…