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Location manager Laura Sode-Matteson talks to The Location Guide
A twenty year Hollywood specialist now firmly in the location managing elite, Laura Sode-Matteson was born and raised in Hawaii. In the late 70s Laura scared up a job working on the original Hawaii 5-0. Then she was noticed by…
Juicy Couture shoots new campaign on Icelandic lake
Fashion brand Juicy Couture built a set with wall flats up to nine metres high on a shallow lake called Hraunfjördur two hours from Reykjavik. The production scouted locations around the world, but Iceland’s geography made the decision easier for…
Finland offers striking scenery and a Russian double
Finland may not yet be on every Location Manager’s list of ideal filming locations, but that could all change in the coming years. While the lack of filming incentives has played a part in the country struggling to find a…
Beirut as a filming destination is on the up
Beirut and Lebanon in general has not been greatly affected by the rough recessionary winds that have hit so much of the Middle East’s media business. While Dubai is still struggling to raise sail out of the doldrums, Lebanon powers…
Location Manager talks Woody Allen and Scorsese
Are there two directors stylistically more different than Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese? Antonin Depardieu knows exactly how their shooting styles differ, as he has worked with them both in 2010, the year that seems to be kickstarting Paris’ return…
Kollywood feature Ko shoots in Norway
Kollywood film Ko is currently shooting in several locations in Norway with KV Anand directing. Anand has chosen to film song sequences in locations including UNESCO World Heritage sites Bergen Harbour and Stalheim overlooking the Nareoyfjord. The Kollywood industry is…
Mini ad shoot dodges political demonstrations on location in Milan
Mini has filmed a new commercial in Milan and around Lake Como in Italy. Flow shows off the car’s versatility as it speeds around the tight streets of the city. As the car drives it multiplies into a fleet of…
Lock Out to shoot in Belgrade with Guy Pearce
Science fiction thriller Lock Out is to begin filming in Belgrade in the next few weeks with Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace. Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp is producing the project and has filmed in Serbia extensively in the last few years…
New Justin Timberlake film shoots on location in LA’s Union Station
Justin Timberlake’s new film Friends with Benefits has filmed scenes at the iconic Union Station in Los Angeles. The location is hugely popular in the city and is frequently used to double for a variety of different places. Paul Audley,…
Award-winning short The Road Home shoots in Himalayas
Filmmaker Rahul Gandotra has made a short film on location in the Himalayas in India. The Road Home tells the story of Pico, a ten-year-old boy who tries to run away from his Himalayan boarding school when he’s victimised by…