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Wefilm concludes Heineken Dropped campaign filming in Poland and Philippines
Dutch production company Wefilm travelled to Poland and the Philippines to film the latest entries in Wieden+Kennedy’s Dropped digital campaign for Heineken. The Poland episodes involved skydiving with clowns and the team stranded itself on a desert island in the…
Filming on the Italian island of Capri with Location Manager Michela Giovinetti
Born in Naples, Michela studied film at Italy’s national film school the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She entered the industry as a production manager, before moving into location management. She has been based on Capri in the Gulf of Naples…
Matthew McConaughey feature Dallas Buyers Club doubles Louisiana for Texas
Feature film Dallas Buyers Club, whose star Matthew McConaughey is being widely tipped for an Oscar nomination, filmed on location in New Orleans, doubling the Louisiana city for Dallas, Texas. The film tells the true story of a bigoted electrician…
Filming on location in Wyoming with Michael J Emmer of Bridger Productions
Michael has been in the film industry since the mid-80s. He started out mainly as a Director of Photography and became a Director, Producer and then a Location Scout and Manager. His knowledge of Wyoming has been used extensively by…
Top producer considers Norway filming locations for new Viking epic
Norway is being considered as a filming location for an epic new Viking production telling the story of 11th Century Viking king Harald Hardrada. Producer Barrie Osborne has visited the country and is reportedly looking for filming incentive support for…
Sherpas Cinema films aerial vistas for FlyOver Canada tourism ride
Sherpas Cinema and director Dave Mossop filmed aerial footage across Canada for new tourism ride FlyOver Canada. Launched at Canada Place in Vancouver, the ride is presented as a virtual flight, with the country’s most dramatic locations projected on a…
Brooklyn Taxi first foreign TV series to get New York filming incentive
French TV series Brooklyn Taxi is to become the first international show to benefit from New York’s filming tax credit. The production will be based at Silvercup Studios in Queens and will also film on location in Brooklyn. It will…
Filming historic Holland with location scout Harriet Sanders
Harriet was born and raised in Holland, and has lived in New York, Beijing, Surinam and Havana. She originally trained as a sculptress and art teacher, but fell into location scouting in the 90s when a photographer asked her for…
Big Fish films high-diving spot near Athens for fashion label Bonprix
German production company Big Fish has filmed on location near Athens for a new spot for fashion label Bonprix. Highest Fashion shows two women jealously competing to make the most dramatic high-dive when they realise they’re wearing the same bikini…
Filming in Luxembourg with location scout Christian Pannrucker
Christian got his first taste of the film industry as an apprentice on a German TV channel in 2000. Additional TV and film experiences led him to study unit and location management at Cologne’s Koelner Filmhaus. He’s been a location…