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Montana Film Office competition attracting filmmakers to shoot on location
A new competition could help long-term plans to raise Montana's profile as a production centre in the US. The Montana Film Office is offering production equipment and services worth USD20,000 to a filmmaker who can give the best reason why…
The Great Gatsby starts filming in Sydney with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire
Baz Luhrmann’s big-budget version of The Great Gatsby starts this week in Sydney with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Filming will take place at Fox Studios Australia, with 17 weeks scheduled for shooting and then 30 weeks in post-production. The…
Falabella films colourful fashion commercial on location in Greek islands
Production team Francisca Contesse, Louis Bronsard and Director Martín Romanella from Procine Santiago concluded another job for agency Dittborn & Unzueta and Falabella regional. Valeria Mazza shot in Santorini Greece and did all her own driving, piloting and ocean-based underwater…
Game of Thrones comes to Croatia for location filming on second season
Game of Thrones, HBO’s hit fantasy drama, will film partly in Croatia for its second season. The first series was based in Northern Ireland and also filmed in Morocco and Malta. For season two it’s keeping Northern Ireland as its…
5% organic revenue growth for advertising giant Havas in first half of 2011
Paris-based Havas has announced organic revenue growth of 5.6% for the first half of 2011 over the same period in 2010. Overall there are mixed results. Organic growth slipped by 1.3% between Q1 and Q2 of this year, but North…
Chevrolet gets dramatic mountain backdrop filming on location in Mojave Desert
Chevrolet has travelled to the Mojave Desert in California to shoot mountain landscapes for its new ad. The Warehouse shows a man touring a storage facility where all the missed opportunities of life are kept and catalogued, before he heads…
Tarantino plans New Orleans location filming for Django Unchained with Leonardo DiCaprio
New Orleans is pencilled in to host the shoot for Django Unchained, the next film from Quentin Tarantino. Louisiana’s generous incentive scheme has made it one of the leading production centres in the US, with New Orleans behind only Los…
Turbulent seas and atmospheric skies: scouting Norway by sea and air
I’m in a speedboat on the North Sea a short distance from the Norwegian coast being chased by a helicopter. It’s been a few years since I last pretended to be in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie and I’ve got a…
Multi-coloured band films click-to-win music video on location in California
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has journeyed to the California desert for a special music video promoting its detergent brand Cheer. Australian band Strange Talk was sent to Adelanto near Los Angeles to perform their single Climbing Walls for…
Thailand as a location for filming
Nobody who saw the eye-popping skylines of Bangkok, coupled with the astonishing beach paradises of The Hangover Part 2 is likely to leave Thailand off their location shortlist. The exposure of Weerasethakul's Palme d'Or-winning Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His…