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On location in Colorado with Location & Community Manager Laura Grey
Laura worked in production and on film permitting in Denver before joining the Colorado Office of Film Television and Media. Despite being tempted to continue in production, she stayed in Colorado and is now Location and Community Manager with the…
Alberta films new tourism campaign on location with Circle Productions
Alberta in western Canada isn’t short on eye-catching natural vistas and many of these have been captured in a new tourism campaign. Circle Productions produced the new series of commercials compiling 16 separate spots that promote the province in both…
Boxer Films trades a sled for a new Suzuki filming on location in Alberta
The ice of Spray Lake in Alberta, Canada, is the setting for a new vehicle commercial from Suzuki, produced by Boxer Films. Sled shows an Inuit setting off from his igloo home with his huskies, only to return having traded…
Safety forces Radical Media to abandon Mercedes-Benz location filming in Oregon
Radical Media has had to head elsewhere to film a new Mercedes-Benz commercial after safety concerns caused problems in Oregon. The producers were eyeing Deschutes National Forest, but plans to use a low-flying helicopter concerned the US Forest Service. Filming…
Hafzoo navigates alpine snow and ice for Garmin on location in Austria
Production company Hafzoo has followed French cycling star Christophe LeMèvel on a punishing alpine training session in a new spot for GPS specialist Garmin. The Climb shows LeMèvel cycling a remote Austrian highway as his Garmin device measures his performance.…
Filming in New Zealand with Location Manager Dale Gardiner
Dale became involved in the film industry as a Location Scout and Manager in 1988. Before that he was an adventure tour operator for white-water rafting and four-wheel-drive trips, as well as being a stills photographer. “As an adventure tour…
Tom Cruise and Superman could boost Canada’s 2011 screen industry income
Canada’s film and TV industries made almost CAD7 billion for the national economy in 2010, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Major projects like Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and a new Superman film could lift the figure…
New Zealand company creates new lightweight camera for aerial location filming
A company in New Zealand has developed a new stabilised camera designed to make aerial filming easier and more efficient. Shotover’s new rig has a lightweight carbon fibre build and can be carried on flights as excess luggage, making it…
Mitsubishi uses 360-degree camera on World’s Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia
For its latest ad campaign vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi chose to test the All-Wheel Control system on its Outlander vehicles on the Yungas Road in Bolivia, which has a reputation for being the World’s Most Dangerous Road. Part of the action…
Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi film separate ad spots on location on frozen Canadian lakes
Wilderness landscapes grab the eye, but ice seems to have a particular appeal for car manufacturers. Sleek, beautiful and dramatic, ice reflects many of the natural qualities that car companies are keen to be associated with. In recent years frozen…