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Filming New Zealand with top Unit Production Manager Brigitte Yorke
Brigitte Yorke studied at South Seas Film and TV School in Auckland and started as a runner in Wellington before working her way up to Unit Production Manager. She talks to The Location Guide about New Zealand’s changing industry and…
12 Years a Slave recreates antebellum south filming in Louisiana
Director Steve McQueen filmed in the Louisiana city of New Orleans for his award-winning drama 12 Years a Slave. The film tells the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York in the 1840s, who…
Stink Digital films 720-degree footage in Portugal for Miru contact lens brand
Stink Digital filmed on location in the Douro Valley region of northern Portugal in a new spot for Japanese contact lens brand Miru. The production used an adapted remote-controlled OctoCopter camera rig to create a 720-degree view of balloons drifting…
Factual BBC drama Castles In The Sky films in Edinburgh with Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard filmed on location in and around Edinburgh for the BBC’s new factual drama Castles In The Sky. The production tells the story of Scotsman Robert Watson-Watt and his struggle to invent RADAR technology in…
Filming in Gujarat in India with line producer Kishore Sinh Parmar
Kishore worked in advertising and marketing for major newspaper the Indian Express, before entering the film industry by way of a love for travelling and location photography. He has been a line producer for more than nine years. What can…
New business plan helps bring commercial filming to Washington State
A new business plan is helping bring more commercial filming to Washington State in the north-west US. The Commercial Business Development Plan (CBDP) was created through a partnership with Washington Filmworks and the Seattle Office of Film + Music. Commercial…
Study for Dubai Film and TV Commission recommends formal filming incentives
A new study for the Dubai Film and TV Commission has advised the emirate city to consider formal filming incentives as part of a wider strategy to boost its production industry. Offering longer-term residency to production crew is also suggested.…
BWP Totem Productions films with Octocopter in Austria for MRF Tyres
Mumbai-based production house BWP Totem used a remote-controlled Octocopter filming on location on a mountain road in Austria for a new commercial for MRF Tyres. The spot shows a driver keeping his wife waiting at a romantic dinner date as…
UK government opens up filming incentive programme and boosts visual effects
The UK government has opened up its filming incentive programme and has introduced support for visual effects. Chancellor George Osborne’s enhancements to the filming incentive included reducing the minimum production spend needed to access the tax credits. Productions will now…
Stink films in Sao Paulo and Marrakech for FIFA Club World Cup
Stink filmed on location in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Marrakech in Morocco for a new spot for the FIFA Club World Cup, which takes place in Marrakech from 11-21 December. The piece shows fans in cities around the world preparing…