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Supervising Location Manager Becky Brake: Filming with JJ Abrams and Star Trek
Becky Brake first worked with filmmaker JJ Abrams on his action TV drama Alias. She's since become a regular locations collaborator and talks to The Location Guide about big-budget location filming, the Mission: Impossible franchise and working on Star Trek…
Nicolas Cage supports call for Nevada location filming incentive
Actor Nicolas Cage has testified to lawmakers to support a formal location filming incentive that’s being considered for Nevada in the south-west US. The state does not currently offer any filming incentives, but a bill has been proposed that would…
Los Angeles lowers cost of Grand Park location filming
Los Angeles County authorities have agreed to reduce the cost of location filming permits at the recently-opened Grand Park on a short-term basis. Prices have been lowered from USD20,000 a day per block of park space to USD5,000 a day,…
Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier filming mainly in Los Angeles
Marvel’s superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier is shooting mainly on location in Los Angeles. Its production budget is too large to qualify for California’s filming incentive, but the decision was easier as the sequel is set in modern-day…
Location filming fees in new LA park could drive ‘runaway productions’
Two supervisors in Los Angeles County are calling for location filming fees to be waived for six months at newly-opened Grand Park next to City Hall. They argue that the move will help establish the park as a popular filming…
Marvel’s Captain America sequel starts filming on location in California and Ohio
Marvel’s superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier has started filming on location in Los Angeles, with shooting also planned for Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, DC. Avengers Assemble filmed action sequences on location in Cleveland in 2011, doubling the city…
The Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent switch to New York filming locations
Flagship late-night TV programme The Tonight Show and hit entertainment series America’s Got Talent are to switch filming locations to New York. The Tonight Show has been filming in Los Angeles since the early 70s and America’s Got Talent will…
Green cycle lanes in Los Angeles create challenges for period location filming
Green-coloured cycle lanes in downtown Los Angeles have been frustrating location filming professionals and now they’re about to be re-painted. More than a mile of neon green lanes was painted for cyclists in 2011 but the distinct design causes problems…
China Film Studio uses Lightcraft Technology for virtual production stage
China Film Studio has opened China Film Virtual Stage (CFVS) in the Huairou District of Beijing. The new facility is the first of its kind in China and comprises a green screen environment and virtual set filming services using Previzion…
Location Manager JJ Hook: Challenges of filming action cinema
JJ Hook entered the production industry with a small job on drama Swept from the Sea in the late 90s. His career progressed to major action movies and in recent years he’s worked on Mission: Impossible III, Inception and Michael…