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Filming in Hawaii with Location Manager Kent Matsuoka
Kent attended the California Institute of the Arts for Fine Art Photography and was first introduced to locations by shooting houses and working as a site rep for a location agency in Los Angeles as a summer job. He was…
Filming in West Virginia with Location Services Co-ordinator Jamie Cope
Jamie is a West Virginia (WV) native with a degree in mechanical engineering. He started out in the business by spending 15 years running a production company focusing on computer animation before moving to the state film office. He had…
Filming with COLA-winning Location Manager S Todd Christensen
Todd was born in South Dakota and shifted to a career in film early on. He started working as an Assistant Location Manager in 1995 and then moved to New Mexico in 2006. He now works as a Teamster Local…
TLG and AFCI offer a Lounge as a production resource at the Cannes Film Festival
The Location Guide has joined forces with the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) to host a Lounge at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Partners opting to be part of the lounge will have a sustained presence alongside leading international…
Sri Lanka recovers from civil war to re-claim location filming appeal
Sri Lanka lies in the blue waters of the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. It offers over a thousand miles of beautiful golden beaches fringed with coconut palms. It’s said to offer the best tea in the world…
Filming on location in Valdivia in southern Chile with Bettina Bettati
Bettina is a graduate of the University of Utah. She worked for the university's Film Studies department as media specialist and worked in several independent film movie houses as curator and traffic co-ordinator before heading back to Chile in 2006.…
Rascal Films and One Step Beyond double Cape Town for Iceland in Whipped Vodka ad
When White Rock Distilleries of Maine conceived their new spot for Pinnacle Whipped Vodka, they envisaged a fantasy spa in an Icelandic setting. However, various logistical and permit issues dictated that Iceland was a no-go for the shoot. Directors Liam…
Filming in West Virginia with Location Scout Sam Holdren
Sam was born and raised in West Virginia. In fact, aside from three-and-a-half-years in Philadelphia during graduate school, he's always lived in the state. How did you become involved with locations in the area? I already had a background in…
Virtual stage firm comes to Studio Babelsberg as productions chase filming incentives
Virtual stage specialist Stargate Studios is opening a branch at Studio Babelsberg near Berlin. With more productions chasing filming incentives to shoot in Germany, Stargate will offer an on-site resource to projects looking to create environments not available locally. Stargate…
Editor’s Weekly
It’s been a busy week for ads and we’ve covered spots filmed in Iceland, Buenos Aires and California. A popular TV story has been news that the BBC will be filming a new period drama in Dublin, doubling the city…