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Filming on location in Connecticut with Mark Dixon
Mark has been based at the Connecticut Film (CT) Office since 2000. Before joining the film office he spent nearly 15 years in the locations department on various feature films and TV commercials. Tell me about the region that you…
John Carter creates Mars on location in remote Utah
Utah in the western US was used extensively for the filming of Andrew Stanton’s epic sci-fi John Carter. Rebecca Puck Stair was one of the Location Managers on the project tasked with finding eye-catching filming spots in the sparsely-inhabited state.…
Filming in the south of France with Michel Brussol
Michel has have been working for the South of France Film Commission – Var (Commission du Film du Var) since 1996, which makes him the longest-serving film commissioner in France. The commission’s supported by The Conseil Général du Var, which…
Tempomedia and Red Petal get creative on location in Johannesburg for Opel
When most people think of shooting in South Africa, they think of Cape Town and the Western Cape. The beautiful locations close to the small and intimate city are extremely attractive for shooting and the ease with which everything is…
UK Government announces new filming incentive to boost TV location filming
The UK Government has announced a new TV filming incentive for shows that could include productions like Strike Back. In a year when the eyes of the world are already on London and the wider UK because of the Olympics,…
Thriller Inescapable doubles the streets of Johannesburg for Damascus
A new thriller set in Syria has doubled the streets of Johannesburg for the Syrian capital Damascus. Inescapable tells the story of a father searching for his missing daughter in the Middle Eastern city. Ruba Nadda is the film’s writer-director…
On location abroad with Madrid-based line producer Jaime ‘Jimbo’ Terol
Jaime worked various PA jobs in the industry while studying in the early 1990s and then in 1995 he became a runner for Lee Films International, the company that he has been working for exclusively for the past 15 years.…
Chrysler to film 2013 Dodge commercial on location in small-town California
Vehicle manufacturer Chrysler will be filming its new Dodge spot on location in a small California town this week. Tehachapi lies in the south-west of the state in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains and Chrysler will film there on Wednesday…
UK Government expected to announce TV filming incentives in next week's Budget
A TV filming incentive of 25% for the UK is expected to be announced in the Government’s annual Budget next week. Several high-profile producers and filmmakers have been lobbying for incentive support to attract high-end TV productions like The Tudors…
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…