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High-end TV: How the small screen became big business
Business is booming for television production and countries around the world are clamouring for a piece of the action. High-end television shows with movie-scale production values are commanding large audiences, but what impact does this have on local industries and…
Pirania Film shoots channel idents on location across Warsaw for Viva
Pirania Film shot at a dozen different locations across Warsaw filming idents for local Viacom channel subsidiary Viva. The short five-second films were designed to capture the vitality of European cities in a general sense and will be screened in…
Hafzoo films Solden Stadium in Austria to mark comeback of skier Bode Miller
Austrian production company Hafzoo filmed on location at the Solden Stadium in Tirol in western Austria for a new spot marking the return of champion US skier Bode Miller. The simple piece shows Miller sitting on the snow-covered stadium stand…
Filming on location in Bulgaria with Executive Producer Christopher Bojilov
Christopher 'Fori' Bojilov trained as a computer engineer and began his career in post-production in 1997. He made his first feature in 1999 and later expanded to commercials as well, becoming an Executive Producer with Bulgaria Film Services. In 2005…
New York Governor rejects proposal to expand filming incentives
The Governor of New York has rejected a bid to expand filming incentives to wealthier counties closer to New York City. Productions are more incentivised to film in upstate New York, which is designed as a way of boosting filming…
Filmmaker Devin Graham shoots Mid-West base-jumping stunts for Ford
Filmmaker Devin Graham headed to Twin Falls in Idaho and to Jackson Hole in Wyoming to shoot base-jumping stunts as a way of promoting the Ford Escape. The concept was to give Graham and his team the opportunity to do…
Folke Film shoots Jean-Claude Van Damme splits stunt in Spain for Volvo Trucks
Stockholm-based Folke Film shot on location in central Spain in a new stunt commercial for Volvo Trucks. The Epic Split features action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme performing his famous splits move on the wing mirrors of two moving but…
Calgary doubles for Minnesota for filming of Fargo TV miniseries
A TV miniseries based on the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 crime drama Fargo has started filming on location in Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The city is doubling for locations in northern Minnesota and is being supported by the Alberta Multimedia…
Velocity Films shoots on location in Johannesburg for J&B Scotch Whisky
Velocity Films shot on location in Johannesburg for a new spot for J&B Scotch Whisky. Made Different tells the story of Sbusiso Leope and his rise through the ranks of the music industry in Johannesburg and wider South Africa as…
Smuggler films multi-coloured petal eruption on location in Costa Rica for Sony Bravia
Smuggler headed to the hills of Costa Rica for a spot introducing the ultra high-definition quality of the new 4K Sony Bravia TV. The campaign - titled Four Times the Detail - shows a volcano erupting multi-coloured petals that waft…