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Funding for the Vancouver Island South Film Commission has been cut
The Vancouver Island South (VIS) Film and Media Commission (also known as the Greater Victoria Film Commission), has had its funding cut after the city’s councillors voted on an alteration to the Strategic Planning Grant policy currently in place. This…
Is Location Manager Emma Pill the real 007?
Location Manager Emma Pill is known for her work on action movies Spectre, The Bourne Ultimatum and Inception. She talks exclusively to The Location Guide about working on one of Britain's best loved film franchises and the pros and cons…
LS Productions travelled to a Scottish distillery to film Chivas Regal Mizunara commercial
Production service company LS Productions recently took to the famous Strathisla Distillery in Edinburgh to film a commercial for Chivas Regal’s Japanese inspired whiskey ‘Mizunara’. With one of its head offices based in Edinburgh, LS Productions were tasked with bringing…
Young Director Ben Hanratty films on location in Liverpool for iPhone 6s commercial
Ben Hanratty, an 18 year old film student has become the director of Apple’s latest commercial for the iPhone 6s after the company agreed to use footage of Liverpool that he submitted for their consideration. Hanratty explains: “I sent my…
The next Fast and Furious film is eyeing Cuba as a filming location
The eight instalment in the popular Fast and Furious film franchise will be shot on location in Cuba if preproduction negotiations are successful. The film’s Director, F. Gary Gray recently scouted the country for possible locations, with paperwork now being…
LMGA rebrands as LMGI and opens nominations for its award ceremony
The Location Managers Guild of America will officially rebrand itself to become the Location Managers Guild International. Alongside this change, the nomination process is now open for the LMGA Awards with January 11th being the final day to submit a…
Trigger Happy and LS Productions film on Isle of Skye for KAYAK commercial
As part of a co-production between Trigger Happy and LS Productions, based in Germany and Scotland respectively, these companies took to the Isle of Skye to film a brand new commercial for the travel search engine KAYAK. The production was…
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies filmed on location at Old Basing
The film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was shot on location in the English village of Old Basing, roughly 40 miles south west of London. Old Basing was chosen as it features a variety of…
Six month ban placed on popular Dublin filming location
Henrietta Street, located in the Irish capital of Dublin has been issued with a six month ban on filming after residents complained that an excessive amount of filming took place in November 2015. The street has become a popular filming…
Horror sequel The Conjuring 2 wraps filming in Enfield
The Conjuring 2, the sequel to 2013s hugely successful horror film The Conjuring has finished filming in the London borough of Enfield. Unlike its predecessor, The Conjuring 2 was filmed in both Los Angeles and Enfield while the first film was shot entirely…