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Interview: Transformers and Inception Location Manager
Ilt Jones is a softly-spoken and unassuming man, originally from North Wales, now carving an enviable career as the go-to Location Manager for action. If your building, football stadium or casino needs blowing up, give him a call and he’ll…
Filming on location in Cuba
The isolationist political regime of the last 50 years has made Cuba, the largest island of the Antilles, a timewarp of retro styling. As advertisers and filmmakers are finding, it’s also a cheap and efficient place to get your picture…
VW chooses India for Polo photo shoot
Major vehicle manufacturer VW has filmed on location in India for a photo shoot advertising its Polo car. The campaign will run alongside its television commercials that doubled South Africa for India. The photo shoot production shot in several locations…
Mayflower shoots with 20-foot marionette on location in LA
American house-moving firm Mayflower has shot its latest commercial on location in Los Angeles using a 20-foot-tall marionette called Audrey. Big Move shows Audrey walking slowly across an American landscape, openly operated by a team of puppeteers. She is followed…
Why Lori Loves California
Lori Balton’s address book is a who’s who of Hollywood production designers, producers, and directors. Amongst others she has location scouted for Spielberg, Scorsese, Bay, Redford, Mann, Darabont, Pakula and Tony Scott, on films including Charlie Wilson’s War, Memoirs of…
New Orleans continues to flourish as a filming destination
New Orleans no longer has the blues, production-wise at least. Could it be something to do with the fact that already generous Louisiana incentives have been raised to a whacking 30%? The most eagerly anticipated TV drama of the decade…
Robin Hood gets the best from UK locations for filming
Robin Hood is riding through far more than the glen for Ridley Scott’s latest epic, an action-packed account of the legend, involving sea landings, castles springing up in the woods of Surrey, and the wrong type of undergrowth. Scott called…
Continental Airlines ad doubles Buenos Aires for major international cities
Major commercial carrier Continental Airlines has doubled Buenos Aires for London, New York, Shanghai and Paris for its latest advert. Seamless follows a businessman as he walks across a busy urban street to a newsstand before meeting colleagues in the…
Emile Hirsch joins Darkest Hour thriller to be shot in Moscow
Emile Hirsch has joined the cast of The Darkest Hour, which is scheduled to shoot in Moscow during the summer, according to Variety. Directed by Chris Gore, the film will tell the story of a group of American teenagers fighting…
Amsterdam as a location for filming
Amsterdam is famous the world over for its crazy nightlife and tolerant attitude, but there’s a lot more to it. Beyond the infamous red light district and the 'coffee shops' packed with tourists lies a city crammed with history, art…