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On location with Laura Thoel of Smuggler (LA)
Laura is an Executive Producer and Head of Production for film, TV, commercials and music video production company Smuggler. Laura discusses what she looks for when shooting abroad. What's your background? I started in journalism as a reporter for public…
Oklahoma faces loss of filming incentives as state plans budget cuts
Oklahoma could lose its filming incentives as authorities plan ways to reduce the budget deficit. At the moment filming productions can get a rebate of up to 37% on eligible expenses, although the USD5 million annual film fund means the…
Dubai location filming revenue drops after Mission: Impossible shoot
Dubai made around USD40 million from filming productions throughout 2011, a slight decline from the previous year. The fall is mainly due to the absence of a big-budget film production. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol visited the city for a…
Safety forces Radical Media to abandon Mercedes-Benz location filming in Oregon
Radical Media has had to head elsewhere to film a new Mercedes-Benz commercial after safety concerns caused problems in Oregon. The producers were eyeing Deschutes National Forest, but plans to use a low-flying helicopter concerned the US Forest Service. Filming…
Kenneth Branagh feature plans autumn 2012 location filming on Guernsey
Kenneth Branagh’s next feature as director plans to shoot on location on Guernsey, but filming has been delayed until autumn 2012. It will be based on best-selling novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but will be called…
Alaska filming incentives cover third of costs on whale drama Big Miracle
Alaska paid out nearly USD10 million - about 30% of the Alaska spend - in filming incentives to the Big Miracle production team, reports the Anchorage Daily News. The film tells the true story of efforts to rescue grey whales…
World War Z filming location in London to prioritise more optimistic projects
Zombies recently terrorised the Heygate Estate in South London for Brad Pitt’s thriller World War Z, but local authorities now want different projects. Southwark Council is worried that Heygate and the neighbouring Aylesbury Estate are being portrayed as gloomy crime…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we’ve covered eye-catching new commercials from Garmin, VW China and a Brazilian language school, with filming locations found in Austria, Beijing and California respectively. New figures from Britain revealed that the UK had a good 2011, while Columbia…
Likely filming restrictions at US Capitol could reduce District of Columbia appeal
Filming the iconic US Capitol building in Washington, DC, could get harder. Anything other than news footage at the Capitol is generally forbidden and so crews usually shoot from a nearby pavement. Now control over this spot has shifted to…
Supporters of Alaska location filming incentives renew call for 10-year extension
Alaska’s filming industries are renewing their call for a ten-year extension to the state’s existing incentive programme. The current scheme is worth USD100 million and expires in 2013, but supporters are campaigning for a lengthy extension that could attract more…