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Filming on location around the world with producer Julia Roberson
Julia is a freelance producer and writer. She started her career in Los Angeles as production executive for a couple of indie feature film companies including PSO Presentations and Weintraub Entertainment Group. She then landed a first look deal with…
Superman film Man of Steel helps make 2011 a success for Vancouver Island
New Superman film Man of Steel was one of the feature projects that helped deliver over CAD2 million for Vancouver Island in 2011. The island covers nearly 20,000 square miles and is a 20-minute flight from the city of Vancouver.…
Filming on location in Tanzania with Peter Jones
Peter's 1976 Tanzanian summer job working with the renowned archeologist Dr Mary Leakey at the Olduvai Gorge turned into an eight-year stay. He became involved with filming due to the number of film crews that regularly visited Olduvai to interview…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we’ve covered commercials filmed in a bay off the coast of Miami, and in the California desert. Meanwhile, filming incentives in British Columbia drive business away from San Francisco and appeals have been made in Scotland and the…
UK Government called on to boost high-end TV with new filming incentives
The UK Government is being called on to boost British TV production by launching filming incentives similar to what’s already available for features. Producers say the UK is losing ‘cinematic’ TV like The Tudors to countries such as Ireland and…
Historic Dutch feature Nova Zembla films in 3D on location in Iceland
Dutch feature Nova Zembla has doubled Iceland for northern Russia and captured everything in 3D. The film charts the exploits of 16th Century explorer Willem Barentsz, who stranded his ship on the Russian islands of Novaya Zemlya when he tried…
JJ Abrams’ Alcatraz snubs San Francisco for filming incentives in Vancouver
San Francisco may be the setting for new TV show Alcatraz, but Vancouver is the main filming location. The JJ Abrams-produced show filmed exteriors in San Francisco for a few weeks last year, but the bulk of the first season’s…
Sri Lanka recovers from civil war to re-claim location filming appeal
Sri Lanka lies in the blue waters of the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. It offers over a thousand miles of beautiful golden beaches fringed with coconut palms. It’s said to offer the best tea in the world…
Editor’s Weekly
We’ve covered three new commercials this week, with filming locations encompassing three of the main global production hubs; Prague, South Africa and Buenos Aires. It’s also been another week of developments with filming incentives in the US. Independent Films has…
Filming in West Virginia with Location Scout Sam Holdren
Sam was born and raised in West Virginia. In fact, aside from three-and-a-half-years in Philadelphia during graduate school, he's always lived in the state. How did you become involved with locations in the area? I already had a background in…