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California takes steps to extend film and TV location filming incentives
California is taking steps to extend its film and TV location filming incentives, which would make USD100 million available annually through to fiscal year 2020. In the autumn of 2011 the programme was extended only to July 2013, a timeframe…
Filming on location around the world with Producer Sherri Levy
Sherri began her career in production at Ogilvy & Mather nearly 20 years ago. She knew Ogilvy ECD Bill Hamilton, who helped Sherri work out that production was where she wanted to be. She spent six years at Ogilvy, followed…
Filming on location in China with Michael McDermott of Gung-Ho Films
Michael first moved to China in 1990 to study at the Beijing Film Academy. After three years of intensive studying he decided it was time to start his career. First he became a diplomat for the US Government and then…
Filming on location with Aero Film Executive Producer Rob Helphand
I was born and raised in Los Angeles (yep, some of us are actually from here, I swear!). I earned my MA in Telecommunications & Film at The San Diego State University and upon graduation moved back up to LA…
Filming on location in Fiji with Nic Leggett
Nic was born in New Zealand but has always considered Fiji his second home, moving there for the first time in the early 90s. He and his business partner at Film Fiji are production professionals and have years of experience…
On location in Czech Republic with Executive Producer Fady Salame
Fady grew up in Lebanon. He joined Leo Burnett Middle East as an Art Director in 1997 and was then transferred to Leo Burnett Prague in 1999. In 2001 he became Executive Producer at Dawson. Fady founded The Sofa Productions…
Location filming swells New Zealand’s screen industries by 4% in 2011
New Zealand’s screen industries grew by 4% in 2011 on the previous year, generating nearly NZD3 billion in revenue. The figures from Statistics NZ show that feature work in the country increased by 15%, with nearly 25% of revenue coming…
John Carter creates Mars on location in remote Utah
Utah in the western US was used extensively for the filming of Andrew Stanton’s epic sci-fi John Carter. Rebecca Puck Stair was one of the Location Managers on the project tasked with finding eye-catching filming spots in the sparsely-inhabited state.…
Travelling on location in Finnish Lapland with The Location Guide
I see the Northern Lights shimmer across the sky just minutes after stepping off the plane in Finnish Lapland. I’m in Rovaniemi on the border of the Arctic Circle, known internationally as the official home of Santa Claus. Along with…
Quad Productions charts panther odyssey on location across Europe for Cartier
Jewellery brand Cartier has enlisted Quad Productions to take its panther emblem on a global odyssey in its new ad. Beginning with a jewelled Cartier panther coming to life, the animal travels through snow, mountains and deserts before returning to…