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Filming on location with the Mexico City Film Commission
Fernando Uriegas Vázquez is Director General of the Mexico City Film Commission. He’s an expert on location filming in Mexico and Central America, and he’s run the commission since 2009. His more recent feature work includes Apocalypto, Che and Man…
Extra money to help British Film Commission promote TV tax credit
Extra funding for the British Film Commission (BFC) will help promote the UK’s TV tax credit if it’s launched in 2013. The BFC has partnered with UK Trade & Investment, giving it an extra GBP400,000 over two years to help…
North Carolina 2012 location filming soars on 2011 figure
The North Carolina Film Office reveals that state location filming in the first half of 2012 has already surpassed the figure for the whole of 2011. Nearly 40 different projects have set out plans to shoot, perhaps taking inspiration from…
KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission could boost location filming in South Africa
The province of KwaZulu-Natal in eastern South Africa now has its own film commission. Launched during the 33rd Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), the commission will focus on developing the province’s filmmaking infrastructure and attracting both local and international investment.…
Filming on location at Hawaii’s Parker Ranch with Nahua Guilloz
Nahua is with Parker Ranch on Hawaii’s Big Island. She’s been with the Ranch for five years and deals with jobs including PR, overseeing IT, Archives (including land archives), visitor activities and special projects. She also takes care of the…
Gotham’s globe-trotter: Filming The Dark Knight Rises
The final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s grittily realistic Batman trilogy filmed around the world in an epic shoot that lasted nearly a year. TLG explores the marathon scouting trips, finding Wayne Manor in Nottingham and turning Pittsburgh into Gotham City.…
Filming on location in Jackson Hole with Location Manager Ian Gersten
Ian entered the film industry as an Assistant Cameraman and then an Assistant Director and he’s worked in commercials, features and documentaries around the world. His work has focused on the Rocky Mountain region of the US for more than…
MacGuffin Films shoots base jumper leaping off Swiss mountain for Verizon
A base jumper has been filmed leaping off Switzerland’s Eiger mountain peak in a new spot for web provider Verizon. The jumper is kitted out in a specialised wing suit that fills with air and enables a degree of flight…
Colonel Blimp braves windy Philadelphia with a helicam for Passion Pit
London-based music video production company Colonel Blimp has braved the windy skies over Philadelphia in the eastern US. Take A Walk comes from Massachusetts band Passion Pit and uses a helicam to take a bird’s eye view of a ball…
North Carolina eyes Marvel’s Captain America sequel with film incentive extension
North Carolina has extended its location filming incentive by a year to the end of 2014 as it eyes Marvel’s upcoming Captain America sequel. The state already has a relationship with the studio as Iron Man 3 is filming at…