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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.…
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival announces winners in West London
Winners of the 14th annual Rushes Soho Shorts Festival were announced at a ceremony last night in London. The festival showcases talent in short films usually less than 15 minutes long. Almost 200 short films from 22 countries were screened…
Spielberg support helps save London's Twickenham Film Studios from closure
Twickenham Film Studios (TFS) in south-west London is to continue making films. Its closure was announced in January 2012 following slow business, but a campaign to keep it open won high-profile support from the likes of Steven Spielberg, who used…
Filming on location with international Producer Nigel Foster
Nigel started in advertising in the 70s as a runner. He worked up through the ranks to become an Account Executive and then in 1978 became a Producer. He’s now been producing commercials for more than 30 years. He was…
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…
Lincolnshire signs Film Friendly Partnership Charter after Ron Howard’s Rush visit
Lincolnshire in eastern England has signed a Film Friendly Partnership Charter, committing it to offering support to visiting film productions. The move comes a few months after Lincolnshire’s Cadwell Park racing circuit was used for scenes in Ron Howard’s upcoming…
Los Angeles sees location film and ad production rise as drama TV falls
A report from FilmLA shows that commercial and film production increased in Los Angeles in the last quarter, offsetting a double-digit TV decline. Feature location production rose by nearly 10% on the same period in 2011, while the figure for…
TLG to host International Category at Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2012
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2012 takes place in London for ten days from 11th July. Jean-Frédéric Garcia, Publishing Director at The Location Guide, will be hosting the award for the International Category at the final ceremony on 19th July. Nearly…
Airspace restrictions for London 2012 Olympics frustrate aerial filming industry
Severe restrictions imposed on airspace over London and south-east England for the Olympics has provoked considerable frustration in the UK’s aerial filming industry. The severely restricted zone extends halfway to Dover in the south-east and beyond Luton and Stansted airports…
Shameless @ Park Village films on location in Spanish desert for The Penelopes
London-based production company Shameless @ Park Village has taken to the Spanish desert for the new music video Summer Life from French pop duo The Penelopes. The production team tackled desert heat around Zaragoza in northern Spain. Locations in Portugal…