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Independent Films recreates Normandy on location near Prague for Sony PlayStation
World War II has come to a Prague quarry in Independent’s new commercial for the PlayStation Vita. The World is in Play shows gamers being absorbed in their preferred genres, but the stand-out scenes involve a beach landing that recalls…
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…
Editor’s Weekly
It’s been a busy week for ads and we’ve covered spots filmed in Iceland, Buenos Aires and California. A popular TV story has been news that the BBC will be filming a new period drama in Dublin, doubling the city…
Filming on location in Saskatchewan with SaskFilm’s Tobi Lampard
Tobi has a background as an independent TV producer specialising in TV development. Over her career she has worked with broadcasters such as CBC, AETN, Discovery International and Canwest's group of speciality channels. Working with an international client base, she…
Foreign location filming production spend in Ontario soars 30% in 2011
Ontario had a great 2011 with a 30% increase in direct spend from foreign shoots, including a nearly 50% rise in international features. International TV shoots rose by a little over 25%. The overall production spend throughout the province was…
MJZ films stunt-filled anarchy on location in Buenos Aires for new Axe spot
MJZ has chosen Buenos Aires for a new action-packed spot for Axe deodorant. Unleash the Chaos shows a city devastated by crazy accidents triggered as a young man and woman accidentally push a flowerpot from a rooftop cafe. Vehicles overturn…
Shooting in the Czech Republic with Film Commissioner Ludmila Claussova
Ludmila has been working with the Czech Film Commission since it was established in 2004. From the beginning it was clear that the Czech Republic needed to offer some kind of incentive to filmmakers to remain competitive. Rebates and tax…
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…
PCP faces model challenges on Volvo shoot with Stink in Malta
“We want to bring an existing 70-foot racing yacht from Spain to Malta and shoot it in the water tank.” This was the first phone call from the UK. But this proved too costly, which prompted the producers to opt…