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Creative England arranges film crew networking events across England
Creative England is arranging a series of networking events in production hubs across England. The sessions are intended to give filming professionals the opportunity to add to their list of contacts and to increase nationwide awareness of England’s filming infrastructure.…
Filming on location in Connecticut with Mark Dixon
Mark has been based at the Connecticut Film (CT) Office since 2000. Before joining the film office he spent nearly 15 years in the locations department on various feature films and TV commercials. Tell me about the region that you…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we’ve covered eye-catching new commercials from Garmin, VW China and a Brazilian language school, with filming locations found in Austria, Beijing and California respectively. New figures from Britain revealed that the UK had a good 2011, while Columbia…
On location with Line Producer Mags Lightbody
Mags Lightbody is a freelance Associate Producer specialising in science and wildlife documentaries and specialist factual dramas. She started out as a Biology graduate and field scientist researching chimpanzees and monkeys in Uganda and South Africa before breaking into Natural…
Creative England unveils new Location and Production Services team
Creative England has unveiled its new Location and Production Services (LPS) team. The team has seven members with two more to be recruited in the coming months and has several offices across England. They offer a full filming liaison service…
Filming in Wales with Penny Skuse
Penny got to know South Wales while studying at Newport Film School. After stumbling around in film and television for a few years as a freelancer she eventually became aware of film commissions and their work. "I got my foot…
Band rocks and rolls downhill filming on location in Brighton for Lucozade
An unsigned band. On wheels. Rolling down a steep hillside in Brighton covering Feeder’s Buck Rogers; surely one of the more unconventional gigs in recent music history. It was filmed in the south-coastal English town by UK-based sports drink brand…
TLG talks to UK Location Manager Rob Champion
Rob studied Architecture in Bristol, which didn't quite work out, but initiated his fascination with the city’s urban fabric. Spurned by the BBC as a trainee cameraman for wearing glasses, he discovered the North of England and the benefits of…
Bristol launches new film studio
An old wine and bottling plant in Bristol has been transformed into a film studio. The Bottle Yard is situated near the city centre and offers 300,000 square feet of production facilities. Colin Brown, the UK Film Council’s British Film…