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Sweden considers film tourism value ahead of David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Film tourism has become a way for countries to benefit from a high-profile production for years after the crews have wrapped. A few months ahead of of David Fincher’s version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a report is…
Cloud Atlas films with Halle Berry on location as Glasgow doubles San Francisco
Epic drama Cloud Atlas has been filming scenes in Glasgow with Halle Berry, only weeks after Brad Pitt brought a zombie holocaust through the city centre with World War Z. Once again the city’s doubling for a US metropolis, this…
The Caribbean as a location for filming
We tend to see the Caribbean as one country or a small group of islands whose names we are all familiar with. But in fact there are more than 7,000 islands in this long arc that runs from Florida to…
The Desert - a filming survival guide
As with all extreme locations, preparation and planning before an expedition is crucial. Choosing the format you wish to film on may be governed by an existing edit suite facility at the production company but this may not be the…
The Arctic – a filming survival guide
[singlepic id=567 w=600 h=250 float=]In March 2010 I was selected as DoP for a new series on ITV1 called 71 Degrees North. I was to be one of seven camera crews on location, working with a large variety of filming…
TLG talks to legendary film pilot Marc Wolff
I managed to catch up Marc on a rare day off at his home in the South of France, to hear about the best aerial views in the world, the way digital effects have changed the game, vintage biplane flying…
Filming in the Australian outback
The outback usually evokes images of a silent, hot, empty void. But is it really like that? Well yes… and no. I suppose I should have some idea - I’ve lived smack bang in the middle of it for 23…
Location Manager Christian McWilliams talks to TLG
This month I talked to Christian McWilliams, the English Location Manager who has reinvented himself as the undisputed go-to guy for Morocco. We discussed Tony Scott, Peter Weir’s The Way Back, and the most beguiling, history-steeped studio in Africa: Atlas…
Hong Kong producers discuss filming the city
Hong Kong has always punched above its weight as a film-producing city. Nearly 15 years since coming under the administration of China, how do local and international producers feel they have fared under the change? Phillip Lee, an Executive Producer…
Aerial filming in the UK
Aerial filming specialist Tim Desbois from Flight Logistics shares his tips for a safe and successful helicopter shoot. Your first consideration needs to be whether a single- or twin-engined helicopter is best suited to your needs. Camera platforms on single-engined…