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Filming in Swedish Lapland with Location Scout Susanne Karlsson
Susanne has been working in the industry as a freelance Location Scout for 12 years. In 2009 she founded Swedish Lapland Production & Location Service. More recently, as the demand for her services and Swedish Lapland's locations continues to grow,…
Chivas quartet gets lost in the wilderness on location in Chile’s Atacama Desert
Blended scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal has sent four male friends into the desert for new short Here’s to Big Bear. The film - one of two made for the brand - shows the friends in a bar recalling the…
Toyota Hilux delivers a fire-breathing wild boar on location in New Zealand
Toyota sports creative flair with a new spot for its Hilux vehicle, filmed on New Zealand’s South Island. Tougher Than You Can Imagine shows a driver telling the story of an epic wilderness drive capped by encounters with a fire-breathing…
Entries close for 2011 Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival in Buenos Aires
Entries have closed for this year’s Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival, scheduled to run from November 14th-16th in Buenos Aires. This is the festival’s second year of honouring the craft of commercial production and there were more than 300 entries…
Staying grounded: Aircraft interiors for convenient location filming
Cramped and expensive, real aircraft don’t lend themselves as convenient filming locations. Richard Chan runs Aero Mock-Ups, a bi-coastal US company that provides realistic and fully-functional aircraft interiors for use in features, TV shows and commercials. Aero Mock-Ups offers aeroplane…
Filming on location in Ethiopia with Location Fixer Firew Ayele
With a background in tourism, Firew has been a location fixer for over ten years. He has worked extensively with foreign media, including the BBC and Lonely Planet, on a range of documentaries including Real Man, Psychology of War and…
Filming in West Virginia with Location Manager Tom Trigo
Tom’s first sniff of the film industry was in the early 80s in California where he was studying at Cal State Fullerton. While hitchhiking he caught a ride with a guy who said he was a casting director who had…
Location Management: The challenge of being first in and last out
The main goal of locations management is to leave a location in a better state than you find it. The priorities are crew, location, truck, set and shot safety. With all the crew, equipment, logistics and general chaos associated with…
A turning point for the Maltese film industry
Malta went through a thriving year of filming with June becoming the busiest month in the island’s history. Crews, suppliers and service providers were stretched beyond their limits as Paramount’s World War Z “clashed” on the tiny island with the…
Filming in Chile with Location Manager Felix Hadad Rivas
After completing a degree in Photography and Film, Felix started in the industry in 1998 and has been a Producer and Location Manager since 2001. Felix runs Mundo Locaciones and is based in Santiago, but works across the whole of…