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Conan O’Brien weaves curtains in India for American Express
Chat show host Conan O’Brien has been exploring the streets of Jaipur in north-west India for a new commercial from American Express. The spot shows him tracking down Indian silk that he weaves and dyes to use as the curtains…
Australia makes AUD170 million from foreign location shoots
Productions from around the world are clearly finding Australia an appealing prospect, as foreign projects have delivered AUD170 million to the Australian economy in 2009/10. Seven overseas productions – two features and five TV programmes – chose to film Down…
Interview: Dominic Delaney of Dab Hand
The newest digital production company in London could not be without the oldest media of all - the printed page - to inform its strategies. Dominic Delaney’s Dab Hand Media is in a new generation of international commercials production companies…
Battle: Los Angeles doubles Louisiana for California
Upcoming science fiction thriller Battle: Los Angeles may be set on the West Coast but it involved extensive location shooting throughout Louisiana. The film tells the story of a platoon of US Marines defending Los Angeles against an alien invasion.…
Hobbit films could still shoot outside New Zealand
The upcoming Hobbit films may still be shot outside New Zealand, with the UK being viewed as a serious contender. The actors’ unions’ boycotts that originally prompted the location uncertainty have now been lifted, but Warner Brothers has apparently not…
Timberland doubles Colombia for New Hampshire in stunt-filled advert
International clothing brand Timberland has filmed a new action-packed commercial in Colombia, doubling the country for New Hampshire. Nature Needs Heroes: Lost Bottle shows a man chasing a discarded plastic bottle through city streets, across the roof of a train…
Men in Black 3 cites NY tax credit changes for filming delay
The filming of Men in Black 3, scheduled to take place partly in New York, has been delayed for a week or so. In the film the Men in Black headquarters is in New York and both previous films have…
Band MGMT shoots on location in Mojave Desert
American band MGMT has filmed a new music video on location at Dumont Dunes in California’s Mojave Desert. Congratulations shows the two founding band members trekking across the sand in the company of a strange animal coming to the end…
MTV EXIT Foundation shoots music promotion in Hong Kong
MTV EXIT Foundation has filmed a new music promotion in Hong Kong as part of its continuing campaign to highlight the issue of human trafficking. The latest spot is set to music track MK Ultra by Muse. It shows a…
Screen Australia makes co-production guidelines more flexible
Screen Australia has revised its co-production guidelines to make it easier for projects to access financing and incentives. The changes involve including Australian personnel in the points scheme from production jobs that were not awarded anything previously. Fiona Cameron, Head…