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TLG talks to Location Manager Carl Wood
Carl Wood was born in the UK and was amongst other things a marine salvage boat captain and cow-herder in France before becoming a Location Manager in Australia. He got his first taste of location filming on Polanski’s Macbeth on location…
Tropical wilderness and European stylings: Filming Madagascar
My wife and I first came to Madagascar simply to enjoy a beautiful place and take a breather from our jobs in the French film industry - she’s a production co-ordinator, I’m a line producer, both freelance.The country is an…
Chris Ryan action TV series doubles Durban for Pakistan and India
The second series of Strike Back, a TV series based on a novel from former SAS soldier Chris Ryan, has filmed scenes in Durban, doubling the city for Pakistan and India. The globetrotting story follows attempts to stop an international…
Fire and Ice: Essential Killing films on location in Poland, Israel and Norway
Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski has shot his latest feature, Essential Killing, in Poland, Israel and Norway. The film tells the story of Vincent Gallo’s Taliban member Mohammed who is captured by the Americans, only to escape his captors in…
Location Report: French filming incentives on the tropical La Réunion Island
It is always a pleasure to have a window seat when flying by day as you approach landing at a new destination. I had just opened my eyes after a long sleep and looked out of the window; I thought…
Energy firm Enel doubles Uruguay for Italy filming new ad spot
Italian utility Enel has doubled Uruguay for Italy. The Plane begins in 1967 with an Italian island getting a power cable from the mainland and charts progress as a boy throws a paper aeroplane into the sky. Uruguay was chosen…
TLG talks to Location Manager Xavier Wakefield
Xavier Wakefield began his career in 1987 at a leading television commercial company in London. By the age of 21 he had already worked as 1st Assistant Director and Location Manager for Tony Kaye. He continued doing both jobs on…
Palm-fringed beauty: Filming Mauritius
Mauritius is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful paradise isle locations the world has to offer. It’s 2,040 sq km with a coastline of 177km and has a population of 1.2 million. It gained independence from the British in 1968…
Rubicon builds market square filming on location in Goa
Exotic drinks brand Rubicon has filmed a series of ad spots for the ICC Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. The brand has sponsored coverage of the competition on Sky Sports. In the idents, locals play cricket in…
Filming on location in Sri Lanka
When you visit Sri Lanka, it is plain to see why both David Lean and Steven Spielberg chose it as a location. Lean’s 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai and Spielberg’s 1984 classic Indiana Jones and the Temple…