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Nelson Mandela TV miniseries to film on location in South Africa
A TV miniseries exploring the life of Nelson Mandela will be filmed in South Africa later this year. Dramatising 60 years of the former President’s life up to his release from prison in 1990, the series will be six hours…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we covered a creative new online advertising campaign from Honda. The UK is in the spotlight again with the release of Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, while the British Prime Minister has called for the UK film industry to…
Partizan travels from Mexico to Alaska for Honda and films with a 360-degree camera
Vehicle manufacturer Honda is looking to turn heads with a new online advertising campaign for the Civic that was filmed using a 360-degree camera. Off The Grid takes a visual approach similar to Google Street View and invites the viewer…
Filming in Kent in the UK with Gabrielle Lindemann
Gabrielle Lindemann set up the Kent Film Office for Kent County Council in 2006. Prior to that, she worked for the BBC as a as an Assistant Director and Location Manager before becoming a freelance Location Manager. Kent became her…
Ken Loach criticises British PM’s call for UK to focus on bigger films
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, has called on the UK filming industry to focus its attention on attracting bigger films that target broader audiences. The announcement has proven controversial with filmmaker Ken Loach who is concerned Cameron hasn’t grasped…
Spielberg recreates period England for War Horse on location in UK
Steven Spielberg recreated early 20th Century England on location in the southern UK for his period epic War Horse. Filming focussed on the hills of Dartmoor and the village of Castle Combe in south-west England, while the trenches of the…
Wildlife issues threaten UK location filming plan for Ron Howard F1 feature
Filmmaker Ron Howard may have to abandon plans to film on location near Reading in the UK. The director had wanted to build a set on Blackbushe Airfield to film his new Formula One feature Rush, but local conservation issues…
Editor’s Weekly
England is busily organising its new filming support structure, while traditional global filming hub California has revealed a general production increase for 2011, despite a massive fourth-quarter dip. Elsewhere, Peter Jackson’s hobbit films completed their first stage of location filming…
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…
From the Editor: Review of 2011
It’s been a good year for the established production hubs around the world, with regions like Buenos Aires, South Africa, Eastern Europe and New Zealand maintaining their appeal for commercial projects. Australia has seen a production resurgence, while in the…