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Dark Knight Rises producer discusses India location filming
Emma Thomas, a Producer on The Dark Knight Rises, has discussed filming on location in India for Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film. The Indian leg of the shoot took place in May 2011 at Mehrangarh Fort overlooking Jodhpur, in the…
BBC films on location in Shetland Islands for TV crime drama
The BBC is filming a new crime drama on location in the Shetland Islands, a region north of mainland Scotland that has a rich cultural history. Ann Cleeves’ murder mystery novel Red Bones is set in Shetland and the TV…
Colonel Blimp braves windy Philadelphia with a helicam for Passion Pit
London-based music video production company Colonel Blimp has braved the windy skies over Philadelphia in the eastern US. Take A Walk comes from Massachusetts band Passion Pit and uses a helicam to take a bird’s eye view of a ball…
North Carolina eyes Marvel’s Captain America sequel with film incentive extension
North Carolina has extended its location filming incentive by a year to the end of 2014 as it eyes Marvel’s upcoming Captain America sequel. The state already has a relationship with the studio as Iron Man 3 is filming at…
Game of Thrones to film scenes on location in Morocco for third season
HBO’s hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones will film scenes in Morocco for its third season. The country featured in the show’s pilot episode but was not used again, with Malta and then Croatia used for warmer climes in the…
Airspace restrictions for London 2012 Olympics frustrate aerial filming industry
Severe restrictions imposed on airspace over London and south-east England for the Olympics has provoked considerable frustration in the UK’s aerial filming industry. The severely restricted zone extends halfway to Dover in the south-east and beyond Luton and Stansted airports…
Shameless @ Park Village films on location in Spanish desert for The Penelopes
London-based production company Shameless @ Park Village has taken to the Spanish desert for the new music video Summer Life from French pop duo The Penelopes. The production team tackled desert heat around Zaragoza in northern Spain. Locations in Portugal…
Hammer follows Woman in Black with The Quiet Ones on location in Oxfordshire
British horror studio Hammer has begun filming its new feature on location in Oxfordshire. The Quiet Ones tells the story of an unorthodox professor who decides to create a poltergeist using negative human energy and comes after the success of…
Even Stranger on the Shore – The tale of a supermarket on a beach
Making TV commercials is rarely totally straightforward. Here’s the story of one production from 2011 which might serve as a warning that even the most complicated productions can always get worse. The project DDB London was faced with was always…
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus finds alien landscapes on location in Iceland
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has been winning plaudits throughout the industry for its stunning visuals. While much of the film was shot at Pinewood Studios, Iceland’s unique vistas were the basis for the eye-catching alien landscapes. Truenorth serviced the Iceland leg…