LATEST FROM THE LOCATION GUIDE
Editor’s Weekly
3 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
This week we’ve covered eye-catching new commercials from Garmin, VW China and a Brazilian language school, with filming locations found in Austria, Beijing and California respectively. New figures from Britain revealed that the UK had a good 2011, while Columbia Pictures is scouting Malta and North Africa for its new Tom Hanks project Captain Phillips. More ...
Liam Neeson’s The Grey braves sub-zero conditions on location in British Columbia
3 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
British Columbia stands in for the wilds of Alaska in new survival thriller The Grey. The film stars Liam Neeson as the head of a group of oil workers stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash. It charts their struggles to survive against both the savage weather and a marauding pack of wolves. More ...
On location with Line Producer Mags Lightbody
3 Feb 2012 by Murray Ashton
Mags Lightbody is a freelance Associate Producer specialising in science and wildlife documentaries and specialist factual dramas. She started out as a Biology graduate and field scientist researching chimpanzees and More ...
Île de France Location Expo comes to Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
3 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
The Île de France Location Expo is taking place at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris on 10th and 11th February, and The Location Guide will be there to support them. More ...
British Film Commission data reveals rise in UK filming production spend
2 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
The UK benefitted from combined production spending of more than GBP1 billion in 2011, according to figures from the British Film Commission. Spending increased from the GBP979 million recorded in 2010, despite the number of feature films falling for the third year in a row. More ...
Tarantino’s Django Unchained films on location on California movie ranch
2 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
Quentin Tarantino’s new feature, spaghetti Western Django Unchained, has been filming on location at a movie ranch in California. The Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita is a historic permanent set purpose-built for TV and film productions, and most recently hosted HBO Western series Deadwood. More ...
Filming in Tokyo with Location Co-ordinator Masato Yamada
2 Feb 2012 by Murray Ashton
Masato studied photography in Santa Barbara, California. After graduating he worked for several photographers in New York before setting up his own studio with a friend. Things began to slow in New York after 1986's notorious Black Monday so Masato expanded his photography business to cover Japan as well. More ...
World War Z and Cloud Atlas location filming deliver millions for Glasgow in 2011
1 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
Major shoots for Brad Pitt’s World War Z and Cloud Atlas helped feed more than GBP20 million into Glasgow’s economy throughout 2011, according to figures from the city’s film office. World War Z delivered nearly GBP3.5 million when it turned the city centre into Philadelphia for nearly 20 days. More ...
Likely filming restrictions at US Capitol could reduce District of Columbia appeal
1 Feb 2012 by Nick Goundry
Filming the iconic US Capitol building in Washington, DC, could get harder. Anything other than news footage at the Capitol is generally forbidden and so crews usually shoot from a nearby pavement. Now control over this spot has shifted to an agency not known for its film-friendly attitude. More ...
Filming on location in Latvia with Producer Sergei Serpuhov
1 Feb 2012 by Murray Ashton
In the turbulent 1990s Sergei left Latvia and headed to London to experience western living and seek out his fortune. He ended up serving cocktails to celebrities and media professionals at Teatro, a club popular with the industry, which in turn led him to Pinewood Studios. More ...
