LATEST FROM THE LOCATION GUIDE
Craften Amsterdam conference to analyse European commercial campaigns
27 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
The Craften Amsterdam conference will analyse a showcase of European commercial campaigns before a select audience in the Dutch city. Organised by Francisco Condorelli of the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival, Craften will take place on 24 and 25 April 2013. More ...
Naked and Marooned TV show films on location on remote Fiji island
27 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Television survival show Naked and Marooned with Ed Stafford left the eponymous adventurer on a remote uninhabited island in Fiji, where he fended for himself for 60 days and filmed his own exploits. TLG talks to line producer Steven Ballantyne about how the production was filmed. More ...
Location Manager JJ Hook: Challenges of filming action cinema
27 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
JJ Hook entered the production industry with a small job on drama Swept from the Sea in the late 90s. His career progressed to major action movies and in recent years he’s worked on Mission: Impossible III, Inception and Michael Bay's Transformers franchise. More ...
Jack the Giant Slayer creates fantasy kingdom on location in Norwich Cathedral
26 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Bryan Singer’s epic fairytale fantasy Jack the Giant Slayer filmed on location in the UK, with studio bases at Elstree in Hertfordshire and Longcross in Surrey. Norwich Cathedral in eastern England was also used for interior scenes involving one of the story’s castle locations. More ...
Pompeii films on location in Toronto and boosts billion-dollar Ontario industry
26 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Big-budget feature Pompeii, set days before the eruption of Vesuvius in Roman Italy in 79 AD, is filming on location in Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian province's other recent high-profile shoots include remakes of Total Recall and Robocop. More ...
New York may target flagship Tonight Show with TV location filming incentive
25 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
New York may be targeting NBC’s flagship Tonight Show with a new filming incentive designed to attract established TV programmes to the Empire State. The Tonight Show has been based in Los Angeles since the early 1970s but a major reformat could mean the show switches to New York. More ...
Location Advisor: The Marriott Mayfair Hotel in Bangkok
25 Mar 2013 by Murray Ashton
A highly experienced line producer from a respected production service company recently said to me: “You know when the shoot is going well when the only complaint from the visiting foreign producer is some minor issue about the hotel, catering or craft services!” More ...
Twilight author’s new film The Host changes setting to use Louisiana filming locations
25 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Alien invasion movie The Host, based on a novel by Twilight author Stephanie Meyer, avoided the book’s California settings to keep production costs down. Filmmaker Andrew Niccol wrote the script and relocated early scenes from San Diego to Louisiana to use the latter’s filming incentives. More ...
Irish leader discusses location filming opportunities with Steven Spielberg
22 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Ireland’s Prime Minister, known as the Taoiseach, has met with Steven Spielberg in Los Angeles to discuss Irish location filming opportunities. Enda Kenny confirmed that Ireland’s filming incentive programme will remain flexible. More ...
Filming on location in Italy with Frisca Carapelli of the Scoutit team
22 Mar 2013 by Murray Ashton
Frisca Carapelli co-founded Scoutit in 2003 with five other experienced Location Managers, all of whom have a deep knowledge of Italian filming locations. The team has a collective background in garden design, line producing and casting, as well as location work. More ...
