In the world of filmmaking, production design sets the tone, but it's the locations that ground the story in tangible reality. When those two elements work in harmony, magic happens on screen. For the debut of Ask a Location Manager, we explore this critical partnership through the eyes of two industry veterans: Christian McWilliams (Gladiator II, Kraven the Hunter) and Lori Balton (Top Gun: Maverick, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood).
Producer Becky Brake approached the photo pod of a restored Ilyushin iL-14P at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport and innocently inquired “what does that mean?” Sepi, our colleague from Lufthansa said, “Please Do not Touch!” Brake defensively replied, “I wasn’t going to touch it! I just wanted to know what it says…” Thus our first German lesson “Please do not touch.”
The European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) have announced their jury for the eighth edition of the EUFCN Location Awards. The Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements in the world of locations from the submissions made by EUFCN members. This year’s jury consists of fiver film industry professionals who will select the shortlist of five final contenders and vote for the ultimate winner of the 2024 Awards.
This year’s LMGI Awards saw Oppenheimer and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning-Part 1, take home the Motion Picture Award on Saturday 24 August. For their 11th annual awards ceremony, the organsiation celebrated a number of winners including Fallout, Fargo and Ripley for their stand out location work, as well as a number of honourees for their contributions to the industry.
From evoking nostalgia to creating ambience, music plays a crucial role in the world of film, television, commercials, gaming and more. We explore the new ways that songs and scores are being synced with expanding content platforms.
The nominees for the 11th annual LMGI Awards have been announced. Across seven categories, projects from Netflix, A24, HBO Max, Apple TV+ and more have been honoured including projects such as Baby Reindeer, Palm Royale, and Killers of the Flower Moon. The ceremony was will take place at The Wallis Annenburg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on 24 August 2024.
Emma Pill, Harriet Lawrence and Ben Ahmed have contributed to some of the biggest recent film and television releases. We uncover all the tools they needed when searching for the perfect backdrops and facilitating smooth shoots cross the United Kingdom.
The Location Managers Guild International have announced their new board of directors for 2024. Acclaimed location professional Michael Glaser and Michael Weasley have been elected to join the board, announced on 5 June by LMGI president John Rakich. Ken Brooker and Dan Connolly will leave their long-time positions on the board with this new structure.