Tiger Beer has staged a heist in the streets of Santiago in Chile for its latest commercial. The spot shows a gang in disguise as they intercept a lorry in a busy street. They use a crane to haul the Tiger Beer cargo into the air to the balcony of their friend’s high-rise apartment, just in time for a party.
It’s been a busy week for pre-production news in the features industry, with both the James Bond and Iron Man franchises altering their location filming plans. GM-owned vehicle manufacturer Opel has come out with an ambitious shoot in Spain, and we profiled Hamish Walker in Glasgow and Chiana Coronis on the Greek island of Mykonos.
It’s frequently said that not much doubles for South East Asia, apart from the Asian South East. One very cheap and cheerful emerging option for all your Vietnamese, Philippine, Thai, Lao, Indonesian and Malaysian needs is Cambodia, as Transformers and Two Brothers have established.
A beach in Mauritius was eventually chosen as the setting for a new commercial for Kellogg’s breakfast cereal Special K, after a globe-trotting scout. The spot promotes the company’s online slimming plan and shows a group of women showing off their swimming costumes on the beach.
Iain Smith, the new Chair of the British Film Commission (BFC) takes on a heavy challenge: to reinvigorate attitudes, build on strengths and avoid all resting on British film industry laurels.
I first came to Cambodia in 2009 to help develop the territory as a viable alternative for foreign productions wanting to shoot in South-East Asia. Key to this was to create quality production support.
Apollo Productions has been launched in the UK as a production service company designed to draw more Producers to Britain. Steve Norris, former British Commissioner at the UK Film Council, has joined forces with Pinewood Studios and Framestore to launch the company.
New Zealand Lotteries has filmed a new commercial across India and in New Zealand. Lucky Dog shows a yachtsman discovering he’s won the lottery while at sea, only to lose the ticket overboard in a storm. His dog jumps in, rescues the ticket and, swept away, begins an epic journey back to his owner.