As with all extreme locations, preparation and planning before an expedition is crucial. Choosing the format you wish to film on may be governed by an existing edit suite facility at the production company but this may not be the right choice to deal with high
Mississippi has increased its filming incentive by 5%, broadened its eligibility and opened a new studio. It all suggests the state is eager for a piece of the industry action now being enjoyed by neighbouring Louisiana.
The Location Guide is a partner at the Île de France Location Expo in Paris on April 28th and 29th 2011, which showcases the locations available to filmmakers in the region. Olivier-René Veillon is Executive Director of the Île de France Film Commission.
Snow streaks past the plane window as I approach Bergen in western Norway. It’s late March and the weather in London is growing milder but the snow’s a reminder that it’s still a bit chilly in Norway.
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.
Alex Graves has talked about the ‘adventure’ of directing the pilot of Terra Nova in Australia in the tail-end of 2010. Executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, the show tells the story of a family in the future who travel back in time to prehistoric Earth.
Marie Eve Tefaatau was born in France and relocated to French Polynesia, where she’s been now for 22 years. She started out in the tourism industry before moving on to TV shows and sports and becoming a Location Manager in the islands.
More music videos and corporate films being shot in Los Angeles have boosted the city’s location filming figures for the First Quarter of 2011. Despite the overall 4.7% increase on the same period in 2010, feature and TV production declined.
Polish beer brand Harnas has filmed its new ad spot in New Zealand, doubling the country for Poland. The spot was filmed on the Reese River near Queenstown in the South Island and features CGI characters re-building a bridge to get carriages of beer crates across a raging river.
The newly created British Film Commission (BFC) will operate under Film London in attracting inward investment film projects to the UK. Funding will be channelled to the new unit through the British Film Institute from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).