At this year’s FOCUS, 80six will host the Producers Coffee from 9.30am to 10.30am on Wednesday 8th December. As a leading video technology company, they provide high-end equipment and world-class technical services for virtual production, film and TV drama, live entertainment, broadcast, (e)sports and corporate events.
The London town of Croydon stars as the setting for a musically-inspired commercial from BT. With location support from FilmFixer, the production travelled throughout London to shoot several scenes with synchronised visuals, set to the beat of New Order’s Blue Monday.
Idris Elba’s new series, In the Long Run, filmed locations throughout Kingston and Lewisham in London to portray its 1980s setting. Loosely based on Idris’ childhood, In the Long Run is a co-production between Green Door Pictures and Sprout Pictures.
Filming is now underway for Sky Atlantic’s upcoming miniseries, Melrose, with the production transforming Bothwell Street, Glasgow into New York of 1982. The five-part series was originally scheduled to shoot on location in New York but has likely opted for Glasgow as a cheaper alternative and for its ability to double for the American city with ease.
Thomson’s latest commercial, which aired over the 2016 Christmas holiday, was shot on location at the Aquila Rithymna Beach in Crete. Green Olive Films serviced the spot, working with creative agency, Y&R London (formerly RKCR/Y&R) and production company, Outsider.
Production service company Flatpack Films, in collaboration with Keystone Paris, have shot their latest commercial for Hyundai’s Genesis G80 outside of the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest. The spot is noteworthy for keeping the car stationary throughout, highlighting its design as opposed to its speed.
In their latest commercial for the domestic appliance distributor Hotpoint, production service company Pull the Trigger have transformed Dublin’s city centre into a UK village from the 1980s.
Authorities in Louisiana have moved closer towards reforming the state’s generous filming incentive by agreeing a USD 180 million annual cap to rein in spending. Mark Wahlberg’s true-life oil rig drama Deepwater Horizon is the latest high-profile production to film locally.
Popular Cold War spy series The Americans doubles New York for 1980s Washington, DC. Currently in its third season, the drama follows two Russian KGB agents living undercover as an American married couple in northern Virginia towards the end of the Cold War.
The tech industry has a history of being dominated by men, but the gender disparity is slowly changing through networking collectives and support systems, like Women in Immersive Technologies, which are affording women more opportunities in the sector. The Location Guide speaks to its members and ambassadors about how they’re pushing boundaries with their projects […]