Our Zoom interview series introduces viewers to independent producers, directors, location scouts, studio executives and North American film commissions. Learn the backstories, trends and opportunities leaders envision in the destination film business.
Maximize savings on your next production using these tools While the perfect location is a crucial element to a film production, your team will also need to keep the budget in mind. For decades, films and television shows have taken advantage of tax incentives and...
Give your next production a stunning tropical backdrop in these beautiful environments Mexico and the Caribbean are often the first places that come to mind when thinking of taking a vacation to an exotic locale. However, some of those same tropical islands have been...
Incredible vistas and unforgettable landscapes will make your next production pop The American West has become synonymous with the Western film genre for nearly a century, with wide swaths of open desert and grassy plains that boast an immense diversity of animal and...
Exceptional sites for your next film production east of the Mississippi River The COVID-19 pandemic was one few saw coming, though the effect it would have on the filmmaking industry was expected. With safety guidelines requiring masks, social distancing and the...
These government entities can prove invaluable to film and television production Are you a location scout on the hunt for a new backdrop, have an area in mind but are unsure of sites that lend a distinct local sensibility? Are you a producer looking for cooperation...
How the industry adapts and recovers The COVID-19 pandemic impacted nearly every global industry, and Hollywood was not an exception. Seemingly overnight, studio backlots in Los Angeles and Atlanta were shuttered indefinitely as stay-at-home orders were implemented...
BRING YOUR NEXT FILM, TELEVISION OR REALITY PRODUCTION TO THE GOLDEN STATEPlan your next production in the heart of the American entertainment industry: California. Ever since Centaur Film Company moved from New Jersey to the modest citrus groves of...
Fifteen years ago, KJ Jennings became a film commissioner at a regional start-up film office in a south island of New Zealand. The local government had noticed a lot of film production around the area and wanted to enable this to grow bigger.
When COVID-19 began to impact the film industry in March, producer Kirk Zeller was tasked with an unprecedented challenge: shoot an entire film with a remote director across multiple states that followed safety protocols. His team succeeded with flying colors, and the...