The Guild of Location Managers
Familiarisation Trips
The Guild works hard to forge good relationships with regional screen agencies, borough film offices, individual locations and international film commissions.
Familiarisation trips enable screen agencies and locations to show off their region and all that it has to offer to their core audience, the location manager. These visits also help us to build on working relationships across the industry.
Just some of these are featured below. We can only show a tiny selection of photographs, but if you would like more information on places seen, please contact the committee and we'll put you touch with those who attended the trips.
Familiarisation Trips in 2009
Genova > Liguria Film Commission - fam trip November 2009
Liguria is the coastal region of north-west Italy, its capital being Genoa. With high mountain regions, picturesque towns, dramatic coastline and a capital city with steep narrow alleys, patrician palaces, European elegance and a bustling seaport, Liguria is place of contrasts. A huge "grazie mille" to all at Genova Liguria Film Commission.
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Rikke, our Locate Editor certainly got a taste for the region as she describes in her report. For any more information on our trip and locations visited please do contact us.
Screen West Midlands host a tour of their region - July 2009
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Although a modern county, West Midlands encompasses settlements with a long history of commerce and industry. Covering six counties in the heart of England, Screen WM enourages film and programme making in their region and have a huge variety of locations from new architecture to rolling hills to the manufacturing heartland on offer. Read more about the history and character revealed on the recent fam trip.
Portugal - Lisbon and surrounding region - a four day fam trip in May 2009
Ricardo lent back in his chair and squinted through the haze of the smoke from his Robusto, pleased with his days writing. He stepped out into narrow streets, the bell from the tram echoing in the distance and headed down the steep steps to meet Roberto and Miguel. A glass of Ginja to celebrate and full of hope that his works would soon be published. And they were..
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A huge thank you to the team at the British-Portugese Chamber of Commerce for hosting such an extensive tour of Lisbon and the surrounding region. We saw an amazing variety of locations and architecture as can be read in Richards detailed report. Read the online report from the BPCC here.
British Museum IV. MMIX Thank you to all at the Broadcast Unit of the Museum who gave up their Saturday to share the wonders of the British Musuem. Indiana Godfrey Jones tells the tale of their expedition
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Hampshire An invitation was dispatched from Film Hampshire and Mr Darcy-Godfrey and the Location sisters arrived by carriage. The weather was tolerable, but the day was liked greatly, as we can observe in this extract from Mr Darcy-Godfrey's journal. March in the year 2009
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Eastbourne - March 2009 With the natural beauty of the South Downs to unspoilt Victorian promenades, members of The Guild had a grand time exploring the many and varied locations of the area. Our roving reporter rolled up his trousers and dipped his toe in to the seaside treats. A BIG thank you to all at the Eastbourne Film Liaison Unit. Read all about here. |
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Ascot "The magnificent new Ascot Grandstand makes a bold statement against the skyline - a state-of-the-art venue". Our thanks to Owen Oxlade for organising such a detailed tour and for fine hospitality. Read all about this fantastic location from our race caller Flat Cap Ritchie who placed thick'un before checking out the track condition. January 2009 |
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Stansted Airport Stansted is Britain's third busiest airport. Filming at international airports provides logistical and security challenges. Thanks to Kim Ruskin, we have now been given a brilliant overview of all that is possible at this location. Flight captain Godfrey flies in with words and pictures to tell all. Our thanks also go to Unitbase for showcasing Stansted Express and Stansted Airport Train Station. More here. January 2009 |
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With thanks to all who have supplied images for use on this webpage.
Members - for more information on the regions, see the Regions and Industry Links pages.
Our thanks to all who have provided images for this page. All images remain copyright of The Guild of Location Managers and may not be reproduced for any other purpose.