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 promote their region and all that it has to offer to the location manager. These visits also help us to build on working relationships across the industry.
Just some of these trips 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 2011
Warwickshire - October 2011
Richard Godfrey reports on a delightful day visit to Warwickshire, visiting The Lord Leycester Hospital, Compton Verney House & Art Gallery and Ragley Hall. Do take time to read all about these film friendly locations and the architectural heritage. Our thanks to Paula Jones for arranging and hosting the day. Discover more here.
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Newham - March 2011
Newham Film Office hosted an afternoon fam trip giving us a great overview of the borough and the wide selection of locations available. The borough plays host to the 2012 Olympics so is undergoing huge regeneration which will make it an area with great contemporary spaces to sit along side its industrial heritage. With a range of parks, open spaces and dense residential neighbourhoods, it's a very diverse destination. Thank you to Sue and David for a fascinating visit. Discover more here.
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Familiarisation Trips in 2010
Thank you to everyone who has hosted a trip this year. We are extremely grateful for all the hospitality and time taken to show us wonderful locations.
Screen West Midlands with Museums, Libraries & Archives - December 2010
As part of a Renaissance in the Regions Scheme, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council fully funded a familiarisation trip to view some of the key locations available for filming in the Screen West Midlands region. We saw a fascinating mix of locations from aircraft museums to Jacobean Halls to Victorian towns. More words and pictures here.
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See the article on SWM website
Ile de France - To Paris with Love - November 2010
Ile de France Film Commission invited members of the Guild and The Production Guild to see some of the leading historic sites of Paris including the Cháteau de Versailles, Le Musée de Louvre and Le Grand Palais. Read the story on the Ile de France News page. Monsieur Godfrey recounts the tale of "les répereurs anglais", the English Spotters and all that they saw here.
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Screen West Midlands - March 2010
Birmingham, Worcestershire and Warwickshire were featured in the latest fam from SWM. Bank vaults, caves, universities and huge woodland showed once again what a versatile region it is. More information and pictures are here.
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South West Screen - March 2010
The South West region is the largest geographical area in England, occupying 18% of its land. The SWS team gave us just a sample of their region introducing us to locations in Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath. Read the fascinating report to find out about all the locations we visited and some history to tie it all together.
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It made the news ! See the Gloucestershire Echo and the South West Screen blog
Screen East with North Sea Screen Partners - March 2010
Screen East led a familiarisation trip in March to showcase the wealth of locations
available in west Essex to leading UK film and TV location managers. The visit
illustrated how the county is not only an ideal destination for filming, but it
also offers a genuine alternative for productions wanting to film close to the
M25 and away from the expense of shooting in the capital. Link to the full story here
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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Cinema, Location Manager Inglesi all ricerca di set in Liguria. Read more on their feature here.
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.