The Guild of Location Managers
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South West Screen's Response to Proposed Abolition of UK Film Council - 27 July 2010
South West Screen have posted a response to the Government's proposal. Read it here.
South West Screen are Affiliate Members of GLM
UK Film Council to be abolished - 26 July 2010
The UK Film Council is to be axed as part of a cost-cutting drive by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Read the full story from the BBC here
Read Industry reaction from Tim Bevan of UKFC, Martin Spence of BECTU, Lord Puttnam and many more
Read comment on quangos from The Independent here
The brutalist Gateshead car park, made famous by the Seventies gangster classic 'Get Carter' is demolished - 26 July 2010
Mike Hodges writes for The Independent on why this concrete monstrosity was perfect for his film. Our thanks to The Independent for the link to this article.
Location Location Location : UK's top cinematic spots - Nick Daubeny writes for The Independent
Britain is blessed with a variety of landscapes that can change, sometimes dramatically, within short distances. Close enough to the studios of Pinewood and Shepperton, Egypt has been filmed on the sand of Frensham Large Pond whilst across the water Russia has been shot amongst the pine trees and silver birches of Frensham Little Pond. Britain is blessed with a variety of landscapes that can change, sometimes dramatically, within short distances. Close enough to the studios of Pinewood and Shepperton, Egypt has been filmed on the sand of Frensham Large Pond whilst across the water Russia has been shot amongst the pine trees and silver birches of Frensham Little Pond......read it all here
Welcome to our latest Affiliate Member - July 2010
See our Affiliates page for more details
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Seville International Locations Expo 2010
This show is in its second year and will be held at Casino de la Exposición on 11-13 November. The show is being held in conjunction with the Seville European Film Festival. Over the three days there will be a variety of seminars and including one on Location filming, Permissions, Permits and how this process can be improved. The GLM will be in attendance and contributing to this seminar. See the website for more
SILE are Sponsors of GLM
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Guild General Meeting - 7 June 2010
A successful and well attended meeting took place at The Landmark Hotel. Our guest speakers were Stephen Badham of Screen West Midlands, Jenny Cooper from Film London and Helen Preece from Westiminster Special Events team. Our thanks to all who contributed at the meeting and to The Landmark for the venue.
Honorary Members announced
In Jane Soans introduction, she extended her thanks to all the outgoing Committee Members and in particular Mick Ratman, Chair of the Guild for 10 years, for his huge contribution, and the time and effort he has given over the years. Jane was pleased to announce a new category of Honorary Membership and this has been given to Mick and to Brian Bilgorri, Matthew Bryant, Rikke Dakin, Kell Gatherer and Michael Harvey.
The Guild has a new Chair - 2 June 2010
The Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Soans as the new Chair of the Guild of Location Managers. A secret ballot took place within the Committee and the vote was unanimous.
The Guild has a new Committee - 27 May 2010
The Guild has been through a very successful election process and those with Full Membership of The Guild were invited to vote for the Committee. Sixteen candidates put themselves forward for eleven places. The Vice Chairman, Richard Godfrey, was kept in post to oversee proceedings and provide continuity.
In alphabetical order the Committee Members are :
David Broder, Roland Caine, Rob Champion, Jonah Coombes, Fiona Francombe, Richard Godfrey, James Grant, Ben Greenacre, Andrew Pavord, Leonora Sheppard, Janes Soans and Camilla Stephenson.
Our thanks go to all who put themselves forward for nomination.
Special thanks and appreciation goes to the outgoing members of the committee who have given so much time and energy to The Guild over many years
Recent industry comment from our newspapers
British - US film: The Special Relationship
Can our industry survive without help from Hollywood ? Read The Independent article - 12 May 2010
General Election 2010 - Filmmakers warn against government cuts - May 2010
Leading film producers have warned the next government not to cut the tax benefits available to the British film industry in an attempt to reduce the national deficit. Read this comment in the Telegraph.
News from our Affiliates in the regions - May 2010
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See Northern Exposure - Production and Creative Database for talent in the North. Their location of the month features Redcar so dramatically featured in Atonement If you'd like to know more subscribe to the Northern Film + Media newsletter - email them |
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Creative Scotland announces £500k boost for Highland Arts Programme. Read more.... Great Viking tales on location. See here for the gruesome head and more |
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Freshwater West, a surfers favourite, now boasts Robin Hood as a visitor and the beach makes Location of the Month
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Find out more about film and television productions made in Yorkshire See the Location of the Month, the stunning Bramham Park Like to receive their Newsletter ? Email them for more |
Brit Flick Film Pilgrimage - launched April 2010
Is travel chaos encouraging more people to holiday in the UK ? Here is a new driving route for cinema fans. Visit Britain says " Based on the nation’s favourite flicks filmed in the UK, the Brit Flick Pilgrimage covers everything from blockbuster hits to cult classics." What do you think ? Steer your way here.
London and the South East's Film Agencies join forces.... 23 March 2010
Film London and Screen South today announced a ground-breaking new partnership merging their filming services which will now represent 85% of the UK’s film industry. This new strategic collaboration aims to assist more domestic and international production, increasing inward investment to London and the South East.
This new Filming Partnership will continue to service all production industries including film, TV, commercials and video games. Its remit will encompass London’s 33 local authorities as well as Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. It will also represent the majority of the country’s major studios including Pinewood, Shepperton, Ealing, 3 Mills and Maidstone. Read the full press release from Film London.
The Guild at The Production Show 2010 - 16-18 February
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The new Production Show, part of Broadcast Video Expo, was held at Earls Court this week and The Guild were Partners of the Show. As well as exhibiting and spreading the good word of location management, we also hosted two seminars on the Producer's Stage. The Role of the Location Manager - A Producer's Guide and The Use of Location Management in Low Budget Filming were presented by Rikke Dakin and Mick Ratman and were extremely well attended. We were very pleased to be able to meet and catch up with several of our Affiliate members who also had stands at the show. A big hello and thanks to Film Hampshire, JJ Locations, Location Millbrook, Northern Film + Media, Scottish Screen and Screen Yorkshire. Thank you to all who worked hard on putting the GLM stand together and ably manning it over the three days. See you all next year ! |
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Film London - re-structure - January 2010
Film London locations department say : We want to assure the industry that the primary function of the new Inward Investment & Business Development department will be to facilitate and support filming in London (including filming enquiries, locations advice, the ASLM and the promotion of filming in London) – indeed the provision of a full locations service remains a key objective and priority of Film London as a whole.
The Film London Executive Task Force met earlier this week to confirm its continued commitment to the London Filming Partnership and to the facilitation of filming. Representatives from Film London will continue to attend the Guild of Location Managers meetings and the Film London Assistant Location Manager Training scheme is now open for applications, having proved a great success in its first two years. In our commitment to you, and all our valued stakeholders, it is our aim to ensure that the internal restructure will cause minimum disruption to the service Film London and our excellent location advisors deliver.
For a further statement read here.
Affiliate RIBA features in BBC drama tonight - 14 January 2010
See the beautiful Aston Webb room featured at the chief executives office in the new drama Material Girl on BBC One tonight. See their website for all the great spaces available.
Photography in Public Places - the story continues....December 2009
This has been a regular topic with us and it continues to make the news. On 3 December it made the front page of The Independent. Link to the story here
There are articles about your rights and additional info in the Members Only area in the Working on Location page. Please do take the time to read them.
Metropolitan Police issued a bulletin on 14 December as guidance to their officers and staff about the stop and search policy.
John Yates, Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations, has today reminded all MPS officers and staff that people taking photographs in public should not be stopped and searched unless there is a valid reason. Read the full bulletin here.
Photography in Public Places - January 2009 - updated September 2009
Following on from our previous articles "Photography climate echoes wartime Britain" (see News Archive page) and Broadcast magazines article "You can't film here" (see below) , the issue of photography in public places continues to make the headlines.
This month BBC London carried a feature on both their TV and radio news programmes, highlighting the increasing numbers of people being stopped and searched whilst taking photographs in public areas. Click here to read the recent story.
A document available on the National Policing Improvement Agency, NPIA, now provide their guidelines on the laws regarding photography in public places.
Please take time to read this particularly page 22, but in particular to know your rights.
September - Home Office circular - Concerns have been raised that sections of the Terrorism Act 2000 are being used to stop people taking photographs - whether this is photographs of buildings or people - and that cameras are being confiscated during such searches. Read in full here.
We should not be prevented from taking images in public areas. If you have experienced any issues when out scouting, please let us know. GLM members can find more details in the Members Only area of the website.
Welcome to our new Vice-Chairman - September 2009
The Committee are pleased to announce that, after a long vacancy, the position of Vice-Chairman of The Guild has been filled by Richard Godfrey. Richard has been a long standing member of The Guild and in recent years as a member of the committee, to which he has contributed greatly. So we are delighted that he has accepted this role and look forward to working with him.
Bid to close roads for filming in Kent - 28 October 2009
The Guild was approached earlier in the year to give their considered opinion to the proposed bill to allow roads to be closed for filming in Kent. Back in September, Jane Soans could also be heard on BBC Radio Kent supporting this bill and banging the drum for location managers and The Guild.
News today from our Affiliates, Kent Film Office, is :
The Kent Film Office has just received full council support to take a bill to parliament, allowing roads to be legally closed for filming in the county. Should we be successful in this bid, Kent will be the first area outside greater London that has these powers. Pending a national election, we hope to have the legislation in place late 2010 or early 2011.
GLM Affiliates Film Hampshire link their location library to maps
A new and exciting new feature on the Film Hampshire website is the introduction of maps. You can now search in each location category using a map view and click on each location for a description and link to more photographs. The county's Film Liaison Office has also seen a doubling in the number of filming enquires they are receiving, so congratulations to them for all their hard work
Merger Proposed between UK Film Council and BFI - 20 August 2009
Plans have been proposed to merge the industry's high-profile institutions, the UK Film Council and the British Film Institute (BFI). According to a statement from the DCMS, the motivation for the merger is to avoid overlap and thereby reduce costs. "The proposal is for a streamlined organisation, which can spend more of its money on film and services and less on infrastructure, and in turn offer better support for Britain's film culture and promotion of its film industry," it said. See the BFI or UK Film Council for their report on the proposal.
Late Scripts - update March 2009
The issue of late scripts and the impact it has on health and safety has been raised by The Guild at our recent meetings. With feedback from many members about how they have been affected, the GLM has raised this problem at the Film Industry Safety Group Meeting.
We were pleased to welcome Martin Spence from BECTU at our December meeting, to continue dialogue on this subject and the health and safety implications. The call to raise awareness with scriptwriters and producers is ever growing.
BECTU are now working toegther with their sister unions, Equity and the Writers Guild on this. If your work in TV drama, for either the BBC or independent production companies, has been affected by late delivery of scripts and/or late changes to scripts please inform BECTU.
If you would like to add comment please email the Chairman. GLM Members - for the more info please go to the Members Only area in the Working on Location page.
tv-bay magazine - 2009
www.golm.org.uk made it to the pages of tv-bay magazine issue 26 and was featured as Website of the Month. In a location special, the front page screamed "Location Managers What Do They Actually Do ?" Our very own Richard Godfrey dishes the dirt.
Our thanks to tv-bay for granting permission to link to their mini magazine. See page 24 and 44 in particular.
For previous news articles please visit the archive.