HOME
ABOUT US
AWARDS
- 2018 AWARDS SPONSORS
- AWARDS ARCHIVES
NEWS & EVENTS
CRAFT
- CRAFT FOCUS
- COMPASS FEATURES
MAGAZINE
GALLERIES
Contact Us
- Press Releases
JOIN NOW
- MEMBER BENEFITS
MEMBERS
- MEMBER LOG-IN
- MEMBER DIRECTORY

HOME
ABOUT US
AWARDS
- 2018 AWARDS SPONSORS
- AWARDS ARCHIVES
NEWS & EVENTS
CRAFT
- CRAFT FOCUS
- COMPASS FEATURES
MAGAZINE
GALLERIES
Contact Us
- Press Releases
JOIN NOW
- MEMBER BENEFITS
MEMBERS
- MEMBER LOG-IN
- MEMBER DIRECTORY

AWARDS ARCHIVES

SEE OUR LIST OF SPONSORS FOR 2018.

2014 Honorees Announced

Honorees Announced...

Press Release 2/27/2014

Nominees Announced...

Below the Lines reports on the LMGA Nominees

Link to Article...

1
2
3

OUR SPONSORS

MEMBERS

MEMBER LOGIN
JOIN NOW!
MEMBER BENEFITS
MEMBER DIRECTORY

Upcoming Events

There are no upcoming events.

Add

Add to Timely Calendar
Add to Google
Add to Outlook
Add to Apple Calendar
Add to other calendar
Export to XML

LATEST ISSUE

FALL 2018
VIEW MORE EDITIONS

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING?

LMGI UPDATES

Press Releases

TWITTER

Tweets by The_LMGI

Instagram

FACEBOOK

Location Managers Guild

10 hours ago

As Ryan Gosling re-created Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind during the climactic moon landing scene in First Man, the audience at Atlantic Station was fully engrossed in the awe-inspiring moment.

It was slightly disorienting when the movie theater lights came on a few minutes later, transporting the viewer from outer space back into the advanced screening. That jet lag-feeling intensified when Gosling and Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle came in and divulged that the “moon” was actually a gray rock quarry just outside Atlanta.

Chazelle, had not filmed in Atlanta before this recent drama. The metro area was able to re-create a “host of topographies,” including space, the moon and circa-1960s Houston, California and Florida, the director said during an interview at the Fernbank Science Center on Tuesday.

The production team found an empty lot in Roswell to replicate the family’s home, brick by brick, during Armstrong’s tenure at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Chazelle and Gosling remembered neighbors passing space-themed cookies around to crew members during a night shoot.

“That neighborhood was very understanding and gracious. Oftentimes I think it can put people out to have a film being shot in their neighborhood,” Gosling said. “And maybe it was, but they certainly never made us feel that way. They were just very supportive, and invested, and involved.”

Georgia didn’t always cooperate, though. Chazelle wanted to avoid using computer-generated images; no easy feat when you’re shooting scenes of men walking on the moon. The team sculpted the landscape at Stockbridge’s Vulcan Rock Quarry one January but ran into an unexpected issue: snow on the moon. The actors had to shoot other scenes back at Tyler Perry Studios while the satellite thawed out.

Chazelle also strove for authenticity in the film that’s based off James Hansen’s biography “First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.” Armstrong’s sons, Rick and Mark, were heavily consulted and even had small roles in the mission control scene.

For Rick Armstrong, who was 12 at the time of the mission, walking into the Roswell replica of his childhood home nearly 50 years later was “pretty interesting.”

“The living room was really good,” he said in an interview. “They spent a lot of effort to make that just like it was, down to the red tile on the floor.”

From the first scene, where Gosling as Armstrong is rocketing toward space as a test pilot, terror is injected back into the sometimes taken for granted accomplishment of the moon landing. Proved to be a team capable of producing marvelous results, Chazelle and Gosling said they hope to work together again. For now, though, the next move is unclear.

“Going to the moon is a tough experience to beat,” Gosling said. ... See MoreSee Less

How metro Atlanta helped makers of ‘First Man’ capture Armstrong’s story

ajc.com

Metro Atlanta helped Neil Armstrong movie 'First Man,' starring Ryan Gosling, capture everything from 1960s Houston to the moon

View on Facebook

Location Managers Guild

1 day ago

Patrick Mignano is always on-the-go scouting locations for, most notably, Clint Eastwood. Mignano is currently on-location in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but called in to talk with Long Beach 908 Magazine about his experience filming in Long Beach, California.

Mignano's spoke about filming 'American Sniper' in Long Beach : "We used an apartment complex there on Bixby Village Drive to shoot where Chris Kyle’s future wife lived in the film. And we shot it there because it worked for the scene and because we paired it with the work we shot in Seal Beach. We shot at O’Malley’s on Main Street and we shot out on the pier; we were doubling Seal Beach for Oceanside."

On working with Clint Eastwood : "He’s a really nice man, a real professional who knows what he wants. There’s not a lot of wasted energy with him. He’s got a pretty tight-knit crew; a lot of the guys have been with him almost 30 years. I’ve been working with him for 11 years. We shoot fast and we’re very fiscally responsible for what we do and he’s producing great movies. He liked the Long Beach locations and he loved the bar [O’Malley’s]. We created an arcade at the beginning of the pier where Chris Kyle wins a stuffed bear for his girlfriend playing a target game. Clint thought it was a great look."

Mignano on other movies filmed in Long Beach : "I remember “Starship Troopers” in 1996 and we shot at the Pyramid at Long Beach State. There is a scene where the characters play a futuristic football game, and we used the inside of the pyramid as their football stadium. I did another movie called “Phoenix” with Ray Liotta….We filmed at the Blue Cafe. We filmed in the alley behind it as well and there was a taco stand on the other side of the alley. I also remember there were some apartments on Carson [Street], east of Atlantic Avenue, where we shot Ray Liotta’s apartment in the film." ... See MoreSee Less

Spotlight: Location Manager Patrick Mignano | Home | Long Beach 908

lb908.com

For Patrick Mignano, Long Beach is more than just home; it’s a place to make movie magic. Learn more about the Long Beach native who is best known f...

View on Facebook

Location Managers Guild

2 days ago

Happy 243rd Birthday to the U.S. Navy. It's always a pleasure working with the sailors at NAVINFOWEST - Navy Office of Information West and the rest of their military partners at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Top Gun is the much anticipated sequel to one of the most famous collaborations between Hollywood and the Military.

“Much like the first film, these are going to be real jets and real U.S. Naval aviators flying in these scenes,” Naval Air Forces spokesman Commander Ronald Flanders told TheCredits. “We’re excited about it.”

The movie already filmed at two locations under provisional agreements with the Navy: the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and Naval Air Station North Island, in San Diego. Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise has already filmed some scenes and the production has footage of some of the Navy’s latest technology in action.

“Naval aviation is very excited about this film,” Flanders said of the remake. “The original film was an iconic movie that exposed millions of Americans to the professionalism and lethality of Naval aviation fighter pilots. It helped us in a big big way in the recruiting department. It inspired many of today’s naval aviators to join the service. It boosted the pride in the service. Of course, we support the sequel because we believe it will once again give Americans a front-row seat to observe the aerial mastery of naval aviators and also will demonstrate the core values of honor, courage, and commitment the U.S. Navy demonstrates every day.” ... See MoreSee Less

Real Navy Jets and Aviators Will Satiate Top Gun: Maverick's Need for Speed - The Credits

mpaa.org

The Navy may be as excited about the upcoming Top Gun remake as the fans.

View on Facebook

Location Managers Guild

3 days ago

부산국제영화제 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) might be the best-known feature of Busan, the city that styles itself as the hub of Asian cinema. On the production side, Busan has long been home and the location for the majority of South Korean films as well as a several big Asian films. The city boasts the Busan Film Commission 부산영상위원회, one of the longest-standing film commissions in Asia. But the city had not attracted any Hollywood productions until Marvel chose it for a pivotal sequence in blockbuster Black Panther.

“The ‘Black Panther’ team was supposed to visit and check Singapore first, but unfortunately or fortunately, a typhoon hit Singapore at the time of their planned visit and they had to change their route. That is how they ended up visiting Busan first,” Lee Seung-eui, head of the production support department at BFC, told Variety. “When the team first contacted us in the summer of 2016, they did not reveal anything about the film. All we were informed was that it was a big project handled by a major Hollywood studio.”

Veteran location managers at the BFC supported the “Black Panther” staff early from morning to late night, hoping that Busan would be the next Korean city to host a Hollywood blockbuster. In 2014, “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” also a Marvel movie, used a few locations in Seoul for location shoots.

“After their scouting trip to Singapore, they came back, and brought director Ryan Coogler along. That was the first time we realized that … something big was going to happen,” said Lee. “We brought the team literally everywhere — all the way from the Jagalchi fish market and the Gwangan Bridge, which later became the route for the film’s biggest car chase scene.”

When Coogler visited Korea for the promotion of “Black Panther,” he explained why he had chosen Busan as one of the film’s main locations.

“Because the action scene took place at night, there had to be a great night view and I also wanted to show a traditional side of the region. We were in need of a unique, different film site,” said Coogler. “I noticed some similarities between Busan and my hometown [Oakland, Calif.]. Aspects such as the hustle and bustle of Jagalchi Market felt very familiar to me.”

Aside from the city’s atmosphere and view, which satisfied Coogler aesthetically, the city’s support team also played an important role in locking “Black Panther” down in Busan. The BFC not only provided the “Black Panther” team with location scouting service but also connected them with all the city authorities that can control the traffic and limit access to particular streets during shooting.

“One problem for Busan as a film location is that it lacks any incentive program for foreign films that shoot in the city. It was no exception for the Hollywood blockbuster,” Lee explained. “The Korean Film Council operates an incentive program for foreign films shooting in Korea, but the institute does not belong to Busan, it is just based in Busan. Of course we thought about launching new incentive programs, but we decided to focus on our administrative power instead.”

During the team’s stay in the city, the Busan city council, the fire defense headquarters in Busan and even guilds of merchants in each commercial district gathered to discuss how to help the superhero blockbuster shoot in Busan with minimum inconvenience.

“The biggest issue was to totally block the Gwangan Bridge for two full days,” said Lee. “Since there are many buses that cross the bridge daily, we had to set up temporary, alternative stops for them. In order to make things easier, the mayor called meetings himself, making sure that there is no administrative problem.”

With the successful theatrical run of “Black Panther” in Korea ($41 million from 5.4 million admissions), one might as well wonder whether it also helped Busan get more attention from foreign projects as a potential film location.

“The impact was great,” said Lee. “Before ‘Black Panther,’ not many industry people in North America showed real interest in Busan. At the annual locations trade show organized by Assn. of Film Commissioners Intl., they knew Korea or Seoul, but not so much about Busan. Now I feel that many of them perceive the city as the location for ‘Black Panther,’ and a few Hollywood projects have started contacting us for locations data.”

“I remember Leann Emmert, location manager of ‘Uprising,’ saying that Busan is a great city and that it would be able to become a main Asia location for Hollywood films if it only had a mega-size studio,” said Lee. “That means everything else about the city is on a satisfactory level. It will take time, but I see that the future is bright.” ... See MoreSee Less

‘Black Panther’ Helps Push Busan Locations Business to Forefront

variety.com

Busan International Film Festival might be the best-known feature of Busan, the city that styles itself as the hub of Asian cinema. On the production ...

View on Facebook

Location Managers Guild

4 days ago

Congratulations to our members who work under various IATSE agreements, or would be impacted by an IATSE strike.

Twelve of the 13 West Coast IATSE locals voted for ratification, under terms much along the same lines as that agreed to by Teamsters Local 399.

The earlier IATSE Basic Agreement expired July 31. As is often the case, the ratification is expected to be deemed retroactive, in this case to Aug. 1. ... See MoreSee Less

IATSE Votes to Ratify Contract With Producers

hollywoodreporter.com

Twelve of 13 affected Locals voted "yes."

View on Facebook

View on Facebook

CONTACT

8033 Sunset Blvd, Suite 1017
Los Angeles, CA 90046
310-967-2007
contact@locationmanagers.org

© 2013-2018 LOCATION MANAGERS GUILD INTERNATIONAL

VARIETY

Beyonce, Sean Hannity, LeBron James Among Most Politically Polarizing Celebrities
Rockstar Games Co-Founder Responds to 100-Hour Work Week Uproar
Federation Joins Forces with ‘Desperate Parents’ Producer Elephant
Call of Duty Endowment Finds Jobs For 50,000 Veterans

CNN TRAVEL

World's most powerful passport revealed
Tickets on sale for Virgin Atlantic's first Pride Flight
The Bahamas beach where piggies swim

BOX OFFICE MOJO

FOLLOW LMGI