Sri Lanka has Great Locations for Filming - The Location Guide 2011

19th October 2010, www.realbollywood.com

Sri Lanka has “great locations for filming”, says The Location Guide, the film industry’s bible for selectig movie and commercial production locales.

The latest edition has a separate focus on Sri Lanka, showing the island’s natural beauty, a film-friendly government and its reasonable production costs.

Sri Lanka’s wildlife parks, tea plantations, miles of pristine beaches and the colonial architecture too were highlighted.

The country has an impressive history of filmmaking. It was the setting for such movies as “Bridge on the River Kwai”, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”, “Jungle Book” and “Tarzan the Ape Man”.

“Dubbed the pearl of the Indian Ocean, my feeling is that Sri Lanka deserves this title and there is no question that it has great locations for filming and excellent production values with crew rates which would have to be considered the most competitive in the region,” wrote Murray Ashton, founder of the London-based The Location Guide.

The Guide noted that 300 commercials were filmed in Sri Lanka in 2009, the year the military crushed the Tamil Tigers.

“The production community is also made of around 700 film professionals working across all production categories,” the guide stated.

Sri Lanka recently established a 235-acre tele-cinema studio facility.

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The Location Guide 2011 - The essential guide for location filming worldwide

First published in 1998, the Location Guide has been relaunched this year. It has been completely redesigned and has gone from an A5 to an A4 format to make best use of the thousands of location images included and the essential information for over 160 countries, states and provinces.

Each of the 160 editorial sections covers local equipment and crew levels as well as rules and regulations for bringing in additional resources, location highlights, climate details, financial incentive information and comments from industry figures. Two new key elements are our essential facts box and the key costs box which allows you to quickly compare costs for all regions featured.

The guide also contains details of over 2,000 government contacts, production service companies, studios and lab facilities. Each company listing features full contact details, trading history and most recent productions.