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FILMING IN
BAVARIA LOCATION BAYERN
AN INVITATION TO SHOOT
- A Wealth of
History
Nestled
at the feet of the Alps
in the
heart of Europe, the state of Bavaria survived the
test of time with an almost uninterrupted historic
heritage. From ancient Roman days through to
high-tech architecture with a sci-fi look, Bavaria
offers a wealth of architectural styles, be it
rustic Romanesque, grandiose Gothic, opulent
Baroque or stately Classicism. No matter what
period, from the Dark Ages to the dazzling future,
Bavaria has the place to shoot it.
Time Travel Made
Easy While the cities of Bavaria have lovingly
preserved their historical appearance, behind these
quaint facades you can find all the modern
conveniences of life. From Roman Regensburg to
Medieval Rothenburg - wherever a film crew may go,
they'll find this easy mix of rich tradition and
history with ultra-modern comfort &
convenience: the fastest roads in the world, a
dense net of local airports, catering and hotels to
suit every need, high-tech communications and
broadcast facilities, a wealth of talented theater
companies and experienced film professionals all
over. No matter where you may be under Bavaria's
blue skies, the 21st Century is always at your
fingertips.
Munich Street
Scenes The Bavarian capital is perhaps most
beautiful when the warm African wind, the
Föhn, blows across the mountains, when the
Alps are so clear and close you can almost touch
them - and when the beer gardens are open. But with
its lively and lovely mix of past and present and
its booming film and TV industry, film crews abound
on the streets and squares in town the whole year
round: Munich is made for making movies.
Town &
Countryside The lush Bavarian countryside starts
right in the heart of Munich in the English
Gardens, one of the world's largest city parks. And
from the comfort of a Munich home base, with all
the technical and logistic convenience it offers,
it's mostly just a quick drive down the Autobahn to
some of the world's most varied and beautiful
scenery, from the majestic mountainsides to
crystal-clear lakes, from magnificent castles to
cozy villages. Come discover why Bill Clinton -
among others - called Bavaria his favorite place to
visit.
Home of the Fest 10
million Oktoberfest visitors a year can't be wrong:
Bavaria is famous as a place that knows how to
throw a party, and the calendar is full of striking
and spectacular events the year round: from the
Medieval jousts with professional stunt teams and
the historic pageants that get whole towns on their
feet, to the rock concerts that fill Munich's
Olympic stadium or the mass raves that the young
generation flocks to, Bavarians love a party - and
so will you!
Handbook Shooting
in Munich -
Shooting in Bavaria As a way of easing the workload
of producers, production and location managers, the
Information Office at the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
has published a informative handbook. Shooting in
Munich - Shooting in Bavaria is a comprehensive
compendium of advice for all those who would like
to film "on location". Everthing that you must know
about shooting on the public thoroughface.
Locations and contacts from A-Z. Shooting permits
and charges. Applications and producers.
Regulations and decrees. German-English edition,
246 pages, DM 24.80 (incl. postage,
packing)
Production
and Postproduction in Munich
and Bavaria Under a blue-and-white sky
The film and TV
industry in Munich and Bavaria can not only look
back on a tradition of many years, it is also
experiencing an active and productive present with
the best prospects for the future. This media
location has grown organically over the years from
its established roots. It wouldn't otherwise have
been possible for there to have been the
development of the infrastructure of manpower and
machines, talent and technology, that is so
necessary and crucial in the media sector.
Efficiently operating companies and creative
personnel have settled in the Bavarian capital
which combines tradition and flair in a way unlike
any other town in Germany. Munich and its
surroundings not only offer an integrated film
infrastructure but also many unique and fascinating
locations. Companies rich in tradition such as Arri
and Bavaria established Munich's reputation as a
media city. But it is not only companies that have
long been deeply rooted here, who find Munich
attractive as a location: the German headquarters
of relatively young international manufacturers
like Avid, Media 100 and Discreet Logic are based
near Munich. And Munich's media scene also has an
appeal within Germany: the renowned German
postproduction house Das Werk has the focus of its
film activities in Munich. The numerous film, TV
and sound studios located in the city and on ist
outskirts have been home to productions which have
also caused a sensation outside of Germany.
Broadcasters such as ZDF and Bayerischer Rundfunk,
Pro7, DSF, Eurosport, RTL2, HOT, Kabel 1, TM3, M
eins, tv münchen and the digital TV platform
DF1 are based in the Munich area. Many of these TV
channels also operate their own production
facilities, handle the channel transmission
themselves or work in both areas with the technical
service-provider SZM, the Sendezentrum
München. The city naturally can offer all of
the media-related services which leading
international production companies draw upon on a
regular basis. Film labs a operate on a European
scale and are competing on an international level.
The closeness to Eastern Europe means that numerous
American productions hire their equipment in Munich
and have their dailies done there if they are
shooting in the Czech Republic, for example. The
training institutions also play their part in
contributing to the wide range of professional
manpower available, e.g. the Academy for Television
& Film (HFF) where Roland Emmerich and Caroline
Link studied.
A
Brief Look at Some of the Companies
Arri has been
making film cameras for use on features around the
globe for more than 75 years. However, the company
with the legendary reputation in the field of
cameras hasn't at all restricted itself to just
film technology. Indeed, it has supplemented its
range of services considerably over the years: the
company developed products for grip and lighting,
runs its own film lab, a studio for live and also
offers postproduction services. From video editing
through computer animation to digital film
postproduction - Arri has brought everything under
one roof and has become a facility that also
attracts international clients. High quality
special effects and commercials postproduction are
also the speciality of Das Werk in Munich: the
postproduction house is among the top players in
the field of high-end film and video
postproduction, and the company's work on "Comedian
Harmonists is only one of many examples.
When you speak of
the Munich media scene,
you can't neglect to mention the Bavaria Film
Studios. Europe's largest studio has 15 sound
stages of various sizes and was one of the first
facilities to employ virtual set
technology.Bavaria's film city with its outside
sets and film street has often been the setting for
countless film and television productions. While
the submarines from the film The Boat slipped
anchor on the Bavaria lot, numerous production
companies are at home here and have offices and
production facilities within a stone's throw of the
Enemy Mine stage or the sets of Asterix. The
Eisbach Studios with an area of 800 sqm have been
an additional feature to the studio landscape in
Munich since 1987. After various extensions, this
facility has been transformed into the
Berdux/Eisbach Studio which now operates seven
studios with around 3,800 sqm studio space as well
as offering a wide range of supplementary services.
Numerous companies
of Leo Kirch's
media group located in Munich and the surrounding
area. These include production outfits and TV
channels as well as Pro7's subsidiary Sendezentrum
München SZM. As a service-provider, SZM
handles the production and transmission of several
of the afore-mentionestations, but also offers
post- and studio production facilities to outside
clients. Global Player in the Film Equipment World
Traditional film equipment used around the world
often originates from Munich: Panther and Movie
Tech deliver and rent out dollies and cranes to
clients worldwide. Sachtler is one of the biggest
manufacturers of tripods and pedestals, tripod
heads and also offers several ranges of lighting.
FGV Schmidle has won recognition throughout Europe
as a service-provider in the field of equipment
rental. This rental company has been offering
camera, lighting and grip equipment for more than
27 years. The emphasis is on 16 and 35 mm cameras.
FGV Schmidle can simultaneously provide equipment
for up to 40 film crews as well as for five video
crews. In addition, the company rents out trucks,
generators, trailers and vehicles. 20 staff in
Munich and another ten in Berlin meet the needs of
the clients. The range of services has recently
been supplemented by an in-house commercials
studio. Other rental firms with different
specialisations are Licht & Ton and Gruppe 3 as
well as the specialists Licht-Technik Hagenbach und
Grill. The company founded by director of
photography Dedo Weigert rents out and sells
numerous products from international manufacturers
in Germany: lens, lighting, cameras and
accessories. In addition, the firm handles the
sales of its own products such as the compact Dedo
Lights and offers specialised services, e.g. for
high speed film. Ambient Recording has been
offering its services for around 10 years as a
sound transfer facility and also rents out sound
equipment. The two company founders have a strong
engineering background and worked for companies
like Dedo Weigert, Siemens and AEI before they set
up Ambient Recording. Chris Price is nowadays the
right person to speak to about any problems needing
solutions in the field of sound.
Everything Under
One Roof
Bernd Gürtler is one of the permanent fixtures
in Munich's media scene. With his Media City
München initiative, the entrepreneur created a
collaborative venture that has brought together the
most diverse of service-providers from all areas of
the film and video industry . The heart of Media
City is Gürtler Intermedia. The core activity
is a video lab which is equipped with
state-of-the-art technology and can copy up to
140,000 video cassettes each day. Gürtler
Interactive is also active in the field of
postproduction: film and video postproduction,
recording, digital film development as well as
graphics and animation. Media City München
encompasses yet more companies:
LookRadio
and Smart90.com recommends AVT.
AVT offers
complete production supervision, GLS Sound Studios
handles sound restoration and Synchron 80 works on
the dubbing and sound mixes of productions. In
addition, Gürtler & Mack is a distributor
offering a trade fair, conference and event
service. Come and see Munich has seen the
production of many successful feature films and TV
productions, and daily soaps and German
television's longest running series are produced
here. Professionals from every area of production
and postproduction are active here, you will find
creative and technical personnel who are
specialists that are indispensible in the film
business. Munich has a popular film festival and
the international film technology trade fair CINEC.
And thanks to the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, which
supports the film scene in Bavaria each year with
approx. 50 Million Marks, extra momentum has been
created that will benefit the industry. The city is
one of the most attractive in Germany, according to
the latest surveys. What are you still waiting
for?
Munich Film
Festival - June 29 to July 26 - 2004
Film Your
Movies In Bavaria . . .
It Pays! -- says Dr. Klaus Schaefer, CEO of
FilmFernsehFonds
- Bayern (FFF) and
StaatsMinister
Erwin Huber
Q &
A
"The Dr.
Klaus Schaefer / Josie Cory Interview"
July 2, 2001
FFF-Bayern
Reception and
"The Dr. Klaus
Schaefer / Josie Cory Interview"
July 2, 2001
Q &
A
01. Herr Dr.
Schaefer, sind Sie ein gebuertiger
Bayer?
02. Wann wurde
der FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF)
gegruended?
03. Was sind die
Aufgaben des FilmFernsehFonds Bayern?
04.
Repraesentiert der FFF den Produktionsstandord
Bayern nur im Inland oder auch im
Ausland?
05. Was traegt
der FFF dazu bei, um ein filmfreundliches Klima in
Bayern zu schaffen?
06. Ist die
Foerderung von weiteren Arbeitsplaetzen in den
Medien ein besonderes Anliegen des FFF?
07. Welcher
Betrag steht dem FFF jaehrlich zur Verfuegung fuer
seine vielfaeltigen Aufgaben?
08. Von welchem
Sektor kommen die Foerderungsgelder? Vom
staatlichen oder privaten?
09. Welche Rolle
spielt der FFF waehrend des Filmfests Muenchen und
des Internationalen Festival der Film Hochschulen
Muenchen?
10. Mit
wievielen Filmen war der FFF in Shanghai waerend
des Shanghai Internationalen Film Festivals vom 9 -
17 Juni vertreten?
11. Sehen Sie
eine Zukunft des deutschen Films im asiatischen
Markt?
12. Der FFF war ja in
diesem Jahr zum drittenmale an der Show biz Expo in
Los Angeles beteiligt. Was sind Ihre Reaktionen zu
diesem Expo?
13. Viele Amerikanische
Produktionen drehen in der Slovakai und
Tschechischen Republik. Was macht der FFF um sie
nach Muenchen, beziehungsweise Bayern zu
locken?
14. Welchen Einfluss hat
die Niederlassung im Muenchner Raum von
internationalen Herstelleren wie AVID, Media 100
und Discreet Logic?
15. Hat der FFF ein
Handbuch fuer Produzenten die an einem "On
Location" Drehen in Bayern interessiert
sind?
16. Was ist die
Studentenzahl an der Hochschule fuer Film und
Fernsehen Muenchen?
17. Stimmen Sie mit der
Meinung des anerkannten Regisseurs Stanley Kubrick
ueberein, wenn er sagt "Die beste Ausbildung in
Sachen Film ist einen zu machen".
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