And the winner is......

It is that time of year again when all the awards are won for the fantastic films that have been made during the last 12 months. It has been a fantastic and groundbreaking year, with the likes of 'Avatar', 'The Hurt Locker', 'Precious' and 'Up' all being widely received as some of the best films of 2010!

The British Film industry has been represented brilliantly with some fantastic talent both young and old! 'An Education' and its leading actress, Carey Mulligan has drawn high praise and her performance which has won her nominations for both a Bafta and an Oscar! At last night’s Bafta’s ceremony she was the lucky recipient of the Best Actress role, while also being up for best newcomer. We predict a bright future for this young, British Starlet!

While Ms Mulligan was filming the award winning ‘An Education’, Unitbase.co.uk was on hand to help out with its production by sourcing a location for a one week shoot. Inglis Barracks was perfect for scenes were based at a Heathrow hotel and to get this period style look, Inglis was perfect! The officer's mess at Inglis Barracks was used for these scenes and Camilla Stephenson, the location manager, thought it was a perfect location!

Unitbase.co.uk was also involved in some of the other British success stories of last night’s Bafta’s. ‘In The Loop’ was nominated for Outstanding British Film, but unfortunately lost out to the amazing ‘Fish Tank’ Nevertheless, Operations Director of Unitbase.co.uk, James Crawley oversaw ‘In The Loop’ utilise some brilliant locations a the Swakleys House, a magnificent manor house that doubled for areas of 10 Downing Street and some UK governmental offices. ‘In The Loop’ also built a huge set in the studio at Inglis Barracks, which became home to some American CIA offices and Mr Soprano himself, James Gandolfini.

The British Film industry is as strong as ever and Unitbase.co.uk loves it!

Unitbase.co.uk now representing Land Securities for filming and photography

Unitbase.co.uk is delighted to be now representing Land Securities and their whole portfolio of locations for filming, photography and events. Why do their locations work so well for filming? Well, besides the fact that they love having filming at their properties, their portfolio of properties covers a huge range. Unitbase.co.uk can offer an unbelievable selection of dressed, open plan, or empty offices, along with unused, modern or vacant buildings. It is not just commercial buildings that are available as great filming and photographic locations, but as a developer, Land Securities acquire great sites to be developed on. A quarry in Ebsfleet is a great example of this, acres and acres of land that can provide producers and directors from all areas of the industry with great backdrops and scenery, just the other side of the Dartford Bridge.

Unitbase.co.uk has been lucky enough to represent one of Land Securities properties, since 2005, Thomas More Square in Wapping, London. The success of filming and photography has been unparalleled. With a brilliantly versatile location and fantastic on site management and security, filming has been carried out successfully at the site for a number of years now. The types of filming at Thomas More Square outlines its versatility, with the feature film 28Weeks Later, using the site for 1 week, Block Party filming a music video on site, along with a commercials for The Sun Newspaper and TV drama Identity. All filming durations varied from half a day through to around 2 months, with every production being allowed to exhaust all the possible locations that are available to them on the site.

So, what is in the pipeline for Land Securities and Unitbase.co.uk? Well, with new British and American feature films planning to shoot in London in 2010, Unitbase.co.uk are excited about the possibilities that the Land Securities portfolio offers the film and television locations industry. We will keep you posted!

Plus, Unitbase.co.uk are always on the hunt for new and interesting locations OF ALL TYPES. So please call 020 7239 8906 or email info@unitbase.co.uk