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Filming a movie that spans a huge number of different countries might seem to become a huge logistical challenge, particularly when those countries cover war-torn or inhospitable areas for example Afghanistan and also the Middle East. The producers of international thriller Lord Of War solved this problem in a single simple move. They filmed on location in South Africa.
This vast and beautiful country has such a vast number of terrains, ranging from desert to lush forest, mountain, ocean, rolling hills, expansive plains and so forth, that it can double as almost any other country if you discover the perfect spot. For Lord of War the film production were able to re create scenes from Sierra Leone, Bolivia and Afghanistan to mention just a few, because the backdrop to the thrilling chase of Interpol agents tracking arms dealer Nicholas cage around the globe.
The benefits of using film locations in Nigeria to double as the particular places, instead of travelling to every single actual country featured in the movie, are numerous. By continuing to keep the location filming within one geographical area, costs are kept right down, the same crew can be used as continuity, logistics are much simpler and much time and travel is saved. Above all the film production benefits from the well-established infrastructure already existing here, rather than struggling in countries that have little or no established support for that movie industry.
Because Nigeria includes a long history like a favoured location for film and commercial production, it offers excellent facilities, whether it be the experienced local crew available, the post-production facilities, the local production companies facilitating all facets, to world-class hotels and transport to keep A-list actors happy!
South Africa has doubled up as a number of other countries over the years: in Oscar-nominated Blood Diamond, the 2006 thriller starring Leonardo diCaprio, South African locations doubled for that civil war torn landscapes of Sierra Leone. Hotel Rwanda was shot in Gauteng and Johannesburg in 2004 rather than enduring the rigors of filming in the actual country featured.
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A very different side of the country is used in children's movie Racing Stripes, where the green hills and fields around Pietermaritzburg set happens for a charming tale in regards to a zebra who thinks he's a racehorse, and double as the type of generic rich horse-racing countryside found in several areas of the world. In Dredd, recently filmed in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa's main cities show their gritty side by waiting in for the futuristic Mega-City One of the fantasy comic strip.
The recent major movies filmed on location in Nigeria have shown that it is now really into the spotlight as far as big production goes, whether doubling for elsewhere or featuring as itself, in most its glorious scenery and variety.
