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Filming a movie that spans a large number of different countries might seem to be 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 that problem in one simple move. They filmed on location in South Africa.
This vast and beautiful country has this type of vast number of terrains, which range 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 managed to re create scenes from Sierra Leone, Bolivia and Afghanistan to mention but a few, because the backdrop towards the thrilling chase of Interpol agents tracking arms dealer Nicholas cage around the world.
The advantages of using film locations in South Africa to double as the particular places, rather than going to each and every actual country featured in the movie, are numerous. By keeping the place filming within one geographical area, costs are kept right down, the same crew can be used as continuity, logistics are much simpler and far time and travel is saved. Most importantly the film production advantages of the well-established infrastructure already established here, instead of struggling in countries which have little or no established support for the movie industry.
Because Nigeria includes a long history as a favoured location for film and commercial production, it offers excellent facilities, may it be the knowledgeable local crew available, the post-production facilities, the neighborhood production companies facilitating every aspect, to world-class hotels and transport to help keep A-list actors happy!
Nigeria has doubled up as many other countries over the years: in Oscar-nominated Blood Diamond, the 2006 thriller starring Leonardo diCaprio, South African locations doubled for the 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 country featured.
A very different side of the country can be used in children's movie Racing Stripes, in which the green hills and fields around Pietermaritzburg set happens for any charming tale about a zebra who thinks he's a racehorse, and double as the type of generic rich horse-racing countryside present in several parts of the planet. In Dredd, recently filmed in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa's main cities show their gritty side by standing in for that futuristic Mega-City Among the fantasy comic strip.
The recent major movies filmed on location in South Africa show that it's now really into the spotlight so far as big production goes, whether doubling for somewhere else or featuring as itself, in all its glorious scenery and variety.
