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WELCOME TO THE GOLD COAST 8 MARINE 46 GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA 11 CLEVELAND POINT 46 FILM INCENTIVE PROGRAM 12 JUMPINPIN 47 STUDIOS 15 MARINA MIRAGE 48 CREW 15 MARINE PRECINCT 49 LOCATION MAP 16 MAAS MARINA 50 STUDIOS 18 SOUTHPORT YACHT CLUB 51 VILLAGE ROADSHOW STUDIOS 18 CANALS 52 NATURAL 20 TRAWLERS/CO-OP 53 AUSTINVILLE 20 CITY 54 BONOGIN BACKLOT 21 EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE 54 CANE FIELDS 22 ENGLISH PUB 55 COOMBABAH SWAMP 23 NIGHTLIFE 57 MOUNT TAMBORINE 24 RETAIL/CAFE 58 NUMINBAH 25 RETRO ARCHITECTURE 59 PURLING BROOK FALLS 26 URBAN STREETS 60 SOUTH STRADBROKE ISLAND 27 SANCTUARY COVE 61 TABLETOP / LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK 28 RESORT 63 TALLEBUDGERA CREEK ROAD 30 HILTON HOTEL 63 BACKLOT 32 INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT 64 GREENMEADOWS ROAD BACKLOT 32 MANOR 65 MOLENDINAR BACKLOT 33 MARRIOTT RESORT AND SPA 66 STAPYLTON BACKLOT 34 ORACLE 67 BEACH 36 PALAZZO VERSACE 68 BROADBEACH 36 QT GOLD COAST 69 BURLEIGH HEADS 37 SOUL 70 COOLANGATTA 38 COLLEGE 72 KIRRA BEACH 39 BOND UNIVERSITY 72 CURRUMBIN 40 SOMERSET COLLEGE 73 SNAPPER ROCKS 41 THE SPIT 42 SURFERS PARADISE 43 TALLEBUDGERA 44 Welcome to the Gold Coast Gold Coast is a place where the ‘have a go’ spirit has put us way ahead. driven by opportunity Our successful staging of the 2018 Commonwealth + Games showcased us as a global city with significant investment in emerging research and advanced technology industries. Movie production has a starring role in our new inspired by lifestyle by inspired economy with a growing portfolio of blockbuster movies filmed here. Supported by a world-class and highly experienced production workforce our sunny, temperate climate is highly attractive to both cast and crew. Gold Coast is already way ahead but the best is yet to come. Be a part of our future. TOM TATE MAYOR CITY OF GOLD COAST 8 Queensland’s billion-dollar screen industry is spearheaded by the Gold Coast, home to a well-established film community who have put our state on the map for making world-class screen content and bringing home gold when it comes to production attraction. The Queensland Government through Screen Queensland offers a Production Attraction Fund that has helped Queensland establish a back-to-back pipeline of productions including Monster Problems, Godzilla vs. Kong, Reef Break, Dora The Explorer, Aquaman - which has surpassed $1 billion at the global box office - Thor: Ragnarok, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Kong: Skull Island, Tidelands, Harrow, The Shallows, At Last and Swinging Safari. Screen Queensland offers attractive Production Attraction and Incentives to domestic and international producers and we work with them in providing Location and Scouting Assistance, State Payroll Tax Rebates and an attractive Post, Digital and Visual Effects Attraction Grant. The Gold Coast is a world-leading destination for screen production, set against a backdrop of stunning and diverse natural locations in close proximity to the world-class Village Roadshow Studios and post- production, visual effects studios and facilities. We believe our people are some of the best in the business and we remain committed to investing in them and local productions. Gold Coast is already way ahead but the best is yet to come. Be a part of our future. TRACEY VIEIRA SCREEN QUEENSLAND 9 10 inspired by lifestyle + driven by opportunity GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA The Gold Coast is an enviable location for any Celebrating 30 years of film production company. The close proximity of a diverse These locations combined with the support of range of locations, world class Village Roadshow the studios and experienced crew has attracted a Studios, along with the high calibre of experienced combined production budget of $1.9 billion from crew has drawn production companies from across large-scale US productions including Aquaman, Thor, the globe to produce feature films, commercials, video Pirates of the Caribbean 5, San Andreas, Unbroken, clips and television series here. Railway Man, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Fool’s Gold, Nim’s Island and Easily accessible The House of Wax, and television series Terra Nova, Situated just 45 minutes from Queensland’s capital H20 (season 1, 2 and 3) and Mako (season 1 and Brisbane, and one hour flight north of Sydney, the 2). Australian productions filmed on the Gold Coast Gold Coast provides a myriad of accessible big include The Railway Man, Bait 3D and Sanctum 3D. screen locations. The Gold Coast remains relatively untapped with Diverse locations a large majority of accessible locations, both publicly and privately owned, still undiscovered by the The diverse range of accessible locations allows for filming industry. almost any landscape to be replicated within the region. From emotive city or country scenes, beautiful This book provides a snapshot of locations on the beaches and sub-tropical rainforests, a unique blend Gold Coast. For access to Screen Queensland’s of architecture, scenic roads and city locations, the online location library visit: screenqld.reel-scout.com city offers production companies diversity not available in most parts of the world - all within 45 minutes of W filmgoldcoast.com.au the studios. Our locations have been used to double P +61 7 5581 7269 as iconic locations including Miami, Los Angeles and E [email protected] Hawaii, France, England and the Columbian jungle. Queensland Gold Coast 11 driven by opportunity + INCENTIVE inspired by lifestyle by inspired FILM INCENTIVE PROGRAM The City of Gold Coast (City) recognises the strengths Value of production Assistance Cap of the region as a world-class filming destination and undertakenPROGRAM on the Gold (AUD) is committed to developing and promoting the city’s Coast (AUD) film and television industry. $1.5-3 million $30,000 The City works in partnership with key industry stakeholders - Screen Queensland and Village $3-5 million $40,000 Roadshow Studios - to provide the optimum conditions for producers, directors, casting and crew. $5-10 million $50,000 Our program for film and television production $10-15 million $60,000 incorporates a suite of services including a financial $15-25 million $80,000 assistance package that will be assessed on: Over $25 million $100,000 • approximate value of the production (minimum AUD $1.5 million spend on the Gold Coast) This financial incentive program is in addition to incentives • duration of the production and approximate available through Federal and State Government. percentage conducted on the Gold Coast • approximate number of jobs and economic impact created on the Gold Coast during these periods. 12 INCENTIVE PROGRAM 13 14 WORLD CLASS STUDIOS EXPERIENCED CREW Village Roadshow Studios offer world class film The Gold Coast is home to a large film industry production facilities comprising nine sound stages, community. Our Crew are multi skilled, versatile, three water tanks, ten production offices, editing efficient and recognised both nationally and suites, wardrobe, makeup, construction, paint and internationally and famous for their ‘can-do’ attitude. carpentry shops. driven by opportunity + Their expertise has seen many film crew critically One of the largest studio lots in the Southern acclaimed receiving both nominations and awards for Hemisphere, stages vary in size with an overall floor their craft. This is something we are very proud of. area of 14,564m2 (156,731 sq ft). All sound stages are equipped with current industry standard facilities We have an enormous depth of crew that include including air conditioning, extraction fans, steel grids production designers, cinematographers, costume lifestyle by inspired and catwalks. designers, special effects supervisors, art directors, stunt coordinators, unit production managers, key The largest soundstage in Australia, Stage 9, was gaffers, key grips, construction managers, transport completed in 2016 at the Studios. The new stage is captains, make and hair supervisors and many, 3716 m2 (40,000 sq ft). many more. Village Roadshow Studios is the only facility in Queensland, specifically the Gold Coast, covers Australia that has three water tank facilities; one of a wide variety of formats ranging from television them the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere. The series, feature films, movies of the week, pilots, tank can be used for both surface and underwater documentaries and more. We also cater to a diverse sequence. The tank is 40m x 30m (131.24 x 98.43 range of budgets from big budget feature films to ft) providing a surface area of 1200 m2 (12,915 sq more conservative budgets for television series. ft) with a depth of 7m (23 ft) and a 5m deep (16.4 ft) outer shelf with two viewing ports. Holding six million The result of this versatility in both formats and litres of water, the tank has a state-of-the-art filtration budgets speak for themselves. We have crew that system and a heating system that allows the tank to can creatively capture visually appealing scenes using be heated to 32º Celsius (89.6º Fahrenheit). affordable and efficient techniques. The Studios provide a comprehensive support network of experienced film service companies conveniently located on the lot. These companies are available to provide valuable expertise, experience and equipment for your production including production services, casting, camera and lighting, rigging, special effects, travel, freight, visual effects and post production facilities.