What makes a great film location? Its location!

Every day Lavish Locations is called by hopeful property owners wanting to register their property with our location agency. Although we can never entirely predict which properties will be successful, there are some attributes that we look for which will almost certainly mean that your location will be considered for TV or a feature film, rather than immediately ruled out. In the first of our series: "What makes for a great film location?" we look at the first and one of the most important factors: its location!

It is a sad fact that many beautiful buildings are overlooked time and time again just because they are too far from London - or to be more precise, too far from the film studios west of London. The reason isn't anything other than money. If a location is too far from the production's base then the crew needs travel expenses and hotel rooms  - and for 50 people or more, that can prove too expensive for anything other than the highest budget movie. So where is the ideal location for film work? Just imagine that central London is the centre of a clock face and that the numbers are around the home counties just outside the M25. If the hands of the clock are saying 20 to 10 and you live between those hands then you are in perfect film location territory.  If you are in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Hertfordshire then you have a much better chance than most of getting picked as a film or TV location. 

You will see from the Lavish Locations website that although we specialise in locations in the South East of the UK, we do have plenty of locations across the country. We will always consider exceptional properties and if your location is offering something that cannot be had close to London then there is a good chance that we will accept it.

Over the next few weeks we will be telling you about the other all so important attributes we look for which tell us whether your location has star potential. Next time: "Size matters!"