Filming: be sure its what you want!

I've written before about using your house as a location for filming - its not to be entered lightly. Do think about it properly before you register your property with a film location agency. Nowadays, not all filming is as disruptive as it used to be. Small scale productions for TV or the internet often use hand-held cameras and involve no more disruption than a stills photo-shoot. But the average commercial, TV drama or feature film still involves lots of people and lots of disruption.

If you do not feel that you, your family or your neighbours are up for this, then let your location agency know not to put your location forward for these types of briefs. It is extremely frustrating and expensive for the production team if you change your mind about a project once your location has been selected. Often its not just about you, lots of other decisions could have been taken around the choice of your location not least which other locations to use.

So hold your discussions with your partner and your neighbours before you sign-up to a location agency so that there are no nasty surprises!