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Police Interview Rooms for Filming
July 17, 2024 | What we do
We are asked a lot for Police Station doubles. Many office buildings and industrial properties have film-ready basements that they don’t even use! That’s why we seek them out. Ask us about our suitable filming locations for a police interview set. Get in touch to ask us about our many Police Station Doubles.
CALLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS
June 19, 2024 | What we do
We promote vacant space to the film industry on behalf of the landlord. How We Work: We don’t take any occupation as we are effectively acting as an agent for the landlord, working in conjunction with the existing agents who are trying to secure long term occupation. The film industry only require short term occupation …
Film locations that double for something else
May 23, 2024 | What we do
Double Vision Part of the responsibility of a good location agency is to respond to a production brief not just with exact examples of what they’ve asked for, but also variations that could be made to ‘double’ for the film location required. We often get asked for hospitals, schools, prisons, courtrooms, police stations and other …
Working to Tight Deadlines
April 30, 2024 | Case Study
Often we have short lead-times to find a suitable location for filming. The Film Industry and the Property Industry can work at very different speeds. Turning around an enquiry, sourcing and signing up a completely new location within 10 days is one of the shortest lead times we’ve pulled out of the bag. Especially signing …
A Guide to Assessing Landlords for Filming Locations
March 27, 2024 | What we do
If Area4 are to promote property to the film industry we need to know that the landlord’s property is actually useable and the landlord is keen to work with us. Making sure we don’t waste time and effort with property owners who aren’t really engaged with what we do is key for Area4. Here’s how …