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A three-panel image perfect for a film location search. The left and right panels reveal spacious, empty office interiors with gray carpeting and large windows. The center panel showcases a two-story brick building exterior, surrounded by parked cars and trees under a blue sky.

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

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Four-panel collage of city buildings: Top left shows a modern urban street ideal for filming locations, with tall buildings. Top right features a historic brick building with a gabled roof. Bottom left depicts a waterway alongside industrial brick structures. Bottom right reveals a sleek glass edifice.

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

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Using Commercial Property for Filming

November 3, 2023 | What we do

New locations are key to our business but our involvement sits low on the priority of most landlords. It’s not their main business so we need to approach them or their agents carefully, professionally and clearly demonstrate the benefits we can offer; namely a new source of income. It is important to make it clear

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Specsavers Advert

October 6, 2023 | Locations in Action

How do you turn an empty old office into a bustling set for a Specsavers advert? This office building in Wembley Park is really film friendly, easy to service and great for commercials Suites of 7500sqft and 3750sqft. As part of a well facilitated site, good access, close to tubes and train network and outside

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Santander Commercial with Ant and Dec

September 19, 2023 | Locations in Action

When Ant and Dec visited Acton…How do you turn an empty office headquarters into a bustling set for a Santander advert. This huge modern office building is becoming popular for filming. A great Police Station and College/School double. Multiple floors of furnished office space with a loading dock, great staircases, a roof terrace and a

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