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A collage of four scenes: a globe in a busy mall, people in red shirts at the sleek Antandec offices, a woman striking a pose by an Apple TV+ sign, and a tantalizing poster for Black Doves on Netflix featuring a man and woman standing by a car.

Empty offices are not sexy

January 15, 2025 | Locations in Action

Sad, dim shadows of the former hub of activity they used to be. Maybe they are waiting for planning permission, maybe the whole building is due to be demolished, maybe tenants have moved out, maybe the lease hasn’t expired. But we love them! They are hugely useful for filming and short-term production offices. We seek …

Split image showcasing two distinct venues. Top: Elegant historic site with dining room, garden, wood-paneled room, and ornate hall. Bottom: Modern venue with lab, circular building, spacious meeting area, and auditorium. Text: “One Multi-Site - Two Captivatingly Different Styles.”.

One Multi-Site – Two Completely Different Styles

August 27, 2024 | Our locations

Historic Manor House ➡️16th Century manor house with plenty of period historic rooms, Great Drawing Room, The Hall, Library, Orangery and Dining Room ➡️Dark wood panelling, elegant staircases and wood floors ➡️Formal gardens, grass lawns, tree-lined avenues, an elegant driveway, woodland and an old vegetable garden ➡️Along with agricultural views, there are cottages and other farm …

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 …

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 …

American Bungalow Film Location

May 16, 2023 | Our locations

American Bungalow Film Location with large grassy lawn out front, is on an award winning estate in Berkshire. On a wide open street which easily passes for parts of the USA. 30 miles West of London down the M4 or M3. Great facilities on site, lots of parking, film-friendly neighbours. The ranch style house is open plan …