Locations

Sep 2026

Atlanta Film Permits: City Fees, Closures, and Notification

How City of Atlanta film permits work: FilmApp, the $100 application and $300 monthly permit fees, closure lead times, $1M insurance, and three-block notice.

Sep 2026

Chicago Film Permits: Chicago Film Office Fees and Lead Times

How Chicago film permits work: $250 per day per location, four to ten business days of review, $1M insurance naming the City, 48-hour leaflets, and police rates.

Sep 2026

Company Moves on a Film Shoot: Planning, Timing, and Cost

How to time a company move minute by minute, price it against camera hours, decide when to keep or remove it from the board, and put it on the call sheet.

Sep 2026

Cover Sets and Weather Cover: How to Plan for Bad Weather Days

Build a weather cover plan for exterior days: pick and rank cover sets, price the holds, set decision deadlines, and re-board the pages a rain day costs you.

Sep 2026

Doubling Locations: How Georgia and New Zealand Play Somewhere Else

Location doubling means shooting one place to read as another: Atlanta for Queens, Otago for Montana. How scouts, art, and VFX sell it, and what it saves.

Sep 2026

Film Permits in Los Angeles: FilmLA Fees, Deadlines, Insurance

How to get a City of Los Angeles film permit through FilmLA: the $931 application fee, the three-business-day deadline, $1M insurance, posting, and the Low Impact tier.

Sep 2026

Filming in Public Without a Permit: What the Rules Actually Say

When you can film in public without a permit in NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, London, and US national parks, what triggers a permit, and the risks.

Sep 2026

Filming Location Rental Cost: What You Pay Beyond the Day Rate

What filming locations cost: how private owners price prep, shoot, and hold days, published public location fees in LA, NYC, and London, and the hidden lines.

Sep 2026

Filming Permission in London: Film London and Borough Rules

How filming permission works in London: Borough Film Services, small crew rules, Notices of No Objection, £2M liability cover, lead times, and 2026 borough fees.

Sep 2026

Location Release Forms: Who Signs, What to Negotiate, What Fails

How film location release forms work in practice: who has authority to sign, the terms owners push back on, tricky rentals and businesses, and how releases fail.

Sep 2026

Location Scouting Checklist: What to Check Before You Say Yes

A location scouting checklist for film: script prep, sound, sun path, power, parking and base camp, load-in, permits, and the photos to take so nobody rescouts.

Sep 2026

NYC Film Permits: MOME Rules, the $500 Fee, and Insurance

How New York City film permits work: when MOME requires one, the $500 fee per 14-day period, $1M insurance filed 48 hours ahead, deadlines, and resident notice.