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INDEXFilm Office for Dorset?
9 years, 4 months ago - Michael Hancock
Join the conversation and tell me what services and offers a film maker centric film office could provide?
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9 years, 4 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
As in a council film office? Start with all the services offered by all the other ones - local locations, talent, managing all the council interface for parking permits and road closures, managing the interface or at least introduction with the appropriate police departments, helping arrange for hydrant use, etc.
9 years, 4 months ago - Marlom Tander
What Paddy said, esp with a good DB of locations, local talent and resources, plus useful (and up to date docs) re do's, don'ts, who to talk to, insurance requirements etc.
A local office should be staffed by someone who can "make reasonable requests actually happen". A "reasonable request" is anything within the Councils gift. E.g. "we love your old harbour but also need a office location". To which "I can get the Council offices if you can shoot at weekends and cover the overtime for a facilities manager to open up, be around and lock up".
I have some thoughts on this though - with initial buy in from 2-3 Councils it would be possible to roll out a very affordable "one stop shop" service that could allow all the Councils to play to their strengths and, in effect, grow the pie by making it even easier to shoot in the UK.
I'll drop you a line if you want.