Fly half way around the world to an unfamiliar country and you may be in for a surprise because lack of knowledge about local conditions increases the chances of something going wrong with your film or photo shoot, by which time it is too late to switch locations.
What you need to minimise the risk is information at the early stages of planning and budgeting to ensure that you choose the right place from the outset.
If it is not immediately obvious which part of the world is best for your film or photo shoot, it can be time consuming and expensive to employ researchers, find the perfect location manager, or even send out a number of scouts to narrow the search.
You may feel safer going to a country that you do know and where you have shot before. By doing this you are in effect reducing the risk, but you may also be compromising creativity.
In an ideal world you would have an advisor on hand who will have shot in every country in the world in every month of the year, but these people are hard to find!
Film commissions around the world provide a valuable service but it is not always immediately obvious which ones to approach, and the time it takes to research each country or region separately can be time consuming.
It was precisely to meet the needs of producers and photographers in these circumstances that Global Support Limited created shootingonlocation.com.
This website provides detailed climate and geography maps and charts for every country in the world. The information is presented in a simple and visual way and it is designed specially for professionals in the film industry.
