Services
Making your shoot happen

Making your shoot happen, on time, on budget.

Whatever you need, whenever you need it

Shooting in a country that you don't know, with a foreign language can be daunting but that's how we can help.

Whether it's just advising you through pre-production or providing hands-on practical help in setting up the shoot, accompanying the crew on their French shoot, or helping you with post-prodution requirements like transcription or subtitling, we are here to make your shoot run smoothly.

 Our main services are listed below, but we can provide bespoke help on request.

We have had some fairly strange filming requests in our time and have had to gain access to some pretty weird and wonderful places.
We don't like to take no for an answer or admit defeat but even so, much of what is possible does depend on your budget and timescale and how much notice you can give to make plans!  

Whatever your request, we will do our very best to get you what you need to create the wow factor for your film every time*.
(*within reasonable notice)!

Pre Production

Whether on location or in the office, we're always working to prep your shoot down to the very last detail.

 We offer the full range of pre-production services:

  • Location scouting 
  • Location permits /access
  • Sourcing contributors 
  • Casting
  • Budgeting
  • Scheduling
  • Organising logistics 
  • Vehicle hire
  • Gear hire
  • Bilingual Crew hire
On Location 
  • Overseeing smooth running of shoot
  • Managing logistics (people, places, vehicles, gear)
  • Managing locations
  • Acting as AD 
  • Overseeing road closures and private access
  • Acting as point of contact for local French authorities
  • Supervising COVID protocols
  • Conducting interviews/shadow interviewing
  • Translating/ interpreting
  • Hand-holding  (helping your team with shooting and day to day matters)
  • Friendly helpful local advice from experienced bilingual production managers and line producers.
Drone
We can arrange drone filming all across France with experienced owner-operators registered with French Civil Aviation and approved to fly in France.

Depending on your model of drone required prices vary. Please ask us for a quote for your project. 

Our drone operators will file permit applications for you.

What is required for a drone permit:
  • Only French CAA approved drone ops are legally allowed to fly in France. 
  • A foreign drone op may apply for a French license but you should allow minimum of 30 working days for this to be processed by Civil Aviation and the Department of Defence.
  • A flight plan with exact GPS take off and landing coordinates
  • A flight plan trajectory map
  • Permits in Paris require 5 working days notice on average
  • Permits elsewhere in France vary
Even private land requires a permit - the air all belongs to civil aviation!

Aerials
Our aerial filming crew provide second to none expertise whether on cineflex, shotover, or whatever your camera preference. 

Our aerial camera team have years of experience filming for international productions and French prime time television shows. Whether it's through the alps, across the coast or zooming over a racetrack, our understanding of the ins and outs of aerial filming means we can set up your aerial shots swiftly and efficiently.  

We also have good contacts at all the Paris airports and Paris Heliport, as well as in Geneva and Monaco for ease of organising your aerial travel and filming permits.   
Post-Production
While we don't usually* provide editing facilities (*we can on request) we do provide the following services in post:

  • Translation
  • Transcription
  • Subtitiling
  • Voice Over
  • Audio Editing
Livestream and Remote
As we all navigate the current health epidemic, and turn to new ways of filming and broadcasting, we're here to help.

Whether it's scripting and overseeing a livestream,  showcalling, producing podcasts or webinars, or just organising some remote filming with a local team, we can adapt to meet your "new" needs.

Let us know about your project and we'll put together a proposal and quote for how to make it happen.

Contact Us
info@filminginparis.com

+33 (0) 787 06 76 46

Paris, France.
We're based in Paris but work all over France. 
We truly know the country and have local crew in all the major cities and beyond.

We love to travel and happily undertake work for our clients, everywhere in France, Monaco & French speaking Switzerland*.

*(And even sometimes Spain, Luxembourg and Belgium. Shhh! )