INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS FOR PRODUCTION Apr 2014

21 Sun is a full service production company based in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

The highly professional, multi-lingual team works in English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

National and international clients include C&A, Bogner, Marc Cain, Elle US, NY Times Magazine and many others.

The company's Brazil-wide network and local knowledge enables it to conjure up unique, often exclusive locations. Full production services accompany every job, from catalogue shoots to advertising campaigns and editorials.

7 Seas has a special presence in Latin America built up over the last 20 years. The company covers three different regions and climates, all rich in diversity and tailor-made for fashion, advertising film and photo shoots.

In Cuba, enjoy the colonial splendor and the grandeur of Havana with clear blue beaches just 30 minutes away. The US embargo will come down soon so it will be accessible for all of 7 Seas clients north of the Rio Grande.  

Meanwhile, 7 Seas Productions has developed the Colombian Caribbean with UNESCO's world heritage city Cartagena at its centre. Northern Colombia is very safe and 7 Seas is the first real photo and film production services company to exploit the beauty of these latitudes. Cartagena is a colonial city on a smaller scale than Havana and has some of the most beautiful beaches in Latin America on the surrounding Coral Islands of Rosario.

Buenos Aires is a vibrant city with the feel of Berlin and Paris, with unique backdrops and a favorable Dollar / Peso exchange rate. The Patagonian Cordilleras offer skiing and snow during the European 'northern Summer' (June to October), meaning that what can be done in the Alps can also be done here.

Visit the 7 Seas website for more details on every country's peculiarities, including customs clearance and shoot permits, as well as an open location database for image references.

Recent productions include Coca-Cola (USA), bonprix (OTTO group) and Conleys (both Germany), Promod (France), Synsam (Norway) and J.Crew (USA).

AD Production was founded 25 years ago and specialises in the production and location management of photo and video services. The company operates mostly in Italy but can work in any part of the world, having access to a vaste range of locations that are sure to provide the perfect setting for each product or event.

Thanks to personal contacts with municipalities, architecture studios, museums, art galleries and artistic institutions, AD can offer a vaste range of exclusive supplementary locations for which access is usually difficult to obtain.

The company is renowned for its experience, professionalism and specialisation in the automotive sector, providing excellent quality-to-price ratio in its products and services from a flexible base. The AD crew offers an amazing production experience during working hours but goes the extra mile to ensure clients dine in the best local restaurants and find the best hotel deals.

Clients include Fiat, Lancia, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Lexus, Lufthansa, Nikon, DPD, DHL and many more.

"Let a drone fly from the roof top over Frankfurt's skyline, can be a tightrope walker run over a stretched line between two towers, the perfect tree house, the empty swimming pool, relaxed student apartment, the lonely forest road, a bridge sprayed with graffiti or the high-quality conference room of a bank - we make it possible. Our team of scouts is happy to help you find the right location for your photo, film, production or commercial."

bigshrimp is a full service photo production company with an on-site talent and location pool. The company offers a complete service package including casting, model booking, location scouting and location management as well as all kinds of production services and art buying. It also offers three fully equiped rental studios in the centre of Berlin.

bigshrimp's location scouting department ensures a tailor-made solution to suit every client’s individual requirements.

bigshrimp represents a wide selection of locations in northern and eastern Germany, particularly Hamburg and Berlin. Throughout the year the company scouts interesting and suitable locations to ensure a constantly high quality location database. Locations range from high-class penthouses to historical properties filled with character.

Visit the website for more information, email or call direct on +49 40 20 90 81 62.

The Great British Production Company (britishproduction.com) operates a network of local and national production experts across the UK. GBPC can look after your stills/TVC/digital shoots anywhere in the UK at a great rate with great local knowledge, and offers full production back up through two central offices in London and Scotland.

"You guys really are The GREATest British Production Company." S Moreno, Photo Manager, EF Zurich.

Cinefilms® is an audio-visual production agency that gives serious and ethical support for national and international directors, producers, photographers, advertising agencies and production companies from all over the world.

Cinefilms' main objective is to help provide full production support services in the Dominican Republic for both the film and media companies. Its team of professionals can assist with any requirement and handle affordable budgets.

The company's philosophy is to develop long-term business relationships with all clients, offering extremely competitive production quotes while still maintaining exceptional production quality through a team of winners who are always ready to collaborate.

CineFilms also offers location scouting and management, production management and logistics, customs and film permits and a wide range of production services to make every shoot successful.

Francesca Semprini has been involved for many years in interior architecture and design. In 1999 she began location scouting for photographic shoots and design, furniture and fashion events. She currently collaborates with some of the most important companies, agencies and editorial offices in the field.

Francesca's portfolio, part of which can be consulted on her website, includes a range of locations of various types and characteristics, accurately selected outside institutional routes: open spaces, show rooms, modern and period architecture.

Her locations, which are always updated and diverse, include art galleries, industrial spaces, temporary shops, gardens and swimming pools.

Recent clients include Aston Martin, Cappellini, B&B, Cassina, C.P. Company, Diesel  Home Collection, De Longhi, iBlues, Knoll, Lema, Marina Rinaldi, Brunello Cucinelli, Luceplan, Manila Grace, E-go’, Fix Design, Silvian Heach Kids, Verzelloni and Unopiù.

Editorials include Io Donna, D la Repubblica, Elle Decor, GQ, Glamour, Living, Marie Claire Maison and Vogue Bambino.

Green Productions works across Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Ecuador, Panama and Argentina providing a huge range of locations ideal for any type of shoot. 

Clients include Anthropologie USA, Bloomingdales USA , Saks Fifth Avenue USA, Shop-Bop USA, Mykita Eyewear Germany, Schwab Germany, Otto, Canelle FR, L’Oréal FR, Suggest FR, ZEKI TR, Best Form FR, JD Williams UK, Gray & Osbourn UK, Boden UK,  Dione MX, Westies MX and Red Oak PR. 

Editorial clients include SELF Magazine USA, Marie Claire USA, Glamour Magazine USA, Rolling Stone USA, InStyle USA, Elle UK/Italy, Glamour FR and Numero FR.

Advertising clients include FedEx FR, AVEDA USA, Sony MX, Peugeot Bl, El Tesoro Tequila USA, REVO Sunglasses, Banco de Mexico MX, Pantene USA, BBV Bancomer MX, Got Milk? USA, Cuervo USA, Kahlua Global, IC Hotels worldwide and AXA Assurances FR. 

Agencies: Publicis NY/Paris, Gray NY, Wing Latino USA and Factory Lab USA.

Queenstown, the Southern Hemisphere hub for winter activities, is the base of Lighthouse Productions.

"A perfect playground for your next winter stills campaign. If you are looking for fashion locations, some ski-action, or an area for the latest secret car shoot, it is all on Lighthouse’s doorstep. This breath-taking corner of the world will not only deliver, but quite possibly blow you away."

With her vast experience, producer Nadine Ivey has created an amazing network of some of the highest level location scouts and production crew worldwide. Lighthouse provides clients with everything from the best coffee on set, to the latest high-end technology, like the LizardQ Sphere camera for the best CGI results.

Location Scotland's reputation working with local and international photographers, art directors and producers has resulted in exceptional campaigns for stills and moving image shoots throughout Scotland and the north of England.

The company has had an incredibly busy start to the year, with the announcement of the new LS Motion department, a brand refresh and several new additions to the production team.

LS goes above and beyond to provide the best production services in Scotland, including but not limited to location scouting, production management, stylists and make-up artists, visa assistance, model castings and budgets.

Recent productions include Man of the World, Quant e-Sportlimousine, W Magazine, Hope St Magazine, Chivas Whisky, Jan Vanderstorm and Allianz.

Get in touch to see what incredible locations and world-class production LS can provide.

Norway Does Productions provides location and production services to the stills and film industries. Its team consists of highly qualified freelance producers with extensive international experience.

Norway Does will take clients away from the tourist routes to show them an authentic experience of Norway. The company will do its best to accommodate clients' needs to agreed budgets, making every production unforgettable.

"Optimise commercial film, photo and video shoots across Europe and beyond! Veteran production service partners forming the newly launched Production Service Network (PSN) offer unparalleled local knowledge at no extra cost. Call on this one-stop shop to determine which countries best fit your brief and budget."

Across a continent where production costs range from high to low, PSN provides critical local input on locations and permitting, logistics, climate, available cast, crew, equipment and more. PSN recommends the most cost-effective shoot locations with a top-drawer partner ready to deliver all needed production services.

Clients already producing work with PSN partners in more than a dozen countries across Europe include production houses like AmanaCliq, Bang Bang Films, Filmplexe, H2 films, Knucklehead, Luscious International, Moviola Asia, Partizan, PPI China, Pyramid Film, TFC, and more on top agency campaigns for brands such as Adidas, Canon, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, Fujifilm, Heineken, Lego, Louis Philippe, Microsoft, Nikon, RIM, Toyota and Yamaha.

"Make us your local production partner in Europe and beyond."

Established in 2000, Santa Monica Productions is a full service production company for photo and film shoots.

The team around Yiannie Lamb and Kirsten Fleig combines professionalism and a personal touch that ensures cost effectiveness and the smooth running of every production. With over 20 years of experience in Spain, the company is the perfect production partner. SMP offers competitive budgets and a location database of over 580,000 location photos.

Latest productions include:

• Porsche Macan Turbo for Evo Sieben Munich (film).
• BMW R Nine T for Good Guys Entertainment, Berlin (film/photo).
• Ufa Fiction for ZDF (film).
• Debeukelaer, First Floor Film, Hamburg (film).
• Nissan Leaf for Performance, London (photo).
• Aston Martin Rapide for Identity, London (film/photo).
• Ford Europe-wide campaign for BPH Productions, London (photo).
• Fitflop photographer Steve Hiett (photo).

Visit the website to access SMP's extensive location database. For latest news visit the blog.

Scout for location was founded in1996. During this time the agency has built an unparalleled archive of over 4,000 locations in Germany, with a strong focus on the metropolitan region of Hamburg.

Scout for location offers a vast variety of locations ranging from shabby style to luxurious chic; from A to Z, outdoors and indoors. But if the location is yet to be scouted, they will happily hop into the car to find the perfect one.

Its photo and film clients have stuck with Scout for location for many years, with numerous projects for well-known brands like Ikea, Nivea, Mercedes-Benz, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Tchibo, Impressionen, OTTO, Rolf Benz, Panasonic, Lufthansa, and many more.

"Still reading? Good, you are interested! Give us a call - we’ll be flattered to deliver results for you."

Hosting the best climate and sunshine hours in the UK, South Coast UK has everything you need for your advertising, fashion and lifestyle shoots.

With its Miami-style houses, romantic thatched cottages, grand stately homes, castles and ruins, miles of sandy beaches, beach huts, jetties, yachts and an abundance of water sports, this beautiful area of England is so visually rich and diverse that you could be anywhere in the world - yet only a stone's throw from London.

SC.UK provides bespoke location and production services tailored to every brief. Whether it's a one day shoot or a few weeks on location, the company can cater for any size of shoot and budget.

Recent campaigns include global Coca-Cola (launching April '14), Beiersdorf Nivea European 2013/14 and the launch and continuing campaigns for M&S Bank.

Warsaw Creatives is a the largest Poland-based creative and production agency offering creative and consultancy services exclusively to fashion and luxury brands.

Poland has much to offer in terms of spectacular locations: mountains, lakes, seaside, woods, modern and old architecture, countryside and large towns. A fine selection of new and well equipped rental studios is also on offer.

Warsaw Creatives had the pleasure of hosting international teams and clients in Poland as a local producer on shoots for Reebok, Chevron, French Chevron and Chaussea, and German retail Otto Group.

Yucatan Productions is a full-service production company located in Merida, Mexico. The company produces catalogue, advertising and editorial work across Mexico, from the Caribbean Coast (Riviera Maya, Cancun and Tulum), to the Pacific Coast (Los Cabos, and Baja California).

Mexico provides an ideal all-year-round environment for photography, with consistent weather, a wide variety of locations, professional crews, reasonable production costs and many outstanding and as-yet undiscovered sites.

“Yucatan Productions brings the locations to you, and then you to the locations!”

Clients include Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Tommy Bahama, Elle, Sports Illustrated, C&A, Glamour, Getty Images, Pacifico, Otto, Urban Outfitters, Esquire, Next, Neiman Marcus, Jockey, Printemps, Nu Skin, FreePeople, Merrell, Hewlett Packard, Martha Stewart Prod, Etam, Projek, Beco, Fedex, Private Member, Camaieu, Delia's, Image Source, Condé Nast, Corbis, Quelle, Verena, Jolie, Poetry and Wrap, Vogue, Grazia, Apple, Sofft and Look Magazine, HGTV, Air Transat, Vuitton, Horst, Corona,Gemo, San Marina, Addition Elle,Thyme,Kookai,Sport Expert, Figleaves and Only,Starwood Hotels.