international locations for production Jul 2011

365 Productions offer photographic/film production and location management services on the beautiful Mediterranean islands of Ibiza and Formentera.

The company's experienced crews will be on hand to ensure every part of the production is a success. They can arrange production managers, assistants, location scouting, all transport requirements, drivers, catering, model sourcing and casting, accommodation, runners, hair, make up, stylists, set designers, props, local lighting equipment hire and total budget management.

365 Productions has amazing locations, including houses in Ibiza ranging from modern minimal villas to rustic romantic fincas, as well as the beautiful Ibiza old town, pretty white washed villages, marinas and hidden coves, Caribbean like beaches in Formentera and lots of other stunning locations that these wonderful islands have to offer.

The company has worked with many international editorial and advertising brands on stills productions and with major television and film production companies to produce shoots on the islands.

365 Productions can offer a custom made solution for all your specific requirements, needs and budget.

70seven is a location and production service company based in Hamburg.

Specialised in locations in Hamburg and northern Germany, including the Baltic Sea and North Sea areas, 70seven also covers all regions of Germany. Recent projects took the company to Frankfurt, Berlin and Duesseldorf.

For German clients 70seven also offers international location and full production services. Past shoots have seen the company work in Norway, Portugal, Hawaii, Great Britain, and many other destinations.

Clients include Nike, Siemens, UEFA, eBay, McNeal, Burda, Adidas, Peek & Cloppenburg, T-Mobile, and many more.

Beijing Photospace (BPS) is a full-service production company, offering studio and equipment rental plus creative management featuring Beijing's most comprehensive locations portfolio.

On location services include scouting, permits, logistics and a suite of international caliber equipment, featuring Profoto and Arri lighting, grip, digital and more.

Venues range from classical China to modern architecture, and from contemporary and alternative spaces through to gritty rural and urban landscape, factories, countryside, deserts, rivers, forests and fields. In short, if it exists in Beijing, BPS can find it.

Based out of its 250 m² white seamless studio, BPS also offers on site management, set building, casting, crew coordination, equipment lists and logistics prep plus post-production services including retouching and layout and design.

Editorial and commercial clients range from Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and National Geographic through to the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Sony Pictures, and many more.

Birdman Inc is a full service location scouting business based in San Francisco that has been providing unique and thorough location solutions for over 12 years.

Working with local and international photographers, art directors and producers, the team has developed a reputation as one of the best location services in northern California. With a client list ranging from Audi to VISA to Williams Sonoma, BirdMan Inc has built and organised an extensive location library over the past several years.

The team of highly skilled photographers, known for their fine art and portraiture independently, bring an exceptionally high level of vision, craft and creativity to all of its scouting assignments.

In addition to fresh scouting, BirdMan manages a 500,000-image digital library which swiftly cross-references subjects, names and descriptions. From homes to roads to offices, Birdman Inc consistently provides a variety of great solutions.

Caribbean Production has been providing location scouting, management and production support services since 1998 for TV commercials, film, music videos, fashion, catalogue, advertising and still photography shoots anywhere in the Caribbean. Locations are also offered on islands off the beaten track like Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Turks & Caicos, Cayman Islands and small islands in the Bahamas.

The company's location library contains thousands of images from some of the world's most diverse islands, including white palm beaches, tropical gardens, lush jungles, waterfalls, luxury modern mansions, colonial plantation houses, fishing villages, city scenery with Mediterranean flair, marinas, and much more. All locations are within close range and benefit from daily direct flights via St. Martin or Barbados from New York, Miami, Toronto, London, Frankfurt and Paris.

Productions include Avon Cosmetics, Macy's-INC fashion, Visa Card, Virgin Holidays, Principles, Marks & Spencer advertising, Vogue, Elle, GQ, Glamour, Jockey, Alba Moda, Otto catalogue, Heine, Quelle, Kaleidoscope, Boden, JDWilliams, Chicos, BBC networks, NBC, SKY TV, ARD, ZDF, National Geographic, NDF, and many more.

Visit the website for a full client list, locations, photo and film samples, company and service information. Click the links for more information on Barbados, St. Barts and St. Martin and follow the company on facebook.

Eye-Prod. has added new photographers and clients to its roster, including Chris Boehm for Klingel, Ralph Wenig and Fred Cresseaux for 3Suisses.

Other productions included collaborations with HG Producers from Miami on a Hilton production in Kos, Wasiliki Goutziomitros for a Swiss-TV travel documentary shot on various locations throughout Greece, and producing the Patros shoot in Athens for Kai Gräber and Brawand Rieken.

The company thanks Ronald Michalk from Fernsicht for assisting a Madeleine catalogue shoot in Santorini and Athens, and Christine Brogli from Kerozene for co-producing a Diesel campaign with Eye-Prod. in Crete.

Key Productions, based in Athens, has been operating since 1999 and provides international clients with well-organised, smooth production services while keeping closely to budget.

Greece, with 300 days of sunshine a year and only three hours away from all major European cities, offers a huge range of locations, from modern to traditional architecture, beaches, promenades, marinas, pools, islands, and much more.

Services include production management, budget management, location gallery, location scouting and permits, hotel accommodation, transportation, airport transfers, props and equipment hire, catering, crew, styling and model casting.

Clients include J.P. Boden UK, Charles Tyrwhitt UK, Damart UK, Fashy DE, Grattans UK, Hess Nature DE, Kaleidoscope UK, La Redoute FR, Littlewoods UK, Next Directory UK, Patra UK, Peter Hahn DE, Rhodes & Beckett Aus, Waschbar DE, Virgin Mobile UK, Mercedes Zetros DE, David Jones (Team Saatchi) Aus, St John Knitt USA, Brigitte DE, Celebrity DE, Cosmopolitan DE, Cosmopolitan Bride UK, Easy Living UK, Elle DE, Eltern DE, FHM DE, GQ DE and Marie Claire Aus.

Location Scotland has an ever-growing locations database with over 50,000 images. The company actively sources new locations to add to this, providing clients with one of Scotland's largest private image banks for their shoots.

Scotland has a character and atmosphere that simply can't be found anywhere else, and Location Scotland's team knows it inside out. Whether it's the typical Scottish landscape or a chic, modern location house, Scotland has it all.

The company's solid reputation has seen clients return year after year and continues to attract a host of new names, including Pringle of Scotland, New Look, ID Magazine, Boden, Absolut Vodka, M&S Blue Harbour, Highland Spring, Interfashion, Glenfiddich, Bank of Scotland, Pepperberry, Johnnie Walker, Mudo, Plumo, Timberland, Benetton, per una, Expresso, The White Company, Gray & Osbourn, JD Williams, Shop Direct, Toyota, Glamour Magazine, Ports 1961, Long Tall Sally, and many more.

The company's highly experienced in-house team can take the stress out of finding unique Scottish locations and provide a bespoke production package tailored to every budget.

Please call Marie, Michelle or Katie on +44 (0) 131 561 0120, or visit the website for more information.

Luminosa Production has been offering its services to international clients for over 10 years. Operating from Lugano, Zurich and Munich, Luminosa covers a large part of mid- and southern Europe, focusing particularly on Switzerland, the Alps, the south of France, Italy and Munich.

The company believes in providing a personalised service tailored to the various needs and requirements of each individual client.

Recent projects include:

• UK catalogue Boden in Venice and a Mini Boden kids shoot in Chamonix, including castings.
• German fashion chain store Peek und Cloppenburg in Munich and Italy.
• Christian Berg in Chamonix, Madeleine in St. Moritz, GANT in the French Alps, Brax in Zurich, Migros and Sunrise.

Thrilling glacier shots from a helicopter, laid-back days on a chic river boat on Lake Como, stunning Sardinia beaches, wooden chalets in the French Alps, island days on Capri, romance in Venice, clean modern locations and fake snow set-ups; the company has the experience and the know-how to find the right spot for every project and how to transform it into a perfect and unique location.

Mint Locations is a blue chip resource for the finest villas, extraordinary estates, rustic ranches and outstanding private homes in the Wine Country, northern California and Greater Bay Area environs.

Cindi Osborn, the proprietor of Mint Locations, has over 20 years of photo and film production experience. The company has the keys to get clients behind the gates and on location - on time and on budget.

Visit the website for a preview of locations and services. Access to Mint Locations' database of properties is free of charge. Contact Cindi Osborn on +1 (415) 671-9091 for personal service.

One of the biggest reasons for the huge success of the Film and Photo Industry within the Balearic Islands (especially Mallorca) is the wealth and variety of beautiful locations.

When shooting on the island of Mallorca, all these stunning resources are located no more than one hour's drive from Palma, the capital.

Mallorca can offer the most cost effective solution for every client's needs and Orange Valley's experienced team can help you execute your productions in style and comfort.

Sardinia Production Service is based in northern Sardinia from where it provides a full range of solutions for companies looking to shoot on the island, including location scouting, casting and permits.

Recent work includes advertising campaignes for Audi, Twin Set and The Discovery Channel, among others.

Thanks to its sunny and dry climate, Sardinia is ideal for outdoor shoots. Its wide range of locations includes white beaches, dunes, wild landscapes, mountains and luxurious villas. Only a one hour flight from Milan and Rome, the island is also linked to major European airports with direct flights from the UK, Germany, France and Spain.

From Catholic churches to Hindu temples, windswept white sands to jungle swamps, industrial highrise buildings to old colonial estates, Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean has it all - with the people to match.

"We're more than just another pretty beach." Visit the online gallery to see more.

Take me to Cuba is a photo production service established in 1999. Next to customs handling and work visas, the company organises castings of all sizes using the incredible variety of people available on the island. From European to Asian and Afro-American, Cuba has it all.

New stories were shot by French-Romanian photographer Adrian Parfene for German MAXI, and Italian leisurewear company Piazza pulled out all the stops during a shoot in Varadero and Havana.

Take me to Cuba thrives for thorough pre-production by providing location photos from a state-of-the-art location library boasting more than 40,000 hand-selected images. And don't forget: according to Cuban law, American citizens are very welcome in Cuba.

The BigMama is a production service company specialized in obtaining excellent quality audiovisual materials  with cost optimization. Its young and slim company structure, which also relies on a network of individuals throughout the country, allows for speedy feedback and location proposals.

The company's philosophy lies in the belief that production, much like cooking, relies on the quality of the ingredients involved: locations, people and technical equipment are therefore carefully selected according to every client’s requirements.

The BigMama is based in Milan, but operates throughout Italy and is the most skilled team to work within the beautiful island of Sardinia, covering all kind of scenario from wonderful beaches to amazing landscapes for car-shooting.