Careful selection of filming locations is critical to the success of this film.

If we are recording dialog (i.e. you are telling your story). . . the location needs to be ABSOLUTELY QUIET! Rooms should not have a large number of hard surfaces, the more carpet and soft-padded furniture the better. A passing truck or bus, dog bark or cat meow now and then won't be a show stopper, but we'll have to break during those interruptions. Even a quiet refrigerator or computer fan one or two rooms down the hall will be picked up by the sensitive microphones. Your ears and brain have a genetic talent to not hear this background noise that you will hear in a theater.

For interior interviews, the camera needs to be at least 20 feet from the background, preferable 30 feet. The interviewee will be in the middle. We would want backgrounds for interviews to appear neat, squared away and "interesting" even though the backgrounds should be out of focus. A typical "pleasing background" would have a book case or art on the wall, no doorways. Backgrounds cannot have any vertical patterns, or the video goes nuts.

All light in the space needs to be either natural outdoor light (as supplemented by color corrected lighting) or all tungsten lighting. The two types of lighting can't be mixed and matched, the camera can't do what your eyes and brain can. We will typically provide the color corrected lighting unless there are special circumstances, such as you are telling your story in a well lighted art gallery!

Dialog outdoors can be very difficult if there is car/truck/bus traffic anywhere within miles of the site.

We will need to execute a "Location Release Agreement" for shooting on location.

No visible trademarks, such as beverages, computer logos, etc. or else we will need to obtain permission. Logos will either need to be covered or taken out of site. Yes, these can be "pixeled out" but why make work for post production as it is simpler to fix before shooting.