There is no charge for filming in the street since to make one
would be illegal. However a charge may be made for time spent by
Officers in arranging a shoot, for example, co-ordinating with the
local police, other emergency services and relevant Council Departments
to ensure that the proposed shoot is safe and the minimum of inconvenience.
The FiLM Office can also help in checking that there are no road
workings or other events planned near the location for the shooting
day(s) though adequate time is required to ensure this. Production
Companies are reminded that charges are liable to be higher the
less notice the FiLM Office has.
FILM OFFICER TIME
Hourly rate £65 (Plus VAT)
Not charged on
enquiries
advice
visits with the location manager to Council locations
time spent administering locations when a location fee has
already been charged (unless there is a breach of the license
terms)
anything that falls within the Local Authority’s duty
of care.
Chargeable when
the FiLM Officer is required to arrange things for a film
company in public places or where no other fee is charged such
as when arranging parking. (An estimate of what this will cost
is usually given at the outset so the production make a deposit
as provision against this. If the job proves more complicated
than expected and it looks as if the provision may be exceeded
advance warning is given before this happens.)
the unit is over a certain size i.e. more than ten people
and three vehicles and there is no dedicated Location Manager
employed and the FiLM Officer sees the need to fulfil this function.
Similarly when the FiLM Officer ends up assisting the Location
Manager to do his job because no assistant has been employed.
When there has not been a proper recce of the location and/or
insufficient information has been passed to the FiLM Office
to assess whether the shoot will or can be carried out safely
and, as a result a FiLM Officer has to attend the shoot to make
this evaluation and/or ensure this.
When a shoot is subject to specific requirements and a FiLM
Office has to attend the shoot e.g. on a night shoot, to ensure
compliance
an Officer is called to the location to investigate a complaint
under either the Health and Safety Act, the Highways Act, Road
Traffic Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Children’s
Act or a breach of the local regulations for street filming
and that complaint is found to be valid.
there is a breach in the terms of a licence and the Officer
has to investigate.
When the FiLM Office has to clear up after a production e.g
by arranging a re-instatement, removing unit signs, clearing
rubbish.
