film crews in resdential roads

[tali122]

now i assume film crews need permits to film in residential streets- are there costs involved- and are they charged for every day they film there?

and what about disruption to residents who live there-as film crews bring huge fleets of trucks -do they get compensated for inconvenience? and how much notice does the council have to give residents...and.. how many residents are needed to successfully object against filming in their road -and is inconvenience alone a justified reason?

thx

[KJN]

I work in a street in Mayfair, London where there seems to be filming every other month, we usually get a letter from the production company informing us of whats going on and permits are tied to the lamposts giving times, dates etc, as far as I am aware this is all they legally have to do.

[Hippy]

Here in Newcastle they send notes through the letter box, and "advise" us not to bring our cars into the street during such and such hours as they will be filming. They then proceed to take over the whole place with generators, lights, bait wagons, and tarty artist caravans. You can't get your car in if you wanted to!

Unless they explicitly use your property, for example actor walks down path or in/out of door then you do not get any sort of facility fee. They can use your property as a backdrop without giving you anything. (Hang a banner proclaiming "Property is Theft!" or some such and get all the luvvies in lather.Haha!)

[Hermia]

We had a film crew filming outside the place where I work and it was a nightmare. The council had only agreed to them filming if they were finished by a certain time and didn't block our car park. Of course they over-ran by 5 hours and filled our entire car park (inc. the disabled parking spaces) with their vans and equipment. The bloke in charge had a hissy fit whenever we raised any objections. The whole thing was like a scene from 'Extras' actually! Whenever one of us had to go outside the extras would all look down their noses at us. It was only some awful Michelle Collins thing that sank without a trace as well!

[joko]

politeness dictates that residents are informed and asked to comply with any requests. you cannot order residents around, though most will do as asked if you ask nicely.

I have removed satellite dishes and had them change their curtains and hide modern things etc for period pieces

there is no fee to residents unless you need to use their property and then it is negotiated. For every street end that leads to another street there needs to be a uniformed police officer, which costs around �35 per hour, plus an extra travel hour fee.

you may have to pay car park fees for the resident if you need them removing.

the council will supplycones, road closed signs, redirected traffic signs and an trafffic officer if necessary for a fee too.

the council charge around �1000 per day for one road to be closed - with no roads leading off it. but all councils vary.

if any of the residents has special work related access needs you may have to compensate them

you must give plenty of warning to residents - at least a few months and then again nearer the time - what if they were holding a wedding party or and had arranged a horse and cart or something? or a funeral, or street party or anything along those lines.

most people are quite amenable to film crews if they feel they have been treated with respect and given plenty of warning.

I have had them coming out with cakes and refilling our urns for us

[wallis1007]

We had a film company filming in our area, and they wanted to use my old Landrover in the film. At first I was a bit unsure about it,but then they suggested paying me �100 a night + expenses. They needed the car for a week and it's amazing what expenses you can come up with. Money was no object.