pricing

charges

Sending in an application to film is free. A guide to charges is listed below. Location fees are applicable for filming in Parks, Civic Buildings, Markets, Estates, Libraries and any property.

Location Fees

Please note that fees are suggested and until we have the full filming intentions, costs will not be confirmed.

very small crew *(1-5 people)	small crew* (6-15 people)	Medium Crew* (16-35 people)	Large Crew* (36-55 people)	Extra Large Crew* (55+)
From £140 per hour	£1500 to £2500	£2000 to £3500	£2500 to £4000	£4000 to £7500

(*Crew numbers include cast all personnel/contributors present e.g. security)

VAT is applied to all location fees as standard
Prep and strike days are generally charged at 50% of the agreed shooting day fee
Overtime rates are applicable
N.B. A day is 12 hours access i.e. 10 hours shooting including one hour prep and one hour strike

photography

very small crew *(1-5 people)	small crew* (6-15 people)
From £100 per hour	£150 – £250 per hour

license fees

A licence fee is applied to all shoots with the exception of student filming and low budget street filming

very small crew *(1-5 people)	small crew* (6-15 people)
£150	£250

Equipment on Highway (daily rate)

This covers standard equipment on public highways e.g. dolly & track, lights on stands and ez-ups and excludes camera and tripod.

Half day	full day
£250	£500

officer time

First Recce	Subsequent Recce’s	Lengthy arrangements for production to be present on location	Specific requirements i.e night shoot	Investigation in to breach of filming licence / Code of Practice	Cleaning and reinstatement
Free	£100-£200 per hour	£100-£300 per hour	£100-£300 per hour	£100-£300 per hour	Officer time & cleaning / reinstatement charges

Site Specific Charges

Charges may be applicable that are site-specific, i.e. utilities, security, prop hire.