I think Peter Soler’s advice here is very wise. Film Offices/Commission’s (especially Malaga’s) need to address the actual requirements listed and they need to be relevant. Putting in the same generic pitch every time for the region is not only ill-advised, but I think counter productive to both the film office concerned and the integrity of this forum. Once you are on the short-list you will have plenty of opportunities to present your incentives/advantages, but if I was a Client frequenting this site I would actually avoid some places as the indication from here is that they would give irrelevant and/or erroneous information, the last thing a Producer needs especially when he is relying on his Location people to meticulously tick all the boxes for the shoot. We need to keep this client friendly, and with 10s of thousands of Film Offices all over the world competing with each other no doubt we will come across this kind of thing again. Maybe we should email them directly when that occurs to remind them to “keep it real”.
Chris Tangey
Alice Springs Film and Television
Australia
