Location Management Services

Here is how this works in practice. We give location running that handles each operational aspect of a filming site from prep through wrap. Our location managers set up access, parking, power, base-camp setup, crowd control, and crew facilities, and they manage the relationships with property owners, neighbours, and local authorities that keep a shoot running smoothly.

Here is the breakdown. They liaise with the Vienna Film Commission and regional offices on permit conditions, brief crews on site-specific rules at heritage locations such as Schönbrunn, the Belvedere, and the Hofburg, and run full restoration so locations are returned to their first state.

For Alpine and rural units, they plan around access constraints, winter conditions during the December-to-March season, and the Föhn wind, building weather spares into the location plan.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Austria's range of locations makes on-the-ground running demanding. A single production may move from the Ringstrasse. The MuseumsQuartier in Vienna to baroque Salzburg, the Wachau Danube valley, Hallstatt, and high-altitude positions near the Grossglockner High Alpine Road or Sölden.

Here is the short of it. Twelve UNESCO World Heritage sites impose conservation conditions that location managers must enforce day to day. Lakeside work at the Wörthersee or the Neusiedlersee adds water-safety and access considerations. The country's screen history, from 'The Sound of Music' across the Salzkammergut to 'Spectre' in the Ötztal, shows how different Austrian location work can be.

We assign location managers with regional knowledge so each site is fully prepared, well-managed, and left in a condition that keeps it ready for future shoots.