Location library
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A location library or location archive is a collection of visual and reference information, usually organized by a serial numbering system, descriptive keywords, geographic location (or more often than not a combination of the aforementioned) of locations, or places that might be used for filming or photography.
A Location Library can offer many services including contracts to the production company and to the location owner / agent as well as location scouting services. If you require a location with certain criteria that is not included in the library, then the library can, usually for a fee, provide a location scout who will travel around a given area (usually chosen for it's geographic location, near enough to the production company to keep shoot costs down) and find a location that not only it's a brief supplied by the production company, but also fits the budget for the shoot.
There are many location library's around, one of which is www.myocations.co.uk. My Locations provide many services including a location library, scouting services and location management services.
A location library may carry locations of many types including commecial property as well as residential properties and usually they are able to help organise a shoot in almost any location, on their library or not.
Not only can alocation library find the location for a shoot, but they can help with permits for parking and filming inb most area's around the UK.
[edit] See also
- Filming location
- Location scouting
- Location management
- Film production
