Five Considerations for Hiring a Production Company in Spain
Our Top 5 Considerations for Hiring a Spanish Production Company:
Spain is a desirable destination for international production companies looking to realize their most ambitious audio-visual projects in a diverse and cost-effective country. A large part of executing a successful production in Spain is hiring a local production company with experience working in the country.
1. Your Team Should Be Proficient in Multiple Languages
It’s often a surprise to our clients that English is not widely spoken in Spain. Studies show that only around 27% of the Spanish population speaks English. So while Spain benefits from a deep pool of talented videographers, fixers, and producers, English proficiency isn’t always a given, particularly in more off-the-beaten-track, rural regions. Therefore, it’s vital to thoroughly vet your production company in Spain for English fluency when you’re choosing a Spanish production company partner. Not only do you want to be able to communicate clearly with your team in the field from the moment you arrive, but you need to be sure that they can also communicate fluently with local fixers, subjects, and interviewees.
When you work with our production company in Spain, your production will benefit from world-class field and production support from our multilingual team of producers, fixers, videographers, and editors.
2. You Want Skilled Location Scouts and Fresh Filming Destinations
Spain is a wonderfully diverse country, both culturally and geographically. It’s home to a fascinating blend of different cultures, architecture, landscapes, and culinary traditions, making for a wide range of filming subjects and destinations. However, Spain also suffers from several overused and tired cliches when it comes to film productions. It’s essential to look for a production company in Spain that can look beyond those cliches and find you new and exciting destinations that show Spain in a different light. The country has hundreds of unique stories to tell, so it’s vital to find a production company that understands its diversity and culture.
Our scouting team is one of the most experienced working in Spain and has worked on many productions exploring lesser-known corners of the country. As a result, we have a wealth of contacts in these under-visited regions and can help you plan a unique production in Spain.
Filming a project in Valencia with our client, Cat Footwear.
3. You Need to Understand Local Rules and Regulations
Filming in Spain is a wonderful experience, but a lot of paperwork is involved before you can start the adventure. In addition, the country has some highly complex laws around compensation, which can present a Spanish production with a number of legal hurdles both during and after production. By choosing to hire a production company in Spain with experience navigating these often complex local rules and regulations, you can avoid any headaches on the ground and prevent yourself from losing valuable hours of shooting time to unnecessary bureaucratic fumbling. A top production company in Spain will take care of these things in advance.
Our knowledge of Spanish filming laws, work permits, importation of equipment, and local labor laws is second to none. All of our local staff, vendors, and talent are fully insured, tax-paying agents. We navigate complicated production permits and payment distributions for you. We don’t cut any corners during the process, so you can rest assured that your production is in good hands and complies with all legal requirements.
4. You Want Sunshine 300 Days a Year and Twice as Many UNESCO Sites as the US
If you’re looking for a country with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year, Spain is the country you should choose for your production. If you decide to work with a production company in Spain, you can rest your fear of losing filming days to overcast skies or rain. Spain is one of the most consistently sunny countries in Europe. Throw in 48 UNESCO World Heritage Sites—twice as many as in the US—some of Europe’s best beaches and snowcapped peaks less than half an hour from major cities, and you’ve got a recipe for a world-class production.
5. You Desire to Make Your Budget Go Further
Perhaps you didn’t know that Spain is an exceptionally cost-effective filming destination, particularly compared to other European countries and North American locations. Producing campaigns in Spain can often shave up to 50% off the typical US production budget. You can afford more time and talent in Spain to realize your production. It’s also important to maximize your savings by working with a production company in Spain that knows and understands how to make your production budget go further through cost-effective pre-production and planning and seamless navigation of permits and permissions.
Spain is a country of stunning landscapes and gorgeous traditional towns and villages.