SERVICES
7 chemins production is willing to focus on production service jobs, from the smallest job as driver/fixer for example, to bigger jobs with location scouts and permits, equipment rentals, hiring technicians and of course suggestions for nice restaurants and accommodations.
Locations scout
Parisian for the last 30 years, I have shot in almost every Paris Street. Whether you look for a cobble stoned street with Haussmanian buildings, a street with modern buildings, a nice park, a famous bridge or a traditional French grocery market it is always possible to find a graphic location. My pictures library includes originals views angle on the Eiffel Tower or on the famous Parisians roofs.
For your interiors, I can recommend interview rooms (modern, ancient, Haussmanian…), private interior (apartment or houses), or almost any kind of interior you are searching. Anyway if I don’t have your location in my library, I will quickly know where to look for.
Originally from Brittany, I know this region like the back of my hand as well as east of France (Strasbourg and surrounding area), Lyon or the French riviera. During all those years I have forged links all around France with fixers, scouters, local suppliers and technicians. In fact, I can help you anywhere in France.
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With more than 7000 shooting days in 2022 (a figure still increasing) Paris is the most welcoming city in the world. Logically there are always new rules appearing, unfortunately more and more strict. However, when you’ve spent your last 20 years asking for permits you build a good partnership with the city hall. The rules are strict, everything is not possible, but there is always a solution to shoot. Of course, it depends on the area where you shoot, if it is a day or night shoot, the size of the crew, all cases are different and your request will be studied rigorously. Depending on that, it is possible to get a permit to shoot in 7 days for small crews or in 2/3 weeks if the requests are specific.
In the Paris suburbs, all cities have different rules, some are expensive, others cheap, but for sure you will need a permit to shoot. There are no general permits that allow you to shoot anywhere, even for small crews, all requests have to be studied specifically.
It is usually easier to shoot outside Paris in France, cities like Nantes or Strasbourg are very friendly with shootings.
Contact mebudget
One thing I really like with this business is that all projects are different. You can shoot in the same place for different projects, it will always be a little bit the same and a little bit different. Therefore, I find it challenging and stimulating to be able to clearly understand your needs in order to send you an estimate that can fit with your budget.
As a location manager I have worked on some of the biggest features worldwide but I find it more interesting and pleasant now to work with small crews now. So, I am absolutely confident that I will be able to adapt to your budget. I much prefer working on many small shootings than one big. And as I start my company I clearly want you to come back and call me again !
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From driver to camera assistant, makeup artist, propmaster, extras, my team and I can find the best person to fulfill your needs. Most of my colleagues have experiences in features or series but if you come with a specific request for a specific project, I will be able to look for the accurate technician. I have for instance soundies that are keen with documentaries; others more used to commercials. Also if you look for a specific technician : like an underwater cameraman, a stunt man used with car crashes or a special effect makeup artist, no problem. If you shoot anywhere in France, we will first look for local technicians, we now have contact with people all around the country that have strong experiences. That helps to reduce the cost as well as having good local support
Contact meequipment rentals
Technically speaking we can take care of renting any shooting equipment you wish. We have many different suppliers from international ones like Panavision or Vantage to our Frenchie ones like TSF or RVZ for shooting equipment. If your project is a still photography shooting, we work with dedicated suppliers like Photo Ciné Rent or Mat Photo. As it is more or less the same equipment throughout the world, our technicians will surely be able to adapt to what you might bring with you.
In terms of vehicles, we work with different suppliers, like TSF or cargrip for large technical vehicles or Enterprise, Lerat, Cargo for cars and small kit vans. For minibus, we like the new company What a van.
Contact meLogistics
Paris has a very large variety of hotels, from 5 stars to the cheapest one as well as a large selection of Air bnb. Depending on if you are looking for a peaceful, secure and quiet place or the new trendy night area we will be able to look for a nice spot that will make your trip a pleasure ! We know exactly how shooting crews are and we will respect any instruction in terms of comfort you might send us.
As soon as we shoot 50 kms away from Paris, the rule in France is to accommodate the crew. In all big French cities we already know some nice hotels or Air bnb.
If we are stuck, we can ask the assistant to this company: Première Loge. They are very responsive, always at cheap cost in the end.
Food wise, during the shooting days, we will find fast solutions, (the rule in France is to have a 1 hour break) either you wish to break for lunch in a restaurant or if you want to have lunch delivered. For large crews we can have good catering services companies that set up tents for the service nearby the shoot.
If you wish to be eco responsible, we will be very happy to help you as it is a matter we like to be careful with.
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