Brussels – Urban
Brussels • 19 communes • Cinema • TV • PUB • CLIP
Location of Tournament Brussels The camera chooses Brussels. PROD 19 studies the backgrounds that can accompany it.
Brussels-City, Ixelles, Uccle, Schaerbeek, Saint-Gilles, Etterbeek, Anderlecht or any of the other communes of the Brussels-Capital Region: PROD 19 studies the needs of Mobile logs for cinema, TV series, advertisements, clips, shootings and audiovisual productions in Brussels. Actress logs, HMC, dress-dressing, VIP and production offices can be organized according to the work plan, site and real restrictions of the filming.
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Films accompanied by the Brussels Film Commission in 2024
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The filming days accompanied in Brussels in 2024
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FAQ Film Commission
The Britain’s Logos
Brussels is not a single city of filming. It is 19 realities.
Searching for one Location of a filming room in Brussels It is not just to look for a vehicle capable of traveling the distance to Belgium.The real subject begins once it arrived: In which municipality, in which street, with what space, what access and what functions should be closely to the artists?
Brussels has a feature that makes preparation important: the region is composed of nineteent communes, with administrative and urban realities that can vary. A filming can start in Brussels-City, then move a part of its team to Ixelles, Saint-Gilles or Schaerbeek.
For the camera, these places are part of the same Brussels universe. For logistics, they can involve different access, locations, requests and timetables.
In Brussels, the first job of a large logue is not to park. It is to check if it can actually reach the planned location.
Available length, street width, turn, traffic direction, trees, furniture, potellets, works, side access and output must be looked at before the vehicle arrives.
This attention is even more important when the production wants to install several units. A comedy log, a HMC, a costume and an office do not represent just four vehicles to put one behind the other.
Each unit has its own users and its flow. Artists circulate between the logs, makeup, hairstyle, costumes and the plateau. Production must keep access to its office. Technicians should not see their circulation blocked by the backstage.
The quality of the implant is thus measured at the fluidity of the whole base. A vehicle can be beautiful and perfectly equipped. If it is placed in the wrong place, it will slow down the shooting.
Brussels is an audiovisual territory
The volume of productions accompanied by the Film Commission shows that Brussels is not an occasional market. For the year 2024, visit.brussels 308 productions and 1,032 accompanied filming days.
This does not mean that each of these days needed a lounge truck. Some productions work in the studio. Others use the decoration rooms. Some are small.
But the number illustrates the density of activity. And as soon as a production comes out of a studio or an equipped place, backstage functions must be recreated somewhere.
This is where a mobile logging becomes relevant.
The design should not become the backstage.
A house located in Uccle can be perfect for advertising. A apartment in Ixelles can match exactly the scenario. A building in Etterbeek can offer the architecture you are looking for.
But every piece occupied by makeup, costume or production is a piece that is no longer fully available for decoration, accessories, camera or artists.
The mobile logger allows you to move part of this activity outside the filmed place.
The director retains his decor. The HMC retains his workplace. The costumes retain their portants. The artist has an identifiable space.
The calmness of a lounge can have as much value as its surface.
A comedian who is waiting between two films does not necessarily need the greatest possible space. He especially needs a place where he knows he can put his affairs, change himself, review a text, call or simply isolate himself.
In urban production where spaces are counted, this function may be more important than the raw surface.
The logs also allow to maintain separate professions.
A common mistake is to make a room or vehicle a space that must serve simultaneously as an artistic log, HMC, costume, office and storage.
On a small production, certain versatility is obviously possible. but when the number of people increases, each profession has an interest inining its main function.
The HMC must be able to make and hairstyle. the costume must be able to prepare clothes. the comedy lounge must remain an artistic space.
It is this separation of functions, more than the simple number of vehicles, which allows you to create a professional backstage.
Brussels capital
19 municipalities. 19 possible circumstances.
A application can be examined throughout the Brussels Capital Region, subject to the conditions of access, availability and necessary permissions.
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Brussels City
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by Anderlecht
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by Auderghem
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by Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
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afterbeek
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by EVE
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Forest
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by Ganshoren
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Ixels
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Jette
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by Koekelberg
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The Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
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by Saint-Gilles
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The St. Jose-ten-Noode
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by Schaerbeek
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by Uccle
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The Watermael-Boitsfort
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The Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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The Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
The Britain • Decor • PROD 19
The city in front of the camera. The backstage behind.
Here I only use a photo of the PROD 19 truck.The other images serve to show the different faces of Brussels and to strengthen the local identity of the page.
The 19
The house comes to production.
The Flagship
Each community has its own limitations.
What is the location for Brussels?
We do not rent a truck. A function is resolved.
The comedian
To provide the actor with an identifiable, private and protected space during waiting times, changes and interruptions between the drawings.
See the comedian logsDouble or triple logs
When several artists have to stay near the plateau, a multi-comedian configuration can allow to concentrate the backstage in a more compact implantation.
See the triple logeHMC hairstyle makeup
To organize professional preparations, clothes, hairstyle and makeup in a space that does not monopolize a piece of the decor.
See HMC Multi-postsDressing Costumes
Dresses, shoes, accessories, clothes, changes and continuity may require a real independent wardrobe area.
See the costumeThe VIP
For the main talent, personality, artist or guest who needs a more isolated space from the passage and the rest of the backstage.
View the VIPProduction Office
Planning, computers, calls, documents, coordination and meetings can be gathered in a real mobile general district.
See the production office
Brussels City - Centre
The historic center gives images. He asks for precision.
Installing a shooting log in Brussels-center
A production may want to turn in a street, on a place, in an building or in an environment where technical vehicles cannot be freely arranged.
A large logue should then be integrated into a global parking plan.
Available length
It is not enough to find a zone where the length of the vehicle seems to come back. It is also necessary to take into account the vehicles placed in front and behind, access, signaling, entrances of buildings and traffic needs.
Side access
A log used by actors or a HMC team generates many passages. Access cannot be blocked against a barrier, unused trottoir, another vehicle or furniture that would prevent the necessary deployment.
Distance from the decor
In a very dense center, production can decide to place the backstage at a certain distance from the frame. This solution may be more realistic than wanting to install each vehicle at the foot of the camera.
The distance must be compatible with the production rate.
A comedian who has to perform a HMC connection every twenty minutes cannot waste considerable time on each go-to-return.
The pedestrian area
The Film Commission specifies in particular that the conditions for access to pedestrian areas must be integrated on request and that the authorized vehicles must be correctly declared.
For PROD 19, this means that the information of the vehicle must be transmitted early enough to production when it is necessary for its processing.
Grand Place and Heritage Decors
The Grand-Place symbolizes one of the visual qualities of Brussels: a strong density of heritage in an active urban space.
A recording in this type of context cannot be organized as a day on a private land of several hectares.
Backstage functions sometimes need to be distant from the decor or distributed according to the real-use spaces.
A good preparation is therefore to decide which vehicles must absolutely stay close to the artists and which can be positioned further.
The Great Place – Brussels
The design can be worldwide known. the backstage must always remain invisible.
This is the whole principle of a successful recording base: artists and have the spaces they need, but the camera continues to see only the desired decor.
Film Commission – Authorization
Good logistics is starting. before the truck arrives.
The rules, deadlines and costs may change: production must always check the current procedure with the Film Commission and the competent authorities.
Identify the right community
The Brussels-Capital Region consists of 19 communes. If a recording concerns several communes, the steps may need to be carried out separately.
Don’t wait for the previous day
visit.brussels indicates variable deadlines by municipalities, which can represent several weeks.
Declaration of Real Empire
A logging room does not only require its parking length. Access, stairs and operation must be taken into account in the preparation of the device.
A official interlocutor
The Film Commission accompanies production and works with local authorities for the filming applications. PROD 19 remains the logistics provider of the logos.
The Flagship
Ixelles shows why a real local page should know the field.
The European Film Commission says in its FAQ that Electric groups are no longer allowed for the shooting in IxellesIt indicates as an alternative the possibility of requesting a temporary electric connection in Sibelga.
For a production that wants to install a HMC, logs or a technical base, this information is not anecdotal. It can change the way the electricity needs are prepared.
A HMC lounge can accommodate several devices, without counting its own air conditioning, heating or lighting needs depending on configuration.
It is therefore essential that the production indicates in advance the power need and checks the solution authorized on its site.
The rules may evolve, the Film Commission and Sibelga must remain the reference sources for the filming concerned.
FAQ Film Commission
UCCLE • SCHAERBEEK • Saint-Giles • ETTERBEEK
The name is “Brussels”. Radically different decorations.
Uccle: properties, residential and large private access
Uccle can present a very different context from the center. Some productions there are looking for properties, houses, villas, gardens or residential environments.
At first glance, these sites may seem simpler for a logue because they sometimes have more space.
But private property has another kind of difficulty: the portal.
A large walk is not useful if the vehicle cannot pass through the entrance.
Breadth, angle of approach, pillars, height, branches and racking radius must be checked.
Do not drive the truck too far.
A private walk can allow entrance but make the return much more complicated.
Therefore, you need to anticipate the departure before sending a large vehicle to the bottom of a property.
Schaerbeek: urban density and architecture
Schaerbeek can offer streets, facades, buildings and urban environments interesting for fiction and advertising.
The difficulty is closer to the urban areas: traffic, parking, coastal cars, available width andining access.
In this context, a logue that combines several functions or multiple artists can sometimes have an interest, if its gabarit is compatible with the location.
Saint-Gilles: proximity and density
Saint-Gilles is still a area where the recording must be prepared with accuracy.
The Film Commission also points out specific documents and requirements for certain municipalities, reminding that a production should never be considered "Brussels" as a single administrative procedure without checking the municipality concerned.
For PROD 19, the principle remains the same: we provide the necessary information about the vehicles to production, which incorporates them into its procedures and its installation plan.
Etterbeek: institutions, offices and architecture
Etterbeek and the sectors near the European Quarter can offer architectures, offices, urban axes and assets that match the needs of films, series, interviews or corporate productions.
visit.brussels also mentioned several architectural sites in Etterbeek that have already served as a scene of filming.
In an institutional or tertiary decor, the mobile lounge can allow to keep artistic preparation outside of offices and spaces that must remain available to the camera.
European Quarter: Privacy and Mobility
A production can look for contemporary buildings, streets or an institutional atmosphere.
But these sectors require precise coordination. Traffic, safety, authorization and space occupation issues must be dealt with by production with the relevant authorities.
Once the basic area is defined, logs can be organized to reduce the unnecessary movements of artists.
What is happening in Brussels?
The movie is a pub. clip. The backstage changes with the project.
A stable base for several weeks
For a film, several actors may need identified logs for long amplitudes. The HMC must be able to work from the first calls. Costumes manage continuity. Production coordinates movements. In this context, a well-positioned base can become a real daily tool. The longer the film is, the smaller circulation and organization gains multiply.
Actors who come back every day
A series creates habits. The same roles return. The HMC teams know the preparation times. The costumes retain a significant amount of continuity elements. A stable configuration allows everyone to find their tracks without reconstructing the backstage every morning.
A short day can have a huge backstage.
A advertising can gather little talent but a lot of people around the decision: production, agency, customer, performance, HMC, stylism and technique. Talents all may have to be ready at the same time. The need for HMC loops and positions then must be dimensioned on the peak of preparation and not on the total duration of the project.
A number of views in several districts
A clip can pass from a street to a property, then from an interior to a second decor. The artist changes costume, hairstyle or makeup. The logue can become the continuity point of the backstage while the visual universe changes completely.
Brussels as a decor, the logue as a mobile cabin
For fashion, the number of changes can far exceed the number of models. Carrots, accessories, shoes, HMC and change space must remain close to the viewing. The mobile logue avoids using a car, a coffee or a piece of the decor as improvised backstaking.
A French team can turn in Belgium
In this context, bringing a provider from France can be studied when the configuration, availability or duration of the project justifies it. The border does not prevent a production from comparing solutions.
Truck in Brussels
In the city, every meter It has a function.
Preparing for the arrival of a truck log in Brussels
The vehicle's gabarit must be known before booking the location. A production should not be simply saying "we have a street available".
It is necessary to know what length can actually be occupied, which side of the vehicle should remain free, where access is located and if the maneuver is possible.
Photographing the street in both directions
A photograph taken only from the future location does not allow you to understand how the truck arrives.
Take one photo in the arrival direction and another in the opposite direction. Add the curves that preced the location.
A car can stand in a street but cannot cross the last angle.
The existing parking
Brussels is a city where places can already be occupied by the neighborhood.
Production must therefore process its reservations and permissions early enough, according to the municipal procedure.
A logue cannot arrive in the morning and just wait for several cars to move spontaneously.
Staircase and passing area
Our PROD 19 truck photo shows a side entrance. This illustrates a simple rule: the vehicle does not only consume its surface on the ground.
A space should be left to allow access and passing users.
Do not put the log in a technical axis
A recording base generates the movement of equipment, vehicles and people.
A very frequented lounge should not be placed where every actress must cross the wagons, machinery or the main movement of regie.
The last kilometre may be more complicated than Paris-Bruxelles
The distance France-Belgium is obviously important in the calculation of the travel. but once the vehicle arrived in Brussels, the real logistical risk can be found within the last five hundred meters.
Road prohibited. work. turn. access. borne. portal. car parked.
Local preparation is therefore essential even when the main journey is perfectly simple.
Multi-Sites Tour in Brussels
Some days can combine several decorations. The question is then whether the logue should follow production or stay on a main site.
Moving a large vehicle during the day requires time.
You need to remove the configuration, leave the first location, circulate, reach the second zone, maneuver and put the log in service.
However, it is not available to artists.
If the filming changes place during a period where several actors need to be prepared, the move may be poorly positioned in the planning.
The choice must be decided before the day.
HMC Brussels
Makeup must follow The pace of the calls.
Makeup and Coatwear in Brussels
A mobile HMC is useful when the filming site does not have a piece really suited to the artists’ preparation.
Brussels offers a lot of urban decorations, apartments, offices, houses and architectures.
These spaces can be perfect for the image without being designed as professional makeup salons.
The simultaneity
The number of talents on the day is not the main criterion. you need to know how many should be prepared at the same time.
A advertising with four talents called simultaneously may require more capacity than a series with ten actors distributed throughout the day.
Electricity
Hair dryers, ferries and other devices can result in simultaneous consumption.
Add the needs of the lounge, including the thermal comfort according to the unit.
Production should therefore communicate the needs and verify the appropriate source of electricity.
Special cases of Ixelles
As mentioned above, the Film Commission is currently precising that Ixelles no longer authorizes electrical groups for filming.
This particularity perfectly illustrates why a HMC should not be deployed in Brussels without looking at the municipality and its electric device.
agreements
A artist can return after a scene, a change in costume, a physical sequence or an exposure to rain, cold or heat.
The distance between HMC and plateau should therefore remain reasonable.
A HMC near the Artist Logos
When the field allows, gather HMC, artists and costumes logs allow to build a real circuit.
The artist goes out of his lounge. he goes in hairstyle. he joins the costume. then he goes on the plateau.
The same circuit works for connections during the day.
Fashion and fashion - advertising
Brussels can be the decor. The clothes are back-to-back.
Clothing and costumes in Brussels
The costume is another feature that can quickly invade a recording site.
Some clothes seem easy to install. Then the wearers, shoes, accessories, alternatives, rescue clothes and clothes come from the following scenes.
A piece of the decor can be occupied before even the camera begins to turn.
advertising
A advertising can have several styling options for only two or three talents.
The customer or agency can choose the final look on the plateau.
The costume team should therefore keep several solutions available at the same time.
Mode
In a fashion shooting, the pace can be very high.
While the model is wearing the number three look, the team is already preparing the number four.
The following clothing should be associated with the right accessories and the right shoes.
Fiction
In a movie or series, the main issue becomes continuity.
A scene filmed today can be located after a scene that will be filmed in ten days.
The costume must be in good condition, with the right elements.
A dedicated logue can become the physical memory of this continuity.
Do not mix costumes and comedy logs
Some personal clothes can naturally stay with an artist.
But if a comedy logue becomes a reserve of twelve portants, it no longer fulfils its initial function.
The actor loses his space.The hablers enter and leave continuously.The traffic is blocked.
Separating functions can therefore be more effective even when vehicles remain very close.
Night • Rain • Water
Brussels is not going Only for good weather.
Why the logs are even more important when the weather is deteriorating
A production can spend several hours outside. The actors are not constantly in front of the camera. They wait.
In cold, wet or windy weather, a protected space can become a real recovery tool.
The rain
When it rains, the ships between the decor, HMC, costume and lounge become more compulsory.
Clothes must be protected. hairstyle may require more attachments. shoes come back from the wet plate.
A compact base reduces the trains.
The Cold
A character can wear a clothes that don’t match the real temperature.
Between two shots, the logue allows the artist to temporaryly leave the conditions of the decor.
The Night
A night shooting does not start at the time the camera turns.
The first HMC call can take place several hours earlier.
Similarly, the last take doesn’t always match the end of the use of logs.
Artists still have to change. costumes have to recover the clothes. The HMC runs its equipment.
The actual range of provision should therefore be calculated on the whole team work.
Lighting of the road
In the night, the circulation between the logue and the plateau should remain safe without disturbing the light needs of the viewing.
The position of the vehicle and the roads must be thought in advance.
Production offices in Brussels
The plateau is moving. The QG keeps the thread.
Mobile Production Office in Brussels
In a city where production may need to coordinate several municipalities, suppliers, authorisations and vehicle movements, a production office can become useful.
It allows you to have a reference point for calls, documents, computers and decisions that must be made during the day.
A different space from the plateau
Production needs to understand what is happening on the ground. It does not need to work in the middle of the technical passage.
A slightly retreated space can offer a better compromise.
Changing the planning
A delay, unfavorable weather, difficulty in circulation or artistic change may force production to reconstruct the day’s continuation.
You need to call, inform, confirm, move some means.
A real work space facilitates this coordination.
Tour between several communes
The Film Commission specifies that when a project concerns several municipalities, separate applications may be required.
This organization strengthens the interest of a very clear administrative and logistical preparation.
The manufacturing must know which vehicle goes where, when and for what function.
Official Resource
The Stages: PROD 19. The authorization is Brussels.
Film Commission of Brussels
For a professional filming in the Brussels-Capital Region, production must prepare its applications to the Film Commission and the relevant authorities. visit.brussels explains that Brussels-Capital is composed of 19 municipalities each having their rules and deadlines.
The official website also publishes a table of timetables and costs per municipality, but it states that this information may change.
The Film Commission also indicates a base of more than 700 filming sites and can accompany productions in their research and local logistics.
PROD 19 is not a Film Commission and does not issue any municipal authorization. Our role is to study and provide the mobile solutions needed to artists and production.
Official Film Commission Brussels
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Brussels is published. Belgium will expand around.
The Belgian page and this page Brussels begin to form a real geographical set. The next cities will come to strengthen this mailing.
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The comedian logos
Simple logging
Double Lounge
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HMC
HMC Multi-Positions
Dressing Costumes
Costumes with great capacity
The VIP
Production Office
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Basic life filming
Sanitary
Touring outside
TV series
advertising
Music clip
Photo shooting mode
Night Tour
The show tour
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FAQ of Brussels
Before the truck arrives in Brussels, Here is what you need to know.
Can PROD 19 rent a filming logue in Brussels?
Production requests in Brussels can be considered according to availability, duration, type of logging, number of units and logistical feasibility.
Are you involved in the 19 municipalities of Brussels?
Applications can be examined throughout the Brussels Capital Region, subject to access, necessary permissions and availability.
Can you visit Brussels?
However, the locations in the city centre must be well prepared due to parking, traffic and possible regulated areas.
Can you intervene in Ixelles?
Production must take into account local rules, including the provisions on the power supply of the screens.
Can you intervene in Uccle?
For private properties, it is important to check the portals, walks, branches, turns and return possibilities.
Can you visit Saint-Gilles?
Production must check the procedures and documents applicable at the Film Commission.
Can you intervene at Schaerbeek?
The exact address allows you to study parking, traffic and access conditions.
Can you intervene in Etterbeek?
The needs in Etterbeek and around the European neighborhood can be studied according to the site and production restrictions.
Can I rent a comedy house in Brussels?
A logue can be studied for an actor, an artist, a person or several actors.
Can a double house be rented in Brussels?
Yes, according to the available units and the needs of production.
Can a triple logue be rented in Brussels?
A multi-comedian configuration can be studied. The exact organization depends on the available vehicles and the project needs.
Can I rent a HMC logue in Brussels?
A makeup-coating solution can be studied for cinema, series, advertising, clip or shooting.
Can we rent a costume house in Brussels?
It can be useful for projects with multiple portants, looks, characters or changes.
Can I rent a VIP logue in Brussels?
Yes, according to configuration and availability.
Can a mobile production office be rented in Brussels?
A production space can be studied for the coordination, planning, calls, documents and meetings needs.
Are the electrical groups allowed in Ixelles?
The Film Commission FAQ currently indicates that Ixelles no longer allows the use of electrical groups for filming and offers as an alternative a temporary connection via Sibelga.
Do you need a permit to travel to Brussels?
Professional filming in public spaces is subject to procedures and authorisations.The Film Commission of Brussels accompanies productions in their processes.
How long should I make the application for the recording?
The deadlines vary depending on the municipalities and the type of application. visit.brussels publishes a detailed table and recommends submission of the files within the scheduled deadlines. These deadlines may represent several weeks.
Who is responsible for the authorization: PROD 19 or production?
The authorisations remain in the responsibility of production and competent authorities. PROD 19 provides information about vehicles and ensures its provision of logs.
Can you park directly in front of the Grand Place?
The possibility of parking and access depends on the permits, the filming plan and the rules in force. No location should be considered automatically accessible.
How do I know if a truck can pass through a street?
Send photos in both direction of traffic, curves, obstacles, access and parking area. A short video is also very useful.
Can the truck enter a property in Uccle?
This depends mainly on the portal, the entrance angle, the width of the walk, branches and maneuver possibilities.
Can we move the house between two communities on the same day?
A trip can be studied, but it is necessary to provide with the removal, the journey, the permissions, the new maneuver and the re-functioning.
Can you participate in a Belgian TV series?
Yes. Long-term series and productions may be interesting to study for mobilization from France.
Can you make a publicity in Brussels?
Advertisements may require artists, HMC, costumes and production, even on a single day.
Can you participate in a musical clip?
A clip may require several artists, HMC and costumes configurations.
Can you take a shooting mode?
A mobile base can be useful for changes, styling, hairstyle and makeup.
Can French productions bring their logs to Brussels?
A production can organize its suppliers according to its needs and the conditions of the project. The mobility between France and Belgium can be studied as part of the devis.
Does the distance from San Diego prevent a rental?
Not necessarily. distance must be integrated into the organization and cost of travel. It may be relevant to study for long production or specific configurations.
Can we leave the logs for several weeks in Brussels?
A long-term installation can be studied if parking, permits, technical conditions and planning allow it.
How to get a ticket for Brussels?
Send dates, address, schedules, type of production, number of artists, the searched functions and if possible photos of the installation area.
Are you going to Brussels?
Do not limit your choice to the corners.
Film, series, advertising, clip, shooting or international production: Brussels-City, Ixelles, Uccle, Schaerbeek, Saint-Gilles, Etterbeek or one of the 19 municipalities of Brussels-Capital, send us the place, dates, number of artists and the functions you need.
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