First preparation
The logue must be ready before the first artist call. The HMC team installs its products, tools and workplaces.
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Film, TV series, advertising, clip, photo shooting, fashion or international production: PROD 19 studies the availability of HMC Mobile Logs for Screening in BelgiumMakeup, hairstyle, clothing, preparation and attachments must be able to work at the pace of the work plan, in Brussels, Liege, Namur, Charleroi, Mons, in the Ardennes or Flanders.
On a scene, the logos HMC – clothing, makeup and hairstyle It is not just a comfortable space where you prepare a comedian before the camera. It must be able to follow a rhythm, calls, changes, connections, emergencies and sometimes several talents at once.
In the morning of a day of shooting, the camera can still be installed while the HMC department has been working for a long time. The artists arrive according to their calling schedule. Some quickly go to makeup. Others require a longer preparation. One character may need a complex hairstyle. Another may have to completely change look later in the day.
HMC works in parallel with the plateau. It prepares what the camera will film later.
This distinction is essential when a production requires a HMC log in Belgium. Saying “we have eight actors” is useful information.
We also want to know the schedules. How many people arrive at the first call? How many makeup makers? How many hairstyles? Are there significant changes? Are the costumes managed in the same unit or in a separate space?
A production that knows these answers can much better dimension its backstage.
Belgium offers a variety of places that can fit for cinema, television, advertising or photography. A apartment in Brussels. A house in the Brabant Wallon. A building in Liege. A castle near Namur. A property in the Ardennes. A urban decor in Antwerp or Gand.
But a place chosen for its appearance is not necessarily suitable for makeup and hairstyle.
A small room can be the only room available. The light may be bad. The electric shots may not be enough. The room may need to be used by decoration or appear in the frame.
Installing a mobile HMC nearby allows you to keep the place for the recording.
The house remains the decor. The castle remains the decor. The office remains the decor. The HMC department has its own work tool.
The time of the logging must be calculated from the first talent to prepare, not from the first "motor".
If the first take is scheduled at eight hours but the preparation begins at five hours thirty, the loge must be operational before five hours thirty.
This means that the vehicle must be arrived, positioned and ready before the call.
The work does not stop when the artist leaves his seat.
A connection may be needed after a few take. The wind changes a hairstyle. A physical scene changes makeup. Rain or humidity changes the result.
The artist is therefore regularly returning to the HMC space.
A processing may need to be removed. a hairstyle may require time before the artist leaves the site. The material must be arranged. The products must be arranged for the next day.
The real amplitude of the logue can therefore be longer than the viewing amplitude.
PROD 19 has already a general page dedicated to makeup logs and HMC. This new page has another function.
It responds to productions that specifically seek a solution in Belgium.
It addresses cross-border travel issues, the large filming areas, the urban barriers of Brussels, the rural environments of Wallonia, the production in Flanders and how to organize a HMC far from our Salon-de-Provence base.
The goal is not to duplicate an existing page.
The aim is to respond to a different research: “I’m going to Belgium and I need a HMC.”
The logue must be ready before the first artist call. The HMC team installs its products, tools and workplaces.
Makeup, hairstyle and any preparation elements are finished to allow the start to the plateau.
After some take, the talent returns to control makeup, hairstyle and visual continuity.
Products, tools, elements and information are prepared for the follow-up of the work plan.
The service is technical, but it exists in one territory. So we mix the real HMC PROD 19 with several completely different Belgian environments.
The total number of actors, models, artists or speakers gives a first idea of the volume of the day.
Four talents at seven hours can create more pressure than a dozen distributed on a day.
The number of professionals who have to work at the same time influences the necessary configuration.
A simple preparation, a complex hairstyle or characterization do not require the same duration.
It would be easy to write “HMC 5 posts”, “HMC 6 posts” or other numbers only to make the page more spectacular.
It would be a bad method if the configuration that is actually available on the day of the recording is not confirmed.
PROD 19 thus prefers to reason on the unit that will actually be proposed.
The number of positions, equipment, connections and arrangement must be confirmed at the time of the project preparation.
A HMC can become ineffective if you simply try to install as many people in the same space.
Professionals have shelves, products, devices and tools. Artists come and come out.
One person can work on one hairstyle while another makes makeup.
Comfort is a component of productivity.
Placing a seat and a mirror in a corner is not enough to create a functional HMC position.
The professional must have a space for his tools, products and work gestures.
The artist must be able to settle and rise without blocking the rest of the team.
The area should also remain sufficiently organized for fast connections during the day.
A production announces twelve actors. It requires a large HMC.
Looking at the work plan, we find that two actors arrive at six, three to nine hours, two at noon and the rest later.
The pressure on the positions may be much less strong than the number “two” did not think.
A advertising only announces four talents.
Everyone must be ready at eight hours for a common sequence.
They arrive almost at the same time.
Simultaneity can become much more important.
We ask for time and not just the total number.
A HMC may seem to have finished all the morning preparations.
But the first actor comes back for a connection at the time when a new talent is called.
A second person comes for a hairstyles change.
Production should therefore see the day as a flow and not as a series of independent preparations.
A HMC can concentrate several electrical equipment.
Hairstyles are part of the need.
The lounge itself may also have needs for its lighting, thermal comfort or other equipment, depending on the proposed unit.
Production should therefore prepare the electricity source according to the expected real consumption.
A HMC can work several hours with a relatively stable need, then know a moment when several devices are used simultaneously.
This is the pic that must be anticipated.
If several professionals use hairstyles at the same time while the logger equipment works, the required power may evolve.
A production can be tempted to solve each problem with an additional extension.
This logic quickly reaches its limits.
The connection point, distance, cable route and pass protection must be prepared as part of the site installation.
A HMC generates a lot of passages.
The power cable should not become a barrier on the journey between the lounge, costumes and the plateau.
The government must integrate the connections into its basic plan.
A HMC installed in a large urban production must comply with the local restrictions.
The rules can vary according to the municipality and change over time.
Production must therefore check its electric solutions and the applicable authorisations from official interlocutors.
In Brussels, the Film Commission publishes information for professionals and specifies certain municipal particularities.
PROD 19 does not issue any authorization and does not replace local authorities or managers.
A property, a road, a forest or a field can be far from an obvious connection.
The problem must be identified before the vehicle arrives.
Production must specify the available source, distance and the solutions it provides.
A HMC should not arrive in the middle of a rural decor to discover at the first call that no adequate food has been prepared.
Architecture, streets, offices, apartments, monuments and urban spaces can become places of shooting. The HMC department, he, needs its own working conditions.
A improvised room in a decor can have a very variable lighting.
A window brings a side of the face. A home lamp brings a other. The professional sometimes has to adapt his post to a place that has never been designed for this function.
A lounge thought for preparation allows to provide a much more coherent environment, depending on the unit configuration.
The makeup machine works for a render that will then be recorded by the camera.
The quality of visual control is important.
The goal is not to reproduce the light of the plate exactly.
It is about providing conditions that allow the professional to work accurately and regularly.
A complex hairstyle does not happen in a corridor where several people try to pass behind the chair.
Tools, products and accessories must be arranged.
The professional must be able to turn around the talent according to his work.
A product that is searched for five minutes at each connection ends up costing a lot of time on a day.
The logic of a HMC is therefore also to allow a more stable organization of products and tools.
Some production requires a significant transformation between two sequences.
The character ages. he is injured. he changes periods. he passes from a very busy look to a more natural rendering.
HMC then has to manage the time of transformation without disorganizing the rest of the day.
The more complex this transformation is, the more its time has to be integrated into the work plan.
A artist prepared at six hours may still need the HMC at fifteen hours.
Makeup must be controlled. hair removed. a small change is required.
These returns are part of the normal functioning of a production.
If the HMC space is too far from the plateau, every return is transformed into a move.
Five minutes of walking seemed not important.
But if several artists make several go-to-go in the day, time accumulates.
Add the assistants who need to look for the talents. Add the time needed to return to the plateau.
A more consistent implantation can prevent some of this loss.
Being close to the plate does not mean being installed in the main passing axis.
HMC should allow professionals to work without dozens of technicians constantly passing through space or access.
The right position is a compromise.
Close to the artists. Accessible to the directory. but sufficiently withdrawn from the technical activity.
The jobs are close but their flow may vary.
Makeup can require a very quick return.
The costume may require a significant change, with several elements.
According to the project, separating the HMC logue and the costume space can improve the functioning of each.
On other productions, a combined configuration may be more relevant.
This choice must be studied according to the unit and the real work plan.
In Brussels, the first challenge can be the implantation. Density street, parking, municipality, authorization, electricity source and vehicle circulation must be considered. A HMC can be useful in preserving an apartment, an office, a house or a decor that has no room suitable for makeup and hairstyle.
Liège, Namur, Charleroi, Mons, Brabant Wallon, Aywaille or Ardennes: Wallonia can quickly pass from a urban environment to a property, forest or road. The mobile HMC allows to maintain a workplace even when the decor does not have any technical space.
Applications in Flanders can also be studied according to duration, dates and logistics. Anvers, Gand, Bruges, Louvain or other bassins can host projects that require a mobile HMC base. A future Dutch version will allow to work directly the research of the Flanders market.
This is exactly the type of production where the mobility of the backstage becomes interesting. A team can turn in an building, property or an outside environment without having the same locations on each decor.
The HMC then offers a preparation point known by the artists and teams, regardless of the site’s architecture.
If the vehicle needs to change location, the journey must be anticipated: removal, journey, maneuver and re-functioning must enter into the planning.
HMC Project in WalloniaA film may require complex preparations, recurrent characters, connections and sometimes several weeks of presence. The HMC becomes a real daily production workshop.
The same actors come back and the teams have to quickly find their products, notes and organization.
A advertisement can concentrate a lot of pressure on one morning.Many talents can be called simultaneously and must be ready at the same time.
A artist can change hairstyle, makeup and look several times. The HMC becomes the transformation point between multiple visual universes.
Mode, campaign, catalogue or brand content: HMC can prepare one talent while another is photographed.
A make-up-coating lounge can also be studied for certain artists, events, concerts or out-of-film productions.
A several weeks production completely changes the way you use a HMC logue.
On the first day, the team installs their equipment and discovers the space.
After a few days, a real routine is created.
Every professional knows where to find his products. The artists know their path. The assistants know where to send a comedian for his connection.
This stability has operational value.
A scene that is on Monday can be completed several days later.
Makeup, hairstyle and costume must remain consistent.
The teams manage their references, photos, notes and continuity information.
The organization of the loge should allow to quickly find what matches each character.
A series can turn several episodes in one production block.
Characters are changing.The looks are changing.The planning does not necessarily follow the order of broadcast.
The HMC department must therefore work with continuity of the whole.
For a several-week installation, the initial mobilization of the vehicle should not be compared as if it was a few-hour service.
Once the unit is installed, it becomes a part of the base for the duration of the project, according to the agreed conditions.
This is exactly the type of demand we want to study with Belgian and international productions.
The HMC of a night shooting can start its activity at the end of the afternoon.
The artists are prepared before the night falls.
The links continue until the last draw.
The department may still have a job after the last plan.
The actual amplitude must be communicated at the time of the devis.
A outdoor shooting exposes the artists to the conditions of the decor.
Wind, rain, humidity, cold or heat can have consequences on makeup and hairstyle.
Production should therefore provide the possibility of connections throughout the day.
A hairstyles prepared in stable conditions can change in a few minutes in a windy environment.
If the artist needs to return to HMC before the next take, the distance between the logue and the plateau becomes important.
Rain can affect hairstyle, some makeup and clothing.
It also changes the routes between the vehicles and the decor.
A compact base can reduce the number of exposed trails.
Production in a valley, forest, near a water stream or simply in very wet weather may require additional vigilance.
The HMC must be able to perform the necessary controls without delaying the day.
The actor can wear a costume that corresponds to the character but not to the real temperature.
A protected lounge allows to limit the time spent in the outside conditions between the shots, depending on the equipment of the unit.
This topic is more related to costumes, but it also affects the preparation circuit.
A production outside must organize the way the artist passes from back-to-back to decor without inutilely deteriorating the prepared look.
After the French pages, Dutch-speaking pages specific to HMC, artists and products will be able to extend the device to Antwerp, Gand and other Flanders bassins.
The HMC department may have an extremely urgent need of proximity.
But this proximity should never be obtained at the price of an impossible implantation.
A large vehicle must be able to reach its location, maneuver, operate and return.
In urban environments, the problem can be the number of meters of parking, existing vehicles, the width of the street or the last turn.
The production must prepare the necessary permits and reservations.
The city can ask similar questions.
However, leaving Liaège to the province, the restrictions can change quickly.
The main route can be simple.
Then a gate, a small road, a turn or a walk become the real critical point.
A video of the last kilometre can allow you to detect these difficulties before the day of the recording.
A property may possess a large land but a narrow access.
The surface once available inside does not prove that the vehicle can enter.
A HMC installed for several weeks must have a location that remains practicable over time.
The behavior of the ground after the rain should be taken into account.
The best position is not always the closest possible.
If the logue is located in the camera field, it must be moved or masked.
If it blocks a technical vehicle, production loses in efficiency.
If it is 10 minutes walk, the connections become longer.
Implementation is a compromise between proximity, accessibility and discretion.
The artist must pass from the HMC to the costume, then to the plateau.
This path must be as logical as possible.
A production that forces the actress to cross the delivery zone, the machinery and then catering before reaching the decor can create unnecessary circulations.
The base should be thought as a small movement system.
Actors, models, artists, figuration or other talents to prepare during the day.
This is the information that allows you to best understand the pressure on the positions.
Exact address, access, parking, city, land and possible maneuver restrictions.
Electricity, schedules, long duration, night shooting, outdoor and possible travel.
PROD 19 studies the logistics and the provision of the HMC logue.
The authorisations for filming, parking, occupation of the public domain or connection remain in the responsibility of the production and the relevant authorities, managers or owners.
In Brussels, the Film Commission of visit.brussels publishes the steps for production in the different municipalities.
In Wallonia, Wallimage Tournages accompanies professionals in the search for decorations, technicians and certain approaches related to filming.
In Flanders, Screen Flanders and the various film offices can also guide productions.
The Commission of BrusselsThis page must receive links from the pages of Belgium, Brussels, Liaège and Aywaille, and refer to the additional services of the backstage.
PROD 19 studies the applications for recordings in Belgium according to dates, duration, location, necessary configuration and the feasibility of the trip.
HMC means the functions related to clothing, makeup and hairstyle in the organization of a production.
Depending on the configuration and organization of the project, it may concern makeup, hairstyle and certain needs associated with preparation.
The number of posts depends on the unit actually proposed. It must be confirmed for each production.
Because we don’t want to attribute a capacity to a vehicle without knowing which unit will actually be available on your project dates.
It is important to know the number of talents to prepare at the same time, the number of HMC professionals and the time of preparation of each look.
A application in Brussels can be considered according to the municipality, parking, access, technical needs and necessary permits.
Productions in Lezh and its province can be studied.
Yes, if the roads, the portal, the maneuver and the ground allow the arrival and installation of the vehicle.
Yes. A production in Namur or in the surroundings can send us its project for study.
Yes, according to dates, site and production needs.
Applications to Mons and in Hainaut can be studied.
Waterloo, Wavre, Nivelles and other sectors can be studied according to the project conditions.
Yes, applications in Flanders can be studied according to availability and logistical feasibility.
An Anvers production may require a feasibility study and a devis.
Yes, depending on the dates, access and the configuration you are looking for.
A film may require daily preparations, connections, transformations and a stable organization for several weeks.
Repeat and continuity of characters can make a stable HMC base useful.
A advertising can concentrate multiple talents in a very short preparation time.
Changes in look, makeup and hairstyle can be many on a clip.
The logger can allow you to prepare the models and talents as close to the viewing area.
Yes, if the vehicle has an accessible, suitable location and necessary technical conditions.
Only if a authorized, accessible and suitable area for the vehicle has been identified.The production must comply with the rules of the site.
It must be close enough to the connections but should not disturb the decor, circulation or functioning of the plateau.
Production must communicate the needs, identify the available source and prepare a connection suitable for the unit and equipment used.
The number of devices used simultaneously can affect the electricity need of the HMC.
Connection must be studied according to the power, distance and conditions of the site. It should not be assumed that a domestic extension automatically constitutes an appropriate solution.
Production must study a technical solution compatible with the site, local needs and rules before the arrival of the log.
It can increase the control or rectangular needs depending on hairstyle, makeup and shooting conditions.
On some looks, the wind may require more frequent hairstyle attachments.
A long-term rental can be considered if the dates, parking, connections and conditions of the site allow it.
A trip can be studied, but it is necessary to provide with the removal, the journey, the maneuver and the reset.
During the moving and reinstall phases, it must be considered unavailable for HMC work.
Some configurations may allow several functions, but the option must be confirmed depending on the proposed unit and the volume of costumes.
A significant garment can justify a separate costume space to preserve the HMC positions.
Yes, if space and access allow to build a base that aggregates several functions.
A mobile office solution can be studied according to needs and availability.
The authorisations for filming, parking, occupation and connection are subject to the competent authorities, managers and owners.
Send the dates, address, type of production, number of talents, call hours, number of simultaneous preparations, technical needs and access information.
As soon as possible, especially for a long production, multiple units or a project requiring mobilization to Belgium.
A production can compare the availability, configuration, duration, services and conditions of several providers. A request for a price can determine whether a PROD 19 solution fits the project.
Brussels, Liège, Namur, Charleroi, Mons, Brabant Wallon, Aywaille, Harzé, Anvers, Gand or elsewhere in Belgium: send us the dates, the number of talents, the call hours, the need for makeup, hairstyle, clothing and the configuration of the field. We will study the HMC solution and the feasibility of the PROD mobilization 19.
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