How to find FILM LOCATIONS on any budget.

[@StandardStoryCo]

Shout out to Ben Dockter from last week's comments section for requesting this topic. Drop a comment if there's anything YOU want to learn more about.

[@palmaceiamovie]

How do you get non actors to act? If you take my question, would be great if you linked my channel in the description. I'm a film channel myself and would love to see you answer this in a video!

[@MesoCarib]

Looking at you, I would not be surprised if the inn/motel manager had wanted a different kind of tip.

[@VincentStevenStudio]

I shot in a hotel once. I went around to different hotels asking if I can shoot and they all said no. After many rejections I decided to just do it anyways. I just checked in a room normally, didnt tell them I was going to film. I invited my "guests" (my two actors) I was Director and DP while my brother helped with the boom. All of it took place inside the room, I never showed the hotel exterior, name or brand so they cant sue me. The scene didnt have any screaming or something alarming, so no risk of cops and I got it done. No questions asked. I also remodeled my living room to look like the interior of a Cabin in the woods while I shot exteriors of an actual cabin in the woods.

[@bluenightsky]

To make this even better, you can use copyright free for business stock footage of a hotel exterior and then cut to the interior of the real hotel. 👍🏽

[@aranmolloy6808]

You can shoot outside the hotel and then photoshop the name

[@shalzone_]

you guys are something else🤝🏾🤣 love that

[@HollyHargreaves]

I'm in pre production for my first micro budget & need free locations. Timely video, thanks.

[@StandardStoryCo]

Hope it helps! Good luck 👏

[@idkanymore790]

i think i lucked out by moving to a small town that has a mayor who is also a filmmaker.

[@nendu4316]

i would add a green screen as well. It can be quite easy to build photorealistic environments and render them. esspecially if you get 3d assets online, a lot are free

[@WildHawk202]

I just recently watched a short film and was surprised to find that it was all green screen.

[@aranmolloy6808]

@@WildHawk202 what was the short film?

[@WildHawk202]

@@aranmolloy6808 I don’t remember the name. It was by some KZbin channel that does cgi/vfx projects.

[@jerud6861]

I heard dancing cat, immediately fast forwarded to the end, and walked away satisfied. Then I came back and watched the whole video.

[@BoringVideoCompany]

This is hands down the best filmmaking channel I've ever come across. Very little fluff, straight to the point. Appreciate the tips!

[@mgummelt]

One I’ve used: use a virtual set that you can set up and light in Unreal (for free or mostly for free), then either shoot against a greenscreen and composite it in, OR: if you have a large flat screen TV, just record the Unreal footage and play it back on the TV behind your actors (or hook up your PC to the TV and you can adjust the angle live to fit your camera angle for the shot). Be sure to mix in some real foreground elements so it doesn’t look like they’re just standing in front of a screen like a weather reporter. This is the No-budget version of the “Volume” tech they use on “The Mandalorian”. I’ve tried it and it totally works. Obviously this is a bit limiting on how you can interact with the environment, but it works for something like a quick scene in a restaurant or something.

[@timdemoss]

After seeing level 3 was "Beg Strangers" I got really curious about how dramatic levels 4-8 were going to be.

[@JayFingers]

WHAT?! Film permits are FREE in Riverside County?! 😳😮 This is GREAT knowledge to have. Thank you!!

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

What! Ohhh my God yes!

[@Ivaniael]

The cat was the best part hahahaha love your videos!

[@17samalex]

When I do rent a motel I never tell them what I'm doing lots of $100-130 cheap in LA I also have been filming in many mountains and forest my films call for that 5 am great time to film no one really bothers you Great tips thanks

[@StorckStudios]

Great tips! I like the idea of finding ways to make your home look different

[@DylColeman]

This is awesome. Thanks for the helpful tips. Love your channel btw. Invaluable, no-nonsense info.

[@SchardtCinematic]

I might live in Pennsylvania bur alot of major motion pictures have been shot not to far from me. Witness starring Harrison Ford was filmed in Lancaster County in the Amish country. Near a tourist attraction called Kitchen Kettle Village. The street fight scene with the red necks was filmed about 2 blocks away and the country store where he used the phone booth is also only about two blocks away. The Village was filmed over in Chester County along Gosserd rd in a field.

[@dixoncreates1131]

This is great! Well delivered.

[@Space_Writer]

So funny. So informative. Thanks, buddy. Great performance Kitty.

[@todrapayne]

I am currently turning a house we're house sitting into a coffee shop. They said it was okay. And it looks really convincing. Totally free.

[@Maddie126]

These videos are so great.

[@joef240]

I want to know about the raccoon in "Hawaii". That killed me!

[@rashhuman]

I hire my local community centre for £10 per hour. Using different parts of the big room it’s been a hospital room and an office so far!

[@NostalgiNorden]

Live in Sweden - Most open locations are free or available to steal easily

[@benjaminbjrklund743]

if you dont have a budget, makesure you have TIME. Time equals money in film. if you got a long pre production you can get lots of good locations if you do your research and propose your idea in the right way.

[@bramzwingli]

I've produced 9 features for under 10k each and I will always try to steal a location if I can

[@4CardsMan]

I live in a major city where you can film in any public place without a permit.

[@jayzariel3577]

I don"t have budged for my new music video so I"m looking a house with pool in nyc if somebody knows somebody :)

[@miraclewalkerproductions]

I love your videos

[@bigbenhillman74]

These are great ideas!

[@gmanus1]

Great info fun video Thx

[@kasperkreeft4426]

Very nice video

[@juicewon]

shout out to Riverside!

[@mahzi_productions]

My biggest issues are: 1.) Most videos talking about no-budget filmmaking, there are still thousands of dollars used. What if I have never had more than 300 dollars to spend on myself at once. Where are any of the TRULY no-budget filmmaking tip videos? 2.) None of the people in my life, none of my friends or family, have any kind of interest in filmmaking, whatsoever. I don't need an entire cast and crew, but what resources save for making an Anti-Romantic/Pro-Filmmaking Tinder and Bumble accounts, can be used to find people who want to be apart of projects or have help for their projects. If I needed any kind of moving shot with a character in it, well it just isn't going to happen. I am but one man

[@CillitPrang]

amazing

[@YounesCreates]

The joke at the end XD

[@crazyfera8689]

Please help me find the movie I've been looking for for years. Description: A girl and a boy are put in a military box where they are being tested. After that, this military base will no longer exist. These two people will not remember their past. After a few years, they will be able to escape from this box. They will be the same as they were. They will end up in a world where everything is based on electricity. All their relatives will be dead. When they find out, they try to steal a time machine so that they can go back.

[@Met9171]

Yeah if I also want to hang out with girls and getting connections or enjoying my life during filming I may search for location but if it is only about a movie then I'll use my green screen 🤷.Am I wrong?

[@HotBurnCut]

AirBnB

[@Cukito4]

You forgot the last option, Don't use that location in your film.

[@yyyyaiza]

That’s literally the first thing he said.

[@Cukito4]

@@yyyyaiza Literally the first thing he said was, "Can you get big budget locations with no budget?" So, it has nothing to do with what I wrote.

[@yyyyaiza]

@@Cukito4 He said "you should try to film in locations you can ACTUALLY get"

[@Cukito4]

@@yyyyaiza So you don't know what "literally" means, then. That explains everything.

[@dangerdelw]

Or if you're a Neil Breen fan, just use some green screen lol

[@look8844]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂уу

[@mehail7932]

69th llke.

[@StandardStoryCo]

Hell yeah