A location release form (also known as a location release agreement) is a document giving you written permission to film at a location from the location's owner.
Contact the San Diego Film Office to start the process at 619-685-1340 or Film@SanDiego.
A location agreement is a contract between a film production company and a property owner outlining that not only can the property be used for filming, but any other requirements concerning using the property are included.
Contact your film commission. If you don't necessarily need a public place, it can be a lot easier to shoot on private property, as all you will need is written permission from the property owner. Your film commission may also have resources for location scouting.
The Basic Agreement (BA) covers projects shot on film made under an agreement with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). This contract applies to Directors, Assistant Directors and Unit Production Managers working in film and television.
In film, everything the viewer sees needs to be arranged inside the frame. This creates meaningful relationships between the subjects. The points is to achieve a balanced, aesthetically pleasing, unified, harmonious whole. Don't put your subject in the middle.
Yes, it's just a matter of who gets covered by a SAG-AFTRA contract. Under the Student Film and Ultra Low Budget Agreements, only the professional performers in the cast are covered (that includes SAG-AFTRA members, but also professional actors who have not yet joined the union).
Most actor contracts are between two and three pages long. The typical term for an actor contract is a certain a number of months after the film or play premieres, although some go on indefinitely. Term lengths can vary greatly! The typical term for an agent or manager contract for actors is about 12 to 18 months.
Ultra Low Budget Project. The Ultra Low Budget Project Agreement applies to those films shooting entirely in the United States with a maximum budget of $300,000.
The Low Budget Agreement applies to those films shooting entirely within the United States with a total budget of less than $2,000,000.