Could your home be featured in a film or TV show?
midlandsmovies • April 30, 2020
Could your home be featured in a film or TV show?
Could your home be featured in a film or TV show?
Film Birmingham are on the lookout for West Midlands properties to feature as locations in future productions.
Film Birmingham are offering members of the public across the West Midlands the chance to see their homes and properties featured as locations in future film and TV productions.
Birmingham and the West Midlands have attracted a host of high-profile film productions in recent years including Ready Player One, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Stan and Ollie, as well as long-running TV shows like Peaky Blinders, Man Like Mobeen and the daytime drama, Doctors.
Sindy Campbell, Head of Film Birmingham, said: “We’re proud of the stunning range of locations found here in the West Midlands and we deal with numerous enquiries each year from productions looking for everything from disused warehouses and tower blocks to period homes and green spaces".
"Film and TV production companies are keen to find new locations for hire so we’re asking those who own interesting homes and properties in the West Midlands to come forward and register them with us online.”
All property owners have to is fill out a simple ‘Register Your Property’ form via the Film Birmingham website and upload some high res pictures.
To increase the chances of getting an approach in the future, the Film Birmingham team have put together some advice on how residents can take the best pictures of their homes and properties. For more information please visit https://filmbirmingham.co.uk/register-your-property/
Film Birmingham is Birmingham City Council’s Film and Television office and is committed to making filming as easy and efficient as possible by providing a one stop shop for filmmakers across the West Midlands. For more information on Film Birmingham’s work go to http://www.filmbirmingham.co.uk
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