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SCENE 01 / PRE-PRODUCTION

Pre-Production Services

The team handles production planning and creative development and logistics which maintain your schedule and budget and creative vision.

Creative Scriptwriting, storyboarding, and pitch-ready treatments.
Logistics Permits, budgeting, scheduling, and crew coordination.
Delivery Production-ready plans with Italy-wide coverage.
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Planning with Precision

Comprehensive Pre-Production Services

From initial concept to production-ready plans, our team sets the foundation for successful films, TV, commercials, and digital content around the world.

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Creative Excellence

The creative team at Canal+ and Italy Télévisions along with international co-production partners worked together to develop scripts and storyboards and visual treatments for the project.

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Strategic Planning

The line producers who created euro budgets with MiC tax credits included in their planning used Italian holiday schedules and union regulations to determine their production timeline.

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Local Expertise

Fixers across all 13 Italian regions—from northern region beaches to mountain villages to coastal area coastlines.

Service Catalog

Our Pre-Production Services

Every phase is covered—creative development, casting, permits, budgeting, crew, logistics, and compliance.

Why Fixers in Italy

Why Choose Fixers in Italy for Pre-Production

Integrated creative, logistics, and compliance backed by seasoned producers and local fixers.

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Proven Expertise

Industry-leading team across all formats and budgets, trusted by global broadcasters.

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Fast Response

Rapid 24-48 hour turnarounds for quotes, permits, and scheduling updates.

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Global Network

On-the-ground partners in 100+ countries with local permits handled for you.

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Full Service

End-to-end coverage from concept and casting to legal, logistics, and delivery.

On Location

Italy Pre-Production, Planned Right

Here is how this works in practice. From Rome's Centro Storico to the rolling hills of Tuscany and the canals of Venice, Italy demands thorough pre-production planning before a single camera rolls. Our team manages every phase of creative development and logistics — scouting locations, setting up with city film offices, and building schedules that hold across Italy's different regions. We align your creative vision with practical realities on the ground, whether you are shooting a commercial in Milan's Brera district or a documentary across Puglia and the Dolomites.

Schedules built on real Italian permitting timelines and crew availability — never optimistic assumptions about Roman bureaucracy.

Here is the short of it. Our pre-production services cover the full creative pipeline. Through Scriptwriting and Script Consultation we refine your narrative for Italian settings and production conditions. Storyboarding and Moodboards give your director and DP a shared visual language before travel begins. When talent is needed, our Casting and Talent service connects you with actors and presenters across Rome, Naples, and beyond. Pitch Decks are prepared to broadcast-standard quality. Our Creative Direction makes sure every visual and tonal choice serves your brief from the earliest planning sessions.

FAQs

Pre-Production FAQs

Clear answers on timelines, coverage, and how we tailor planning to your production.

What's included in pre-production services?

Our team provides complete production services which include script breakdown and scheduling and location selection throughout 13 Italian regions and Rome agency casting and crew member selection from our approved network and budget development in euros with MiC tax credit calculations and permit submission to Film Italy and local mairies. You receive a production-ready package which becomes available before the cameras start filming.

How long does pre-production take?

The process of obtaining locations and casting actors and completing MiC paperwork for feature films requires a minimum of 8 to 12 weeks. The production timeline for commercials remains short because they require only 2 to 4 weeks to finish production when production sites have easy access. The process of getting documentary access and conducting interviews decides which film projects filmmakers can start their work on. The team can accelerate project work when needed but Italian authority rules about permit processing create vital time requirements.

Do you work with international productions shooting in Italy?

That's our specialty. We bridge the gap between international production companies and Italian crews, vendors, and authorities. Our team handles everything from carnet requirements for equipment crossing borders to coordinating with Italian unions and navigating the MiC co-production rules. Most of our clients are UK, US, German, and Asian productions shooting on Italian soil.

Can you work within a specific budget?

The company creates budgets which use euros as currency and include detailed line items that follow the formatting requirements of the Italian industrial sector. If you have a target number, we'll tell you honestly what's achievable—whether that means adjusting the shooting schedule, finding alternative locations, or restructuring the crew. We'd rather have a frank conversation upfront than deliver surprises later.

What happens if permits get denied or locations fall through?

It happens, and we plan for it. The location packages we offer include backup solutions and we have established connections with Italian property owners and film commissions to handle unexpected changes in filming locations. Our location managers have pulled off same-week replacements for everything from historic estate shoots to Italian apartment interiors.

On Set

Ready to Start Your Pre-Production?

We'll build a production-ready plan with detailed budgets, schedules, and permit timelines for your project.