One of the perks of filming is making it look as authentic as possible, this is why locations are important to filming.
This is very important to the acceptability and profit of a film. Locations are settings planned as the venue for shooting particular films. It is where films are shot.
Locations are picked based on several location these includes the overall aesthetic, financial cost of production, availability of spaces and facilities to keep the talents and crews needed for the filming, light, power and many more. A film location does not only have effect on the success of a film but also the location city of a film as well, many are unaware about the effects that come with shooting a films in a location city, its effect are very significant that it cannot be over looked. These effects include:
Revenue: In the cities, many beautiful homes are used as film location, homes in cities earn high income when used as film locations, homes are rented for film locations for as high as $2,000 or more per day. Many people have been able to make huge income for using their city homes a s film locations. Apart from the homes, film works also inject revenue and boosts the economies of many cities.
Revenue: In the cities, many beautiful homes are used as film location, homes in cities earn high income when used as film locations, homes are rented for film locations for as high as $2,000 or more per day. Many people have been able to make huge income for using their city homes a s film locations. Apart from the homes, film works also inject revenue and boosts the economies of many cities.
Job Opportunity: When shooting a film, a lot of hands are needed, this means many people residing where film locations are based get more job opportunity, for example in California was able to maintain up to 40 percent share of north American employment in 2008 because of many of the cities in California were used as film location for a long period of time.
Tourist Attraction: When cities are used for film location, it attracts a lot of tourist, it is like an unpaid advert that allows a lot of people all over the world to see the beautiful attractions a city have to offer. A lot of tourist travel to see the places they saw in a particular film or scene.
Urban Development: Film works have contributed immensely to the urbanization of many location cities, like tourism, many city settler are also attracted by the locations showed on fil, this thus attracts many city settler and lead to an inflow of people and businesses to location cities.
While there are many advantages, there are also other cons to this opportunity as well, these include:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Basically, motion picture industry contributes a huge percent to greenhouse gas emission though long travels and use of fuel consuming and greenhouse gas emitting equipment associated with production of films. Many city locations are at risk of experiencing a high percentage of greenhouse gas emission which affects habitats, wild life, vegetation and many more.
Overpopulation: Many location cities attract a lot of crowd, this could lead to overpopulation and affect the already existing population in the location cities in the bid to struggle for space
Crime Rate: Because location cities get more crowds, there is also an increased crime rate putting the inhabitants of at risk.
Property: Many properties in city locations become more expensive due to the increasing value attached to the locations making it impossible for many people to acquire desired properties.
Films are one of the best ways to unwind, whether for entertainment or education, their effects are very significant, especially on location cities such that matters attached to this whether positive or negative should not be taken lightly, but rather be worked upon to maximize opportunity offered and reduce the probable vices.
