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How to Market Your Property

In an effort to assist property owners who wish to rent out their home or business to motion picture production companies, the California Film Commission (CFC) has prepared the following information to help you promote your property. These are some ideas to think about before you get started.

ADVERTISE TO LOCATION PROFESSIONALS
The CFC's Location Professionals List includes names and addresses of over 400 freelance location managers, location scouts and location assistants in the motion picture production industry. After you create a brochure with photographs of your property, mail it to everyone on the list. Please remember to send copies to the California Film Commission's Location Resource Center for distribution to clients doing research in our Location Library.

To obtain the mailing list, please send a check payable to:

CALIFORNIA FILM COMMISSION
ATT'N: Location Professionals List
7080 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 900
Hollywood, CA 90028

Cost for the list to be sent is $6.00, or $54.00 for pre-printed labels. You may also come to our office, located at the southeast corner of Hollywood and La Brea, to pick up a copy of the mailing list ($5.00 for the list, or $50.00 for pre-printed labels).

If you have any questions regarding the mailing list, please call us at 323.860.2960 x 102.

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REGIONAL FILM OFFICE
The CFC maintains a network of over 60 local film offices willing to assist you in marketing your property in your region of California. Please click here to find your local film office and let them know you have property in their area available for use as a film location. They may also want to receive copies of your brochure.

LEARN HOW TO HOST MOTION PICTURE FILMING
To help you understand the process of hosting filming, the CFC publishes the guidebook Your Property in a Starring Role outlining issues you will likely encounter from the first time you receive a call from a location scout, to when the last truck drives away from your property.

PROMOTE YOUR PROPERTY AT LOCATION MANAGER WEBSITES
The location marketing websites listed below are another effective way to promote your property to the film industry. These are companies created by location managers who will photograph your property and publicize it to the industry. Some of these are free sites where you are able to post your own photographs at no charge. Our office provides these leads to help you help the State of California remain the premier location to film. The CFC does not endorse any of the companies on the following list which are provided for informational purposes only.