Producers of unscripted and reality programming, documentaries, and music videos share a need to be nimble. Our Production Service Network Partners know to expect the unexpected when facilitating filming across this diverse range. Speed and efficiency – tapping into local networks for casting of real people and securing film-friendly locations – are often required on a tight budget.
Check out this selection of work shot with PSN Partners worldwide. Continue down to read more details about the added value of PSN for producers of unscripted content.
PSN facilitates filming of unscripted programming by emphasizing its global reach, local expertise, and flexible approach, providing distinct added value for producers of unscripted projects:
- Access to Authentic Local Elements (Locations, People, Stories):
- Diverse Locations: Unscripted content often thrives on unique and authentic backdrops. PSN’s ability to provide access to modern and classic architecture, the seaside, mountains, and deserts through local partners ensures a wide palette for reality series.
- Local Talent & Real People: For reality, finding genuine, compelling local talent is paramount. PSN Partners work with local casting teams adept at finding diverse local talent.
- Operational Flexibility & Problem-Solving:
- Comprehensive Local Support: PSN production service company Partners are always thinking ahead to contingency plans, a vital asset when unscripted scenarios unfold unexpectedly. Their crews can design it, build it, stitch it to serve up flexible solutions for dynamic reality setups.
- Managing the Unpredictable: The commitment of PSN to safely guide producers to boldly go where they’ve never gone empowers producers to keep it fresh in the creation of content for a global audience.
- Financial Control & Budget Efficiency:
- Cost-Effectiveness: The heightened awareness of PSN production service company Partners of the need to deliver cost-effective, quality results is critical for unscripted productions that often operate with tighter per-episode budgets than high-end scripted dramas.
- Incentive Utilization: PSN and its Partners help producers leverage cash rebates and tax credits which can be particularly impactful for stretching unscripted budgets. PSN identifies many countries where reality programming qualifies for film incentives such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Georgia, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE, Uruguay, and the USA.
- Legal Compliance & Risk Mitigation:
- Navigating Local Laws: Unscripted often involves filming in public spaces or with non-professional participants, making legal and permit compliance critical. PSN’s local partners manage productions in adherence with local regulations to shelter producers from risk.
- Trusted Partnership: The no-nonsense production workflow of PSN production service company Partners establishes the reliability and trust essential for producers dealing with the inherent unpredictability of reality content while needing to stay compliant.
By combining global reach with deep local expertise and a flexible, problem-solving approach, PSN empowers unscripted and reality producers to capture authentic stories and experiences efficiently and safely, anywhere in the world.
Watch more showreels of film and television work executed by PSN Partners on our YouTube playlist.
Michael Moffett
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Production work on commercial, entertainment, and factual shoots for clients from around the world during more than two decades is at the core of Michael’s experience. Highlights include feature film and sport celebrity shoots, primetime TV programming for all major US & UK channels, and events …
[cont.] as diverse as motocross and a papal visit.
This Los Angeles native with a traveler’s soul started his own production service company overseas to share with fellow production professionals the wonders of shooting film, photo, and video projects across Spain and Portugal – the sunniest corner of Europe. Michael is as quick with a smile as he is committed to no-nonsense production workflow delivering cost-effective, quality results you can see in frame. He founded the Production Service Network in 2014 to accomplish that worldwide. He manages PSN from his base in Madrid, Barcelona, or most anywhere he has an Internet connection.
