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
Hundreds of film, television, and commercial productions successfully executed in more than 50 countries are the result of Michael’s leadership at PSN. He likes nothing better than rolling up his sleeves with industry creatives and executives to help determine where their projects can achieve the best creative results for their money. And connecting globetrotting producers with local production expertise to deliver on that promise…
[cont.] A native of Los Angeles, Michael spent two decades producing, directing, and facilitating content for the screen industry from his adopted home in Madrid before co-founding the Network of worldwide shoot support in 2014.
