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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 New York-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 Netflix and HBO 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 USD budgets with NY State tax credits included in their planning used New York holiday schedules and union regulations to determine their production timeline.

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Local Expertise

Fixers across all New York regions—from Long Island beaches to mountain villages to coastal areas.

Service Catalog

Our Pre-Production Services

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

Why Fixer in New York

Why Choose Fixer in New York 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

Pre-Production Planning Across New York

Here is how the work lines up. From Midtown Manhattan boardrooms to the converted warehouses of Bushwick, pre-production in New York demands a team that knows how the city operates at each level. Our team handles each stage of production planning — breaking down scripts, scheduling location holds across all five boroughs, lining up with key crew, and keeping your creative vision on track from the first concept meeting through the final shoot day. Whether your project spans a single studio in Long Island City or exterior locations from the Bronx to Staten Island, we build the framework that keeps your schedule and budget intact.

Schedules built on actual MOFTB permit timelines and real Five-Borough crew availability — not optimistic guesses dressed up as a plan.

Here is how the picture comes together. Strong pre-production starts with the right creative foundations. Our scriptwriting and concept development services shape your story before a camera rolls, while storyboarding turns directorial intent into visual blueprints the whole crew can follow. For shoots that need to pitch internally or to financiers, our pitch decks give a polished presentation of vision and logistics. Casting and talent planning draws on a wide pool of New York-based performers and on-screen talent, giving directors real options rather than compromises — and saving time when the shoot date is immovable.

FAQs

Pre-Production FAQs

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

What's included in pre-production services?

Here is how this works in practice. Our team gives complete production services which have script breakdown and scheduling and location selection across New York regions and NYC agency casting and crew member selection from our OK'd network and budget development in USD with NY State tax credit calculations and permit submission to Film New York and local mairies. You receive a production-ready package which becomes ready before the cameras start filming.

How long does pre-production take?

Here is the short of it. The process of obtaining locations and casting actors and wrapping NY State forms for feature films needs a minimum of 8 to 12 weeks. The production timeline for commercials stays short because they need only 2 to 4 weeks to finish production when shoot 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 New York authority rules about permit processing create key time needs.

Do you work with international productions shooting in New York?

That's our specialty. We bridge the gap between global shoots firms and New York crews, vendors, and authorities. Our team handles everything from carnet needs for gear crossing borders to setting up with New York unions and handling NY State co-production rules. Most of our clients are UK, US, German, and Asian shoots shooting on New York soil.

Can you work within a specific budget?

Here is the breakdown. The firm creates budgets which use USD as currency and have detailed line items that follow the formatting needs of the New York 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?

Here is what that looks like on the ground. It happens, and we plan for it. The location packages we give have backup solutions and we have set up connections with New York property owners and film commissions to handle unexpected changes in filming locations. Our location managers have pulled off same-week replacements for everything from mansion shoots to NYCian 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.