The professional Caribbean Production Service Company
is filming throughout the Caribbean Islands with experienced international and Caribbean crews. We offer comprehensive service for film productions and photo shoots. We provide a wide variety of Caribbean locations in the entire Caribbean region. We have the background and the know how to make your production on Caribbean Islands successful and stress free. We suggest the best production place for your project, and we inform you about the local conditions. For time and cost reasons we usually complete a production in just one island/country. We communicate in English German and French.

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1. GENERAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION on
Locations, Weather, Flights, Accommodations, Equipment, Permits etc

Reasons to produce in the Caribbean:
1. good production conditions
2. various locations on a very small territory
3. year round shooting
4. daily direct flights from major US, Canadian and European Cities
5. a wide variety of accommodations
6. professional international and local crews
7. cast - extras and actors
8. a good selection of props
9. reasonable production costs

2. LOCATIONS

The choice of the Island depends on your project.
Most of the islands have streets and highways in excellent condition, and a good mix and a peaceful co-existence of the numerous luxury mansions of the international super-rich and the traditional colorful Caribbean wood houses, gourmet restaurants and local rum shops, elegant golf resorts and fishing villages, bicycles and stretch limousines.

Landscapes/Beaches:
- Long unspoiled stretches of white, pink, brown and black beaches,
with or without palm trees, - Deserted islands
- Flat turquoise colored water
- Wild cliffs and high waves
- Wide flat grass land
- Jungle and tropical gardens
- Rocky mountains
- Smooth hills and sand dunes
- Sugarcane fields
- Waterfalls

Buildings/Towns:
- Luxury mansions (Caribbean, Victorian, Spanish, French, or Modern styles)
- Old plantation houses
- Colorful Caribbean wood houses
- Beach bars
- Rum shops
- Fishing villages
- Marinas
- Colorful market stands
- Office buildings and City locations
- Elegant hotels and restaurants
- Daylight studios
- Racehorse tracks and stables
- Soccer, tennis, polo fields and golf courses
- Olypmpic pools and fitness centers
- Factories, offices
- Universities, churches, etc...
- on the French Islands, we have the Mediterranean feel with bistros and boutiques

3. WEATHER - YEAR ROUND PRODUCTIONS

We produce during the whole year.
As a result of the global weather change there isn't a real Rainy Season anymore. Officially the Rainy Season is from June to November, but in the last two years there was hardly any rain during this period, so productions can very well be realized all year round.

Hurricanes occur mostly in the Northern part of the Caribbean on the islands closer to Florida and Mexico.
Occasional rain showers during the Rainy Season are usually very short.

The temperatures stay comfortably in the range between:
25 degrees celsius/77 fahrenheit in the Winter (November - April) and
30 degrees celsius/86 fahrenheit in the Summer (May - October).
The water is nice and warm all year round.
Average hours of sunlight: 12 hours in summer, 10 hours in winter.

The highest season is between 18th of December and 3. of January, those 2 weeks
should be avoided for cost reasons. High season is from 3rd of January to 15th of April, low season from 15th of April to 18th of December.

4. FLIGHTS - DIRECT FROM USA, CANADA & EUROPE

Daily direct flights from most major European and North American cities
- Flights from New York and Miami, depending on season, between US$ 300 and US$ 600 approx. 4 hours, American Airline, Continental, Delta Air, Caribbean Airlines.

- Flights direct from Toronto and Montreal, approx. US$ 600, 5 hours, from Vancouver approx. US$ 950, 12 hours, (Air Canada, Continental, American Airline)

- Flights direct from London (British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, BMI, Caribbean Airlines) and Frankfurt (Condor), or from Paris, Amsterdam, Milan (Air France, Corsair, Condor, KLM, Martinair) depending on season, between US$ 450 and US$ 900, approx.8 hours Flights to St.Martin/Sint Maarten are slightly cheaper.

- There are very good flight connections between the islands with small local airlines.

5. ACCOMMODATIONS

Boutique- and Luxury hotels from US$ 350
Good middle class hotels/villas approx. US$ 140
All Inclusive hotels June - Dec. US$ 170
Guest houses from US$ 65 Luxury Villas for teams/locations (5-6 bedrooms) from approx US$ 1200

6. EQUIPMENT

There is a good selection of photo and film equipment, lighting systems, generators, dolly, cranes, production trucks and buses available on some of the islands. Whatever isn’t available on the islands, we’ll rent from international rental companies out of Miami or New York. We order your film stock directly from Kodak.

For long term productions, we can make arrangements to ship your equipment from your country (at a no duty rate) via our off shore company.
Please send us a detailed request of your equipment needs prior to project start.

7. CREW

We work with a professional international (German, English, US, French, Canadian) and local crew: Producer, Production Coordinator and Assistants, Location Scouts and Location Managers, Art Directors, Set dressers, Construction Crews, Hair/Make-up Artists, Stylists, Props, Casting, Photography- and Camera assistants, Grip, Electricians, Runner/Drivers. If necessary we recruit further crew from either New York or Miami, or from wherever your home country. Our team communicates in English, German, and French.

8. CAST

We have people of various ethnic backgrounds as extras on photo or film shoots. We can also provide professional dancers, singers and actors. For fashion photography, there are some models on the islands but we mostly recruit them out of Miami or New York.

9. PROPS

We have a great variety of historical and modern props at our disposal: Luxury cars, chic yachts, planes, or bicycles.
In addition, the islands offer both elegant and trendy shops for clothes, accessories, swim or sportswear as well as historical theater wardrobes.

Also available are:
- Vintage cars
- Stretch limousines
- Old and new jeeps
- Old and new beach buggies
- Newest Mercedes and BMW limousines and sports cars
- Yachts, catamarans and speed boats in all sizes
- Fishing boats
- Jet skies, Submarines
- Underwater wrecks
- planes and helicopters
- Wide selection of antique and modern furniture and accessories
- Excellent carpenters and craftsmen of all professions

10. PRODUCTION COSTS

The Caribbean Production Service Company can accommodate big and not so big budgets. We offer full or partial service.
Our clients benefit from our many years of working with local merchants in the community. Many merchants offer generous discounts on accommodations and transportation. (Up to 50% discount on 4-Star Hotels)

On most of the islands you’ll have:
- No taxes and duties or deposits for temporary imports on
cameras/film equipment, collections, etc
- No location fees for public places and beaches
- No work permit fees
- No shooting permit fees

Please send us all relevant information for your next project and we will send a detailed quote within 24 hours.