A fixer handles the parts of a shoot that a visiting team cannot do from abroad: finding and checking locations, arranging local transport, booking suppliers, translating on site and keeping the schedule workable. Dongguan is a manufacturing city between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and much of the work here involves factories, warehouses, showrooms and industrial parks.
What the job includes
- Location research, verification visits and access arrangements with site contacts
- Local transport, drivers and route planning between sites
- Sourcing crew, equipment and consumables from local suppliers
- Mandarin and Cantonese interpretation on the day
- Schedule adjustments when a location or a subject changes
Fixer work is coordination rather than production management. The client or producer keeps creative and budget authority; the fixer makes the plan executable locally.
What cannot be promised
We cannot guarantee that a filming permit will be granted, and we do not quote approval times we cannot stand behind. Requirements depend on the location, the subject and the authority involved, and applications go through the normal process. We do not claim special access through government contacts either. What we do is identify what your specific locations require, prepare the paperwork with you, and build the schedule around realistic timing.
How to brief a fixer
Dates, the type of locations you need, how many, a note if you have already identified any, and what has to happen in front of the camera. Add the size of your travelling team, since transport and hotel arrangements follow from that. The earlier a fixer is briefed, the more preparation can be finished before anyone flies.
Send briefs to [email protected].