Location Scout Services

Here is how this works in practice. We place location scouts who find, photograph and assess filming locations across South Africa, building options that match a production's creative brief and practical needs. Our network is centred on Cape Town and Johannesburg, where skilled scouts keep wide personal libraries of locations and deep regional knowledge. The scouts we supply respond to script breakdowns and director references, then deliver well-documented options with notes on access, light, power, sound and logistics so the location manager and director can make informed choices.

Here is the short of it. We match each scout to your genre and the regions in play, whether that means urban Johannesburg, the studios and streets of Cape Town, or remote wilderness in the Kruger and the Karoo. Because South Africa frequently doubles for other countries, our scouts are practised at finding settings that authentically stand in for elsewhere in Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and beyond. English is the working language of the industry, so scouts work with directly with overseas directors, and the favourable South African rand exchange rate keeps scouting costs well below European or North American norms.

Here is the breakdown. South Africa rewards a location scout with a great concentration of distinct environments. Within the Western Cape alone, a scout can move between Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula, Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles, the Bo-Kaap, Cape Point and the Cape Winelands around Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. The wider country adds Johannesburg and Soweto, the Big Five bushveld of the Kruger National Park, the Drakensberg mountains, the semi-desert Karoo and the lush Garden Route. UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Robben Island and the Cradle of Humankind. The clear, strong Southern Hemisphere light, give scouts material that productions travel a long way to find.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Films from Edward Zwick's 'Blood Diamond' to Gina Prince-Bythewood's 'The Woman King' have drawn on South Africa's scouting depth. The country's standing as a top servicing destination means scouts work constantly across genres. The prime November-to-February season aligns conveniently with Northern Hemisphere production calendars.