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SCENE 01 / PRE-PRODUCTION

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 Saudi Arabia-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 Canal+ and Saudi Arabia Télévisions 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 GCAM tax credits included in their planning used Saudi holiday schedules and union regulations to determine their production timeline.

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Local Expertise

Fixers across all 13 Saudi regions—from Eastern Province beaches to Mountain villages to Red Sea coastlines.

Service Catalog

Our Pre-Production Services

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

Why Fixers in Saudi Arabia

Why Choose Fixers in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia

Strong pre-production is what separates a smooth shoot from a costly scramble. That holds whether you are shooting Riyadh's corporate corridors or the ancient sandstone of AlUla.

Schedules built on real Film AlUla permit windows, 40% rebate paperwork, and Saudi crew availability — never optimistic assumptions about any of them.

Here is how this works in practice. Our team handles the full planning cycle for shoots in Saudi Arabia. We translate your creative vision into detailed call sheets, location surveys, and logistics plans. The plans account for the country's full range of environments — Red Sea coast, desert interior, highland villages. We engage early, work closely with your line producer, and keep creative development aligned with on-the-ground realities across.

Here is the short of it. For narrative projects we give Scriptwriting and Script Consultation. We refine dialogue and structure to suit both the story and the shooting environment. Storyboarding sessions give directors and DPs a visual roadmap before a single frame is captured.

Here is the breakdown. When clients arrive with a concept still in early development, our Concept Development and Creative Direction services bring care to the process. We build Moodboards and Pitch Decks that communicate the vision clearly to financiers, brands, and collaborators.

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 full production services which have script breakdown and scheduling and location selection across 13 Saudi regions and Riyadh agency casting and crew member selection from our OK'd network and budget development in USD with GCAM tax credit calculations and permit submission to Film Saudi Arabia 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 GCAM 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 Saudi authority rules about permit processing create key time needs.

Do you work with international productions shooting in Saudi Arabia?

That's our specialty. We bridge the gap between global shoots firms and Saudi crews, vendors, and authorities. Our team handles everything from carnet needs for gear crossing borders to setting up with Saudi unions and handling the GCAM co-production rules. Most of our clients are UK, US, German, and Asian shoots shooting on Saudi 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 Saudi 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 Saudi property owners and film commissions to handle unexpected changes in filming locations. Our location managers have pulled off same-week replacements for everything from historic forts and heritage sites shoots to Riyadhian 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.