1. How do I submit my home to In The Zone Locations?
2. What happens next? Explain the process to me.
3. What happens if the company decides to use my house for their shoot?
4. What happens when the actual shoot begins?
5. How do I get paid and when?
6. Will my home be altered in any way? If so, who puts it back together when the shoot is over?
7. What if someone damages my home or gets injured on the premises? Does In The Zone Locations provide insurance? Liability?
8. If my home is chosen for a film shoot, an event or wedding, do I have to leave the premises during the duration?
9. Who handles security? And if something gets stolen off the premises, how is that covered?
10. If my home is used in a movie, do I get any sort of credit at the end of the film?

Answers

1. How do I submit my home to In The Zone Locations?
   
   Call us at 213 625 1500 or email us at dea@inthezonelocations.com.
2. What happens next? Explain the process to me.
   
   If, after speaking with us, you are interested in listing your home with In The Zone Locations, please send a few informal pictures of your house so we may look at it and see what potential it has for filming. If there is potential we will then ask to see more photos or may even ask to send a photographer to your home. We then use those pictures to show to location scouts who are looking for a particular type of house, pool, backyard etc. If the location scout thinks your home might work, someone from In The Zone Locations will call you to discuss the details of the film shoot and see if it appeals to you. During this conversation, we will cover the following points:
   • The production company's budget for the shoot.
   • How long they require the property.
   • How many people they will have on the set (your property).
   • Which rooms or areas of your property they are interested in.
3. What happens if the company decides to use my house for their shoot?
   
   If the company decides to use your house then In The Zone Locations re-enters the process and negotiates the rate that they will pay you for the job. Our commission is added to your rate.
   Next, there will be what they call a "tech scout". This usually occurs a couple of days before the shoot. The company comes to your house and walks through each step of the shoot with the director of photography. In The Zone Locations will attend this part of the process and then prepare a contract to specify exactly what was discussed and agreed upon during the tech scout.
4. What happens when the actual shoot begins?
   
   When the actual shoot begins, In The Zone Locations will have a site representative on hand all hours of the day to supervise things. This person is there to protect you and your home. They also serve as a liaison in helping the Production Company use the property within the parameters of the contract. And don't worry; our site representatives are experts at watching for any damages that may occur during the process of the shoot.
5. How do I get paid and when?
   
   In The Zone Locations will pay you in advance prior to anyone entering the property to begin work on the actual production.
   
6. Will my home be altered in any way? If so, who puts it back together when the shoot is over?
   
   Most times the production company leaves the property exactly the way they have found it. It saves them a lot of money to do it this way. If they choose to move furniture, remove a light fixture, paint a wall etc, it is their responsibility to put the property back the way they found it and our site representative will help ensure that happens. Unless, of course, you like it the way they left it.
7. What if someone damages my home or gets injured on the premises? Does In The Zone Locations provide insurance? Liability?
   
   We pride ourselves very highly on protecting the homeowner, financially and legally, throughout the production. Therefore, we collect a security deposit from the company and hold it until the homeowner has had time to inspect the property for damages.
   It is important to note that most all of our shoots have little or no damage at all. Furthermore, the ones that do are rarely over a few hundred dollars. A scratch on a wall or a broken sprinkler head is common. The production company is responsible for paying for all damages and will take great care to protect your property from damage for that very reason.
   In The Zone Locations will make sure the company's damage and liability insurance is adequate and properly written before the shoot. Frequently, the policy will cover up to two million dollars. But it is very rare to have damages large enough that would require the use of the insurance policy. In general any damages are deducted directly from the security deposit that we will hold for you.
8. If my home is chosen for a film shoot, an event or wedding, do I have to leave the premises during the duration?
   
   During a film shoot, the homeowners are welcome to stay. If the whole house is being used and not livable or the hours go into the night past 10pm, the company will usually put you up in a hotel. Weddings and events sometimes ask to have privacy but more frequently, will invite the homeowners to attend. Regardless, In The Zone Locations always has our site representative on the premises to supervise.
9. Who handles security? And if something gets stolen off the premises, how is that covered?
   
   In The Zone Location's site representative is responsible for opening and closing the house every day. He or she will meet with the homeowner beforehand to discuss the workings of the house. Lock ups and handling keys are a big part of our site representative's responsibilities. This part of the job is taken very seriously. Any losses are covered by the company. We have never had anything reported stolen in relation to a shoot.
10. If my home is used in a movie, do I get any sort of credit at the end of the film?
    
    Credits in the movie industry are negotiated for and don't come cheap. If credit is what a homeowner wants, they will need quite a bit of leverage to get it. In other words, credit is never given for locations. And even if they were, the usher cleaning the popcorn off the theater floor is probably the only one who would see it.