Preparing your shoot

Filming in Nice in one day

Our studios face Nice Côte d'Azur airport. That geographic detail changes everything: for a Paris, London or Milan team, the Nice filming day is an operation with no hotel night. Here is the typical rundown.

The minute-by-minute rundown

The plan tested by our clients who do the round trip:

• 7:30am: take off from Paris (1h25 flight), London (1h10 more) or Milan
• 9:15am: land in Nice, tram or a 10-minute walk to the studio
• 9:45am: brief with the expert, lighting set, teleprompter loaded
• 10am to 1pm: first filming block
• 1pm to 2pm: lunch on the promenade des Anglais
• 2pm to 5pm: second filming block
• 5:15pm: rushes on your SSD, off to the airport
• 7pm: flight home, a quarter's worth of content in the bag

Why it is worth the trip

A full day at Recordia costs less than a few hours in an equivalent Paris studio (see the Paris-Nice comparison), and the return-flight constraint imposes a filming discipline that is remarkably productive: you come with a plan, you leave with everything.

To make the day full

Send scripts and the rundown a week ahead: everything is loaded on the teleprompter when you arrive. Bring several outfits to sequence the content, and book the day in the Premium Experience if you want a set director from morning to night.