We Are Pre Production

Visit the Wild Telemark early in your development phase. We stand ready to help you find your film location – and then organize around your needs to save you time and money.

Contact Telemark Film & Services with questions regarding the information below.

General Planning

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• Secure additional location scouting for right visual fit, access, options, lighting, electricity, special needs for the segment.

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• Identifying and securing on-site personnel who may be on either side of the camera – including on-camera releases (under 18 years old present special attention), apparel, planned roles.

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• Find props and gear that fit content.

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• Plan lighting

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• Plan needs for your crew

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• Wet weather cover and plans in event of rain, wind, location issues (consider setting up wet weather cover beforehand).

• Identify electrical power, generators

Fixers​ take you where you want to go

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• Scenery and 400-year old farms deep in the hidden valleys of Hjartdal

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• Sites from the Vikings heyday one-thousand years ago

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• The actual site of the creation of the 2nd Industrial Revolution

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• The caves and mines where the silver thieves hid from the Danish king for years and Cold War bomb rooms, tunnels and mysterious abandoned caverns deep in the mountainsides

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• Magnificent power stations that were the largest in the world a century ago​

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• Cavernous industrial halls with classic architecture​

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• The secret ‘Kings Elevator’ with a capacity of only three that will take you directly to the top of Gaustatoppen.​

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• For much more, see the Locations section of this website. 

Facilities and Sets​

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• Back Office Travel, changing rooms, bathrooms

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• Back office facilities 

• Necessary IT infrastructure and equipment – ‘fixing’ your Facility 

• Production Units

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• Post-Production Units

• Other. Let us surprise you.

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In addition, the Wild Telemark region can offer a wide variety of buildings from different architectural eras that can be used on either side of the camera:

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• Buildings and areas that can be used for filming, post-production and administration

• Back office facilities 

• Changing rooms, bathrooms

• Storage areas

• Post-production equipment available on request

Legal, Contracts​ & Accounting

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• Securing access to the right locations, location permits and permissions

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• Obtaining legal production releases

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• Acquiring location insurance

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• Understanding and complying with local laws

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• Obtaining filming permits

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• Preparing precise directions and maps 

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• Agreements with local businesses and landowners as needed.