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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 United Arab Emirates-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 United Arab Emirates 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 production budgets with UAE film production incentives included in their planning used Emirati holiday schedules and union regulations to determine their production timeline.

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Local Expertise

Fixers across all 13 Emirati regions—from northern region beaches to mountain villages to coastal area coastlines.

Service Catalog

Our Pre-Production Services

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

Why Fixers in United Arab Emirates

Why Choose Fixers in United Arab Emirates 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

UAE Pre-Production, Planned Precisely

Here is how the picture comes together. From the high-rise corridors of Downtown Dubai to the cultural districts of Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island. Successful shoots in the UAE start long before a camera rolls. Our pre-production team handles each logistical and creative challenge the United Arab Emirates presents.

Schedules built on real UAE permit timelines and emirate-by-emirate crew availability — never optimistic assumptions about either.

Here is how this works in practice. These have permit timelines in Sharjah, location access across Ras Al Khaimah's coastline, and the planning demands of multi-emirate shoots spanning desert, coast, and urban environments. We translate your vision into a structured, executable plan that protects both your schedule and your creative intent, giving each department a clear foundation to build on.

Here is the short of it. Our services cover the full creative development arc. Scriptwriting and Script Consultation make sure your story is grounded in what's achievable on UAE locations. While Storyboarding and Concept Development give directors and cinematographers a shared visual language before arriving on set. For projects needing on-screen talent, our Casting & Talent work draws from a varied, skilled pool across the United Arab Emirates. Whether you're building a Pitch Deck for a streaming commissioner or developing detailed Moodboards for a luxury brand campaign, we give the groundwork that makes shoot days straightforward.

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 complete production services which have script breakdown and scheduling and location selection across 7 emirates and Dubai agency casting and crew member selection from our OK'd network and budget development with UAE tax incentive calculations and permit submission to the Dubai Film and TV Commission and local cities. 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 incentive 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 Emirati authority rules about permit processing create key time needs.

Do you work with international productions shooting in United Arab Emirates?

That's our specialty. We bridge the gap between global shoots firms and Emirati crews, vendors, and authorities. Our team handles everything from carnet needs for gear crossing borders to setting up with Emirati unions and handling the UAE co-production rules. Most of our clients are UK, US, German, and Asian shoots shooting on Emirati soil.

Can you work within a specific budget?

Here is the breakdown. The firm creates budgets aligned with local and global standards and have detailed line items that follow the formatting needs of the Emirati 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 Emirati 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 estate shoots to Emirati 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.