How to Secure a Location Permit in Hong Kong
In part two of our permit insights, we offer a guide on acquiring a location permit. While partnering with a local expert like The Hong Kong Fixer can simplify the process for international crews unfamiliar with the regulations, we understand that smaller crews may wish to navigate it independently. Explore our user-friendly guide below, or reach out to us for more information!
How to Secure Crew Work Visas in Hong Kong: A Step-by-Step Guide
Are you planning to shoot a project in Hong Kong and need to secure work visas for your crew, but are unfamiliar with the process? Don’t worry—check out our step-by-step guidelines below or get in touch with us for more information!
David Duc Hiêu Nguyen: From the Drawing Board to the Editing Suite
Engaged from inception to completion of a film’s production, David Duc Hiêu Nguyen, represented by The Hong Kong Fixer, shares his insights from his extensive experience as a director and offers valuable advice for aspiring filmmakers entering the industry today.
Four Directing Tips We Learned From Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Eric Valli
David Attali shares four key directing lessons he learned from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Eric Valli during his collaboration with The Hong Kong Fixer.
The Skan
Every other week, we at The Hong Kong Fixer come together for our cherished Skan Sessions—a tradition that fuels our creativity and keeps us connected. As our team and network continue to grow, we’re excited to share these sessions with you.
Discover more about The Skan and explore our team’s last 5 editions.
Espen Olsen: Crafting Stories Through the Lens
Espen signed with The Hong Kong Fixer for Asia representation, marking a notable step in his international career. Today, we explore Espen's journey into the film industry and how he masterfully uses his camera to bring stories to life.
Unveiling Hong Kong's Cinematic Secrets: Part Two
After our first venture into Hong Kong's film locations, we're back for a second edition, delving deeper into the city's locales. Keep an eye out as we continue to explore Hong Kong's urban landscape, discovering new sites for cinematic storytelling.
The Art of Storyboarding for Cinema
Indeed, a key part of the director’s job is to visualise the story. What happens, when, where and how? What do the characters look like? What is the action? And how does the written word of the treatment and the script translate into images?
Unveiling Hong Kong's Cinematic Secrets: A List of Off-the-beaten-path Filming Locations
Hong Kong is renowned for its cinematic allure and offers a plethora of familiar landmarks often seen on screen. Beyond the usual ten locations, this city offers an abundance of camera-worthy spots—explore our list to discover a few.
Won’t You Excuse Me While I Slip Into Something a Bit More…. Elegant
Now that we are firmly in the post-pandemic era, it is high time that “we slip into something a bit more elegant.”
A Real Creative Reel
At The Hong Kong Fixer, we have been making films for quite some time now and our goal remains the same as when we started: working with great people to create amazing aesthetic stories with purpose.
How About Producing Corporate Videos People Actually Want to See?
The battle for people's attention has never been so intense. Corporations employees, partners and stakeholders are, well, people.
Yeah to the Year of the Ox
We couldn’t wait for 2020 and the year of the rat to be over. With the ox comes a new sense of optimism.
Cathartic Advertising: How Brands Can Better Emotionally Connect with Their Audience
In this day and age, with all our advancements in technology, advertisements have to go the extra mile just to guarantee a spot in your memory.
How Can TV Formats Enhance Brand Power and Boost Audiences?
TV formats are a great source of inspiration for the development of branded content that reaches audiences in interesting and entertaining ways. Would you like to know more?
The Science of Film and Story: Emotions and Engagement
It takes time and strategy to create a film that is worthy of the audience’ s time. In the science of engagement and emotions, we explore why brands increasingly call on film technique to engage theirs.
Shooting Films and Videos During a Pandemic
There is no doubt COVID-19 has affected our filming operations. We want everyone to be safe during our productions and have taken a set of strict measures to ensure the bug is not spread during our shoots.
Why Video is an Essential Part of the Marketing Mix
Video production in Hong Kong is booming and it’s easy to see why. We are hard-wired creatures used to interpreting everything around us visually. It makes sense if you think about it.
Something is Brewing at The Hong Kong Fixer
Change. It can be so hard, so frightening. It is so easy to bury our heads in the sand and pretend that “it”, whatever “it” is, whatever the obstacle or crisis we face will pass. And yet, life is nothing but change.
COVID-19: It's Not Like We Did Not Know It Would Happen
As long term residents of our beloved Hong Kong, we at The Hong Kong Fixer, knew just as well as everyone in our adopted home that minuscule nasty little bugs could cause havoc, distress and death.