DIVINE FILM VENUE: BURBANK CHURCH

This space is run by a location manager (Adam) who manages a lot of locations. He was very helpful. You should know that he does have a lot of assistants working for him, so I was often talking to 3 different people in one message thread. But if you need to contact Adam directly he will always respond. If you have an issue or there is a major discrepancy, don't worry, just talk to Adam directly and he'll make it right. There are a lot of stingy locations on Giggster with management companies asking for insane rates. Many I spoke to were just cold, emotionless and flat out rude. Adam wasn't like that. He understands there are different types of productions with a variety of budget limitations. We really only needed to rent the use of the parking lot for one day and he worked within our budget to make it happen. Do note that this location requires insurance certs to be issued for two entities (both the church and the property management company). I purchased the liability insurance through Giggster's partner during checkout, and they were confused by the request for 2 certificates. If you don't already have liability insurance, I'd highly recommend going through the insurance that Farida (Adam's assistant) recommended which is Event Helper. I wish I'd done that because their quote was cheaper and they clearly didn't have the same hangups issuing multiple certificates. It was a bit annoying (and stressful) having to go back and forth with Giggster's insurance partner. As for the location itself, as stated before we really only needed to use the parking lot, the bathrooms and a couple of outlets. So I can't really speak to the rest of the interior of the church. The parking lot is HUGE which was fantastic. It's actually rare to find a location with a parking lot that big in Los Angeles. Because it was sort of stormy out, John (the site rep) gave us access to a small room inside the church for our hair and makeup, which was super cool of him. The location and management company was super laid back during our shoot and they weren't nitpicking every detail. They just let us be and went off and did their own thing.

Our team had a 2 day shoot at this location and it was fantastic for all our needs. It was really great to find a space that had parking for our cast and crew so we didn't need to worry about that logistic. Adam and his team, and everyone at the church, were amazing to work with and great at answering all our questions, or communicating with us while on location. We had a great shoot and would really recommend this space!