In addition to Salvador, we’ve also accompanied House Hunters International shoots in Fortim, also in the northeast of Brazil, as well as in Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo state. This time, however, the location was São Paulo the state capital – Brazil’s largest city, to be precise. There are endless opportunities for filming in São Paulo (read more in our Filming in Brazil guide) – budget, time and imagination are the only limiting factors.
For the House Hunters International shoot, we had four days with the Leopard USA crew, mostly focused on filming the show's contributors in their search for a family home in the city. But we set aside enough time when planning the shoot logistics to capture plenty of b-roll footage of the city, too.
The shoot took in various city landmarks such as the São Paulo Art Museum on Avenida Paulista – a wide avenue flanked by cultural centres and high-rise office buildings – as well as parks, markets and graffiti hotspots. Most of these locations required permission to film, which we organized for Leopard USA, and in São Paulo it's essential to leave enough time to get between locations given the congested traffic, so a Story Productions driver was always on hand to transport the crew around the city.
