Leopard USA heads to Bahia for HHI shoot

Catherine Balston • 5 September 2019

Story Productions provides pre-production support as well as a bilingual crew to support Leopard USA as they film the latest Brazilian episode of House Hunters International

Filming HHI in Salvador, Bahia

With an epic 144 seasons now under its belt, House Hunters International, an HGTV show, is a reality TV behemoth. A team from Leopard USA – the show’s producers – were in Brazil in July for the sixth episode that Story Productions has worked on, just a few months after its previous Brazil shoot.


This time, the destination was Salvador, Bahia, the one-time capital of Brazil famed for its beaches and laid-back approach to life. The character, an American teacher, was swapping New Jersey for Salvador. Story Productions provided a camera assistant and fixer to support Leopard’s three-man crew of field producer, DOP and sound technician.

Over the course of four days the crew followed the show's main character as he looked at three properties and got to know a little bit about each neighbourhood. The Leopard crew shot classic Salvador scenes such as a capoeira class, a sunny afternoon at the beach, and an ice cream parlour in Pelourinho – the historic heart of the city. There, the crew chanced upon a local percussion band that was drumming its way through the cobbled streets and kept the cameras rolling – an opportunity too good to miss.

Story Productions is proud to be Leopard USA’s go-to local production company for HHI episodes in Brazil. We’ve worked on a number of reality TV series for clients that include Sharp Entertainment , Loud TV and RTL, and understand the challenges of filming reality TV and of shooting in Brazil. This means we’re well placed to provide pre-production support such as location research, filming permits and authorisation from Ancine (the Brazilian Film Agency) as well as on-the-ground support during the shoot with a bilingual crew, as well as drivers and security detail, where necessary.

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