Site Surveys & Tech Scouting

Here is how this works in practice. Site surveys for Brazilian shoots compress a tech and regulatory reconnaissance into a single pre-production deliverable that shoots arriving from less geographically tricky jurisdictions always underestimate. Our survey teams document power infrastructure (Brazilian standard 127V/220V differs by state. São Paulo 127V, Rio 127V/220V split, Brasília 220V, Salvador 127V. This covers three-phase openings, power packs-clear lay zones), water access for boil-water Amazon shoots, mobile-network coverage (Vivo, Claro, TIM, Oi for São Paulo and Rio metro. Degraded Pantanal and Amazon), road access for Mercedes Sprinter and truck logistics, parking capacity, helicopter landing zones for evacuation, and hospital proximity (Hospital Albert Einstein São Paulo, Sírio-Libanês, Rede D'Or Rio, Copa D'Or Rio anchor top response). ANATEL wireless-frequency planning on each site precedes wireless follow-focus, comtek, and radio-mic deployment. ANAC plus DECEA airspace clearance applies on each drone-survey overflight. This covers Cristo Redentor, Pão de Açúcar, Maracanã, Iguaçu Falls cross-border, and Brasília's no-fly Niemeyer civic axis each carry distinct rule sets.

Here is the breakdown. Brazil's heritage and site-level layer extends the survey scope big. UNESCO World Heritage cores (Brasília 1987 Niemeyer civic axis, Salvador Pelourinho 1985, Ouro Preto 1980, Olinda 1982, Diamantina 1999, São Luís 1997, Paraty 2019, Rio Carioca Landscapes 2012 including Cristo Redentor 2007 New 7 Wonders and Pão de Açúcar) need IPHAN heritage-permit survey appendix with shot-list-level records and six-week sign-off windows.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. On the ground, Conservation-unit work in Central Amazon UNESCO 2000 (Manaus, Teatro Amazonas 1896 opera house, Rio Negro–Solimões confluence), Pantanal UNESCO 2000, Iguaçu Falls UNESCO 1986, Fernando de Noronha UNESCO 2001, Lençóis Maranhenses, Chapada Diamantina, and Bonito Mato Grosso do Sul routes IBAMA + ICMBio assessment with bond-back site-level-restoration clauses. Terras Indígenas survey way (Yanomami in Roraima, Kayapó and Xingu in Mato Grosso) needs FUNAI advance authorisation, community-elder consent, and 14-day quarantine protocol for any crew way to communities with tight prior contact. Favela survey access (Rocinha, Complexo do Alemão, Vidigal) routes through long-relationship community-leader networks. Carnival February freezes survey windows. We book twelve weeks ahead.