Film Locations Glossary
Posting
What is posting?
Also called no-parking postings, or signage posting.
Posting is the placing of temporary no-parking signs along a street in advance of a shoot, so the curb is clear for equipment and unit vehicles on the day.
Jurisdictions set how far ahead signs must go up, commonly one to three days, and vehicles parked before the signs appear usually cannot be moved. A late posting means arriving to a full street and no legal remedy.
Example
No-parking signs go up 72 hours ahead along both sides of a block. A car parked before the signs appeared cannot be moved, so the truck line loses two spaces and the grip truck ends up around the corner.
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Where you'll see it
Done by locations to the notice period the jurisdiction specifies, and photographed once posted.
Common mistake
Posting inside the notice period. Cars parked before the signs went up generally cannot be moved, so the truck line loses the spaces it planned for.
Related questions
- How far ahead do no-parking signs go up?
- As specified by the jurisdiction, commonly one to three days before the shoot, and the signs have to be photographed in place once posted.
- Can a car parked before posting be towed?
- Usually not. That is the reason the notice period exists, and it is why late posting costs the production curb space rather than the driver a ticket.