The filmmaker's kinetic camera remains intentionally raw, giving the sense of documenting. And the movie's partially improvised script is filled with the small, well-researched details that allow the audience to understand what it's like to live on the outer margins of American society.

How did they film The Florida Project?

Production. The Florida Project was shot on 35mm film and entirely on location in Osceola County, Florida. The film's fictional Magic Castle motel was shot at the existing Magic Castle Inn & Suites located on U.S. Highway 192 in Kissimmee, nearly six miles away from the Walt Disney World Resort, in the summer of 2016.

Is The Florida Project improvised?

That said, “The Florida Project,” directed by Sean Baker (“Tangerine”), is an equally impressive examination of childhood, likely due in large part to its mostly-improvised script. It's beautiful, tender and vibrant, but it's as filled with sorrow as it is color.