location scout
Finds filming places
A location scout finds and evaluates real-world settings for film, television, or photography productions.
The job involves researching potential sites, photographing them, assessing practical concerns like lighting and accessibility, and negotiating permissions.
The location scout found an abandoned warehouse perfect for the chase scene.
Also used as a verb: She spent three weeks location scouting in New Mexico.
- filmMovie or coating
- film crewMovie-making personnel
- recceMilitary slang for scouting
- site visitIn-person location inspection
- production designCreating a film's visual environment
venue · setting · backdrop · permit · shoot · production · terrain · landscape · photograph · director · preproduction · logistical · remote · exterior · interior · sound stage · survey · aesthetic
- film industryfilm studios, film production, film distribution, Hollywood, Bollywood
- Film Productiondirector, producer, editor, cameraman, crew
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- film crewcinematographer, director, gaffer, editor, grip
- crewproducer, director, editor, cameraman, gaffer
- photoshootsphoto shoot, photoshoot, photographer, studio, model