Location Recce

Location Recce:

What is it?
*A location recce is a checklist of all the this you need to do or bring to the location when you go, for example, a student ID so that not only does the owner of the land or building know its you but then if someone comes along they know that you are a student and just making a student film. These are the categories that come with one:
Things to take: Which is what you will need to bring
Talking to people: which is all the things you need to talk to with either the owner of someone else
Transport/Access: which is how you will get there and what you will need to get
Camera/Lighting: This is so that you know what to film
Sound: this is so that you can prevent any bad sounds
Things for director: These are the things the director needs for when they film
Food/Accommodation: This is so that your cast and crew and somewhere to sleep and eat

Why would you use it:
you would use it so that you have a understanding of what to bring and what to remember so that you don't go there and forget something that you needed to bring the most.

Most Important things for recce:

*Things to take - All f the things in this category are important because without these stuff there is no point going there because most of them involve actually getting shots and the rest are so that you can go there.

*Talking to people - The most important things for this is copyright issues so that you don't get something in the shot that you cant get and lastly Availability and timing because so that you know how long you have there and when you are available to go.

*Transport/Access - Some important things for this is Toilets because if you didn't have a toilet there and they needed to go then you would have to leave the area and finish earlier than you should have, Risk of trespass so that you are not on someone else's land that you haven't asked and Safety and hazardous environment so that you are not risking injury with yo cast and crew.

*Camera/Lighting - One of the important things is the sun position because if you don't know where the sun is when filming it might not look the same as you imagined it in pre-production because the character might be blacked out, another one would be power supply because if you don't have enough power on, for example, your camera then when filming you camera could run out of battery and you would have to either take hour going back and charging it or just end the entire day and being a day behind on filming, Lastly, checking your cables is a very important thing because if you just leave loads of cable all over the place the actor or one of the crew members could injure themselves.

*Sound - An important one for sound would be traffic/roadwork because in this generation everyones got cars so when filming there will be cars around so you need to find a good way to avoid the camera or boom from hearing it. for example, paying for area so that you can shut down the road area. Another good one would be schools because if you are in an area near a school or one that is like a couple of blocks away the kids can be very load causing you to stop filming, so you would need to make sure you avoid that over wise it may not suit the mood of your film.

*Things for Director - A very important one for this would be to take photo's for the director because if you don't the director is not going to know what his location looks like from the angles he needs (the shots in that scene). Another example for an important thing on this would be Background because say, for example, you are doing a zombie film you wouldn't want a park full of people in the background so you would have to do something to avoid that.

*Food/Accommodation - There are only two Things on this list but they are very important because when it comes to food you need to make sure that everyone had eaten otherwise you either get a bunch of hungry cast and crew which will make them get a little angry or they may not come back to another film with you, lastly, hotels would be very important because say if you are filming some far away from there houses then you would have to make sure they are staying somewhere and not on the streets.