Below the Line: Among the cinema crafts that are most taken for granted by movie viewers, location scouting and management might be foremost. However, in recent years, organizations such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have begun to recognize this vital craft alongside other crucial below-the-line positions in feature filmmaking.
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I never realized this was even an occupation until I read this article- I supposed I should learn more about the way the film industry functions! I thought it was very interesting that the article said that the location scout was sometimes hired even before the director- it shows how essential the locations are to the entire film. I think this difference between theatre and film is fascinating- in theatre we take what is essentially a limited blank space (depending on the theate) and designers fill it in, and in film designers must take many already-created spaces and change them to fit their needs.
I think that nowadays, location scouting has actually become a more important job in the film industry. One of the reasons that scouting has become such an important job is because production costs in the U.S. are becoming more expensive, sometimes pushing film producers to shoot overseas.
One movie that I know had an enormous location scouting team was LOTR and The Hobit. These 4 movies (2 more coming out soon) were all shot in New Zealand on location. I can only try to imagine the enormous work that the location scouts had to do.
There is a really cool behind the scenes video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TidGyBLTTRQ
I feel like a ton of people never realize that this is a thing that goes into movies, and a really important thing tat that. Where the movie is shot can truly make or break a film. And also, lets just pause for a second to note just how amazing this job would be to have- to be paid good money to travel the world for movie locations.She notes the challenges of finding places that havent been filmed before- something i never thought of. Even if southern California would be a perfect location we might, as an audience, might notice the location because its been done so many times before
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