THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR LOCATION RECCE IN BANGLADESH
If you are going to shoot in Bangladesh, you have to know more about our culture before you roll out your camera. The more ambitions your video production requirements are, the more likely you’re going to find yourself in need of specific locations to produce your films. Before you can start filming, it is not uncommon to visit the location to make sure it meets your production requirements from both a creative and practical point of view. Here are six things to look out for when performing a location recce.
1. Transport & Parking
Production days have a tendency to belong. Ease of access for the cast and crew is essential if you want to ensure you’re production gets off on time. The crew will love you (even more) if there are good transport connections nearby. When a production overruns, it can be terribly distracting when at the back of your mind the clock is ticking ever closer to that last train.
2. Space
The size of the production footprint can be really quite surprising. When you are scoping a potential location always factor in enough space for the lights and the camera and the small army of people who will sit behind the monitor.
3. Places for departments
The size of the spaces allocated to the hair, makeup, and costume department will vary based on the number of people they have to look after. The larger the cast the more people you will have working in these departments = the more space they will require. The camera department will also require space to build the camera as well as to download the footage. The grip and the lighting department might also need a space to call their own as well.
4. Power supply
Video productions can be very power-hungry operations. It’s really important that you have a handle of what your energy requirements might be.
5. Toilets
A critical part of any recce is establishing there are working toilets nearby – your production team really won’t get far without them.
6. Hazards & Security
When you hire a professional production company like ClipCulture to produce your film, one of the first things we will do when undertaking a recce is a thorough risk assessment. It might sound obvious but it is impossible to foresee every possible risk you might encounter.