Build your production location scout log.
Keep location observations separate from access and filming permissions.
How to build your production location scout log
Describe the job
Keep location observations separate from access and filming permissions.
Review the first version
Choose how the production coordinator records the location and how the department lead reviews the next step.
Refine the views
Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.
Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
A production location scout log example
A location meets the visual brief but permission to film is unconfirmed.
Production location scout log example
- Record
- Production location scout log · 01
- Owner
- Production coordinator
Current stage · Production coordinator
Open the location
A location meets the visual brief but permission to film is unconfirmed.
Read the full walkthrough
Open the location
A location meets the visual brief but permission to film is unconfirmed.
- Record:
- Production location scout log · 01
- Owner:
- Production coordinator
Review the review
Keep suitability observations separate from permission status before scheduling.
- Stage:
- Awaiting department lead review
- Owner:
- Department lead
Leave filming permission unconfirmed even
Leave filming permission unconfirmed even when the location meets the visual brief.
- Next action:
- Leave filming permission unconfirmed even when the location meets the visual brief.
- Owner:
- Production manager
What to include in your production location scout log
Keep the location in context
Keep location, scene requirement, visit observation, access assumption, permission status and review together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A location meets the visual brief but permission to film is unconfirmed. Keep suitability observations separate from permission status before scheduling.
Keep review visible
Leave filming permission unconfirmed even when the location meets the visual brief.
Choose what each person needs
Give the production coordinator a working view and the department lead a review view. Keep location and scene requirement attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about production location scout log
Start with location, scene requirement, visit observation, access assumption, permission status and review. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.