location scouting

  • Acting
  • Producing

Desiree Staples Rediscovered Her ’90s Childhood by Filming in the Home She Grew Up In

Desiree Staples is the executive producer, co-creator and a star of "It's What She Would Have Wanted." Below, she describes…

1 year ago
  • MM Guide 2019

Making a Scene: A No-Drama, No-Frills Primer to the Criminally Overlooked Process of Location Scouting

Everyone is acutely aware of the creative impact that cinematographers, editors, production designers, and even the glamour squad can bring to…

5 years ago
  • Producing

How They Did It: Juggling Three Hats to Make the 12-Day, Five-City Feature Toss It

How did Michele Remsen write, direct, produce, and act in her first feature film Toss It? Not a big enough question. How…

6 years ago
  • Producing

On the Lookout For Your Next Location? Don’t Forget These Eight Keys to Foolproof Scouting (Video)

When scouting for locations, moviemakers automatically consider what's going to be in the frame, but sometimes tend to forget that what's out of it…

7 years ago
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Thriller Ascent to Hell Made a Small Location Feel Large Through Careful Planning

When I closed my eyes I could see it: a factory capable of holding more than 500 workers throughout its…

7 years ago
  • MM Guide 2014
  • Producing

Casting Your Location: How to Find (and Keep) a Great Location For Your Film

The right location can make a film, the wrong location can break it. Recently, my family went looking for a…

9 years ago
  • Cinema Law

Cinema Law: Location Permission

Q: The trailer for my first film was recently posted online. A brief scene in the movie (which also appears…

15 years ago