TV OR FILM RECCE (In the Entertainment industry. What is a film Recce?)

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What is a film or TV Recce?

Recce /ˈrɛki/ is media production term in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa which refers to a pre-filming visit to a location to determine its suitability for shooting, including access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues, and is closely related to location scouting. A "wild track" is soundtrack sounds recorded without images for use in post-production at a later point. In the US, the term "site survey" or "tech scout" is commonly used with the same meaning.

Tech Scout: (Also known as recce) : An organized visit of all department heads with the Director, the DP, the Production Manager and the Production Designer to each location being used in the film sometime before the shoot starts in order for each person to understand their work and needs.

A Site Survey:  is the examination of a location or spot in order to obtain data or information. This information includes feasibility reporting and estimation of cost and the time required to perform a certain task. A site survey consists of different techniques and factors, depending on what type of plan needs to be executed on the location.

Location scouting is a vital process in the pre-production stage of filmmaking and commercial photography. Once scriptwriters, producers or directors have decided what general kind of scenery they require for the various parts of their work that is shot outside of the studio, the search for a suitable place or "location" outside the studio begins. Location scouts also look for generally spectacular or interesting locations beforehand, to have a database of locations in case of requests.

Origins

"Recce" is borrowed from the military expression of the same name, which derived from "reconnaissance" in the noun sense and "reconnoitre" in the verb sense.

Radio and TV

The term 'recce' is also used to refer to scouting recording or broadcast locations for radio and TV production.

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