A recce is a preliminary visit to a location to assess its suitability for filming by considering access, lighting, sound, and any potential issues. Locations should be documented in a table describing the location, whether it is suitable and why, and additional notes. For example, a photography studio and drama room were considered - the studio offers different colored backdrops easily while the drama room has a stage and professional lights that can be used along with colored boards for varied backgrounds.

1. Recce
A Recce is a pre-filming or pre-photography visit to a location. The purpose of the visit is to
decide upon the suitability of the location for shooting. You will need to comment upon the
access to necessary facilities, assessment of potential lighting and or any potential issues
with sound.
You should devise and complete a table similar to the one shown, ensuring that you include
appropriate detail.
Potential
Locations -
Description
Photograph Is it suitable – how?
Why? (Access, Lighting,
Sound )
Additional
Comments /
Observations
Photography
Studio
We will be able to
use the different
coloured
backgrounds as
our set.
Yes this is a suitable
location as it enables us
to incorporate our
different colours in with
our video as the
backgrounds of the girls
with ease.
Hopefully this
location will enable
us to add a
professional touch to
our video by using a
photography studio.
It should be easy
enough to change
the coloured
backdrops.
Drama room (the
Space)
This location has a
stage and it also
has professional
lights that we will
be able to use.
Yes as it will let us use
the stage to make the
dance routine stand out
with the lights, also we
can use the coloured
boards that are in there
to make us have a vary
of locations
This location lets us
use a few different
types of set design
and will let us make
the dance routine
look better than just
being randomly
placed somewhere.