Roger Deakins on Location Scouting for Film - Cinematography Techniques Ep. 5
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2024
- Roger Deakins on how to location scout for a film - stories from Skyfall, Blade Runner 2049, and more.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro - Location Scouting Like Roger Deakins
01:19 Pre-visualization & Storyboarding
02:53 How Deakins Problem Solves
04:57 Advice for Smaller Productions
05:38 The Location Scouting Workflow
06:19 Get Your Free Tech Scouting Checklist
How to location scout for a film - it’s a question that faces every filmmaker during Pre-Production. Will sets need to be built or does the perfect location already exist? Is it cost-effective to shoot on location or will building the location from scratch actually save money? These are the questions Roger Deakins answers on his podcast, Team Deakins. In this video essay, we’ll let Deakins take the driver’s seat as he relays the real-world challenges he faced in location scouting on films like Skyfall, No Country for Old Men, and Blade Runner 2049.
For Deakins, the process starts at the storyboard stage. Before location scouting can even begin, the conceptualization starts in Pre-Production. Identifying the needs of the scene and the logistics involved gives you clear objectives when location scouting for a film. Granted, for larger budget productions, the decision can be made upfront whether these scenes should be shot on stage vs. on location.
On Skyfall, Roger Deakins encountered two such situations. As he explains, location scouting for the iconic Shanghai skyscraper encounter was initially planned to be shot on location. But when faced with the potential budget considerations, Deakins was able to replicate the office building on a soundstage where budget and logistics could be much more easily controlled.
Similarly, the abandoned island city set off the coast of Macau was initially considered to be shot on location in Japan. Again, rather than incur the massive expense, Deakins explains the workaround was to use stills taken during the original location scout as a reference for VFX artists to recreate the island digitally.
Even if a production has a Hollywood budget, there are still less expensive and creative solutions when location scouting. Knowing how to location scout for a film isn’t just knowing what locations already exist, it’s understanding all of the alternatives available to make the best decision for the story, the budget, and the film.
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00:00 Intro - Location Scouting Like Roger Deakins
01:19 Pre-visualization & Storyboarding
02:53 How Deakins Problem Solves
04:57 Advice for Smaller Productions
05:38 The Location Scouting Workflow
06:19 Get Your Free Tech Scouting Checklist
Whoever dose these voice-overs is a legend
He's the best!
Kevin Attenborough
Aren’t you suppose to be a journalist? What’s with the spelling mistakes?
@@darkno6493 sorted
What a guy!! He went to year 2049 just to win an Oscar finally
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Man is dedicated to his craft
@@StudioBinder @Aditya Parmar he also went back to 1917 to get one!
That Deakins Cine Podcast just filled to the brim with gold.
Great resource 👍
@@StudioBinder great resource for you to steal your entire show from? You've literally built an entire CZcams series from ripping the podcast and republishing it under your name. With no links anywhere to Deakins or the podcast. Disgusting.
@@jkolada dude, they literraly put the link of the podcast in the subscription, what the hell are you talking about?
This man is a true cinematic treasure living amongst us.
We're lucky to see him work
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That one with using the pictures the scout took to be the location absolutely blew my mind. Incredible.
Great vfx for sure
I'd say that one of the most common pitfalls to avoid with a location is falling in love with it because of lighting conditions you may not have on the shooting day. It's easy to look at a location on a day when the sunlight shows it off at its best and then go back when the light is dull and flat and wonder what on earth you saw in it in the first place.
Good point!
The voice of experience.
As a great DP he not just shoots beautiful frames but also comes up with solutions to cut costs and save time. I guess that's the reason filmmakers work with him constantly, also he seems a genuinely nice person.
Yup, he's a professional to the core
Please make a video of directing style of Satyajeet ray and Akira Kurosawa's movies
Thanks for the suggestion!
Deakins is truly a master of his craft
one of the best!
Wow! That tidbit with the Skyfall locations actually being done digitally in one and in a studio in the other was pure gold. Had no idea. The still images from the ruined city on a Japanese island was particularly cool, I think
As a Local 399 location scout in Hollywood for the last 25 years, I can tell you that locations don't just appear as if by magic. The location scout is probably the least appreciated member of the creative team, while being one of the most important.
I can also tell you that Roger Deakins isn't the one going out there day to day doing real location scouting. For every 1 location that he visits, there were another 10 or 20 or sometimes even 100 locations that were "scouted" but that he had only seen in the photographs taken by the real location scouts.
We are brought onto projects very early and can be one of the last to finish when location management is completed and wrap books are submitted.
It would have been nice to have seen at least one scout included in this video. Especially since their photographic work product was appropriated and used for an on-screen visual effect.
In the Locations Department, we must have the ability to not only visualize creatively, but to simultaneously translate what we visualize into the real world situation wherein fiction meets fact. We must take into inconsideration every aspect of filmmaking. From geopolitics to color palletes to logistical planning. No other department has such a wide scope of responsibilities or collaboration demands put upon them. Except for maybe the producers, which is why many location professionals do become producers eventually.
Great points, location scouts are critical to any production!
Thanks. I was going to comment similarly but your is better. Honestly a bit sad Roger didn't call this out. He's a legend indeed but it's a collaboration.
I am currently a Local 817 Location Scout in NYC and I can not agree more with this statement. The amount of work that goes into finding one location is absolutely staggering. The number of variables needed to find the "right spot" are insane and very much transcend just the visual aspect of the location itself. I wish this video in the very least gave a nod to the locations department, which has a very different set of responsibilities than the camera department, to which Mr. Deakins is apart of. Well said my friend from across the country!
That's was a genius idea of Roger Deakins using still frames for the ruins scene in Skyfall for the characters to walk through and it was very convincing too and visually stunning.
I was actually stunned that those scenes weren't shot really on location. Amazing.
@@alexispapageorgiou72 Yes I actually thought that the actors were really there at that location when I watched Skyfall, it looked so authentic.
@@robertobuatti7226 You're distinguishing the overshoots with the close ups I imagine, cause the close ups were location shootings to a set or some other loc that looked the part.
@@alexispapageorgiou72 Oh yes my mistake, both the close ups and the overshoots were both convincing.
I hope the location scout got a pay bump for the use of their stills.
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Never realized how important location scouting is until I saw this video. Roger Deakins is wise when it comes to the location for cinematography. Another win for Studiobinder.
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Its a really difficult job. We see outside of the world.
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scouting seems like a fun job
all part of the necessary pre-production 👌
And a difficult one, too! Especially if you have no budget
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Thank you for watching!
Deakins is a master of his craft. 'The Assassination of Jesse James...' was one of the most amazing looking films I've seen, not to mention that it's just a fantastic movie, altogether. 'Bladerunner 2049' is another. In fact; every film that Deakins works on is a gem to look at, whether or not the film itself is one. Thanks!
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This product actually looks amazing, speaking as someone who has produced and scouted for independent cinema by myself with just a spreadsheet 😓
Oh dear, its Roger idk why all his frames are unforgettable to me, yes he is a goat
Great episode SB❤️
unforgettable to many :)
Thank you very much for this lessons. I appreciate that)
Hope it helps!
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didn't even think about the fact that some locations may have no power source at all, jesus what a load of work, I just started doing music videos and I'm low budget so my goal is to find locations based on the free lighting provided rather than having to bring in a ton of gear
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Hope it helps!
I love learning about location scouting :) Maybe it's easier to follow since it's not as much about lighting and camera tech specs.
It's less talked about but so important
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Can you guys make a video about pacing? Or making the scripit fit in the episode's limit time every episode?
This is our video on how to write a pilot! czcams.com/video/BDy7mN_eY4Q/video.html
StudioBinder deserves an award in the film making world. Question to fellow Indie film makers - For location scouting, do we need storyboards? Is the flow then this - Full Script, Shot list/Storyboard, Location Scouting and other Pre production activities? Where can I find the list of steps to start my India feature shoot? Thanks
Episode 3 of our Making It series should help clarify things, and you can watch the entire series for the step by step process! czcams.com/video/ohaWrkBd9HE/video.html
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Can you please make a video on using different types of lenes effectively and also getting the cinematic tint like yellow tint or the other to make it look cinematic
I would love to learn more about Location scouting I was have problems looking for locations to film.
Our other video showing location scouting in action! czcams.com/video/0dfsxW0BrXQ/video.html
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Speaking of costs... instead of shooting out all those glass walls in Shanghai, it was far cheaper to film in a Pinewood studio where the shattered glass could be easily replaced and the mess cleaned up.
Fair point!
Superb
Spectacular!
What was the camera he had a 6:08 with the pistol grip? I'm curious as there was another shot with it where he is walking behind the crew and I remember 1917 being filmed with an Arri.
Would like to know too.
Reportedly, producer Abe Stern (co-founder of Universal Studios) once told a director who wanted to shoot his movie outside of Hollywood, "“A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree. Shoot it at Griffith Park.”
haha that is classic producer vs director
Please make a playlist about movies direction technicall videos about movie direction A - Z it will helpful for people's like me have a passion in cinema and direction.
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Please make a video about John Toll(Brave heart,Legends of the Fall).He is my favourite since Bill Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.
Awesome :)
Cheers!
Thanks
Cheers!
When getting a storyboard together; what’s best? Using a software like dramatics? Or just on our own?
1:02 what is the tool Deakins is using to look through the camera lens?
4:54 I hope the location scout got a bonus
Just listen to the damn podcast!!
It's a great listen! But not everyone has time to listen through hours of audio and pick out the pieces of info on a topic
@@StudioBinder If you want to be a filmmaker and you can’t find the time to listen to Team Deakins: You don’t want to be a filmmaker.
@@VariTimo this is straight up gatekeeping
@@brandonscullion Donno what you mean by that.
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Hello :)
Can you guys make a video about naturalism and realism in movies
1:02 what is he using? is that a thing that you can plug in lens?
6:08 anybody know what camera is he using?
I am a big fan of your videos. Infact a student of them. I have a doubt. Does the screenplay include Action scenes part? I mean the story/Screenplay Writer should design Action part in his version and narrate them to the producer ? Or the action choreographer will lend his hand in designing that part ? Pls help me understand this @Studiobinder. Thanks a Ton 🙏🏻😊😊
Yes the script includes everything that happens in a film
@@StudioBinder Thank you somuch for your reply 😊 It helps
Anyone know which app (or any good app) Deakins is talking about, in lieu of a viewfinder? Cheers.
I was about to scout location on jupiter for my short film ..
That's ambitious!
Yes
Great!
How about vittorio storaro (I hope I didn't mess his name) I think he is one of the most amazing cinematographer we ever had
We cover how he developed the 2:1 aspect ratio here! czcams.com/video/aFrFbw3w_cw/video.html
The fact that they're using such cost effective measures as using still frames from a location scout, that weren't even intentionally shot to be used in the movie, for a full blown Hollywood production should let everyone know that figuring out creative ways around your limitations trumps throwing money at a problem even when money is not an issue.
What was that script software that allowed you to break it down?
Our software, StudioBinder!
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Thanks for watching!
Narrator's voice screams experience.
He's the best!
Don't hesitate to ask: do we really have to go all the way to Shanghai? Creatively.
Yup, that's world class experience at work
Can't believe they did that ruined city with photographs. I would have never guessed.
genius idea
@@StudioBinder seems like endless possibilities with that trick, enough chroma key ideas to make ya turn blue...haha
2:19 what is this instrument called and what it does ??
Viewfinder, it's a tool directors/cinematographers use on set to determine how they're going to make their shot look
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I have a question, did the writer knew they wanted a place like Hashima Island, or that glass walled skyscraper, or was this visualisation under the cinematographer himself?
The script likely had details describing locations of that sort
Plz make videos on Satyajit Ray movies
Thanks for the suggestion!
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Love from Cali!
Production quality of these vid's are extremely high, how can this be free 😍
Cheers!
Technically he's director scouting, location scouting is reading & interpreting the scripture with notes & Ideas from the higher ups and find & obtain the location
Do explore indian regional movies
please please we want francis ford coppola directing style
Thanks for the suggestion!
I'm second I guess
Caus everything changes with the refresh 😂
You're all on time 😂
I could do that too... maybe... I dont know
You definitely can!
Please make a video on rajkumar hirani also, he is one of the finest directors we have...
Thanks for the suggestion!
I’m a location scout
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Try to do directing style of zack snyder
Whedon beat them to it.
@@alexispapageorgiou72 wut?
Thanks for the suggestion!
Well, that was over before it even started imho :(
Would like to invite you on a location scouting Vlog in island 🏝 Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.. 🙏🏾
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Story board useful only when lot of cgi effects. For clean pure cine in practice you need good DOP and director with vision. Of course in lot of movies they waste most of budget on useless stuff, at the end low results.
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Right on time :)