Meaning & use
location scouting
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Meaning
noununcountable
The work of searching for and checking places to film or photograph scenes.
Grammar: Used without an or an and without a plural: Location scouting took two weeks.
Patterns
- do location scouting
- location scouting for a film
- go location scouting
The director spent three days doing location scouting in the old town.
Good location scouting can save a production a lot of money.
She handles location scouting for the studio's period dramas.
Common combinations
- do location scouting
- We need to do location scouting before the shoot starts.
- location scouting trip
- They went on a location scouting trip to the coast.
- location scouting for a film
- He is responsible for location scouting for the film.
- extensive location scouting
- Extensive location scouting found the perfect abandoned factory.
Synonyms and how they differ
- recce
- British informal short form for a preliminary visit to check a place; it can refer to any such trip, not only film work.
- reconnaissance
- A more general military or survey term for exploring an area; it is not specific to film production.
Word family
- location scout noun
- A person whose job is to find and check filming places.
- scout verb
- To search an area for something useful, including possible filming spots.
Commonly confused: location scouting or location scout?
location scouting vs location scout
A location scout is the person; location scouting is the activity. Say 'The location scout did the location scouting.'
Practice
The crew spent a week ___ before choosing the beach.
Choose one answer.
Location scouting is an uncountable activity, so it takes no article or plural. 'A location scouting' and 'location scoutings' are wrong because the noun is uncountable, and 'location scout' would mean a person, not the activity.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “location scouting”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.