page_title: Location shooting
hierarchical_section_title: Location shooting
caption_attribution_description: English: Director of Photography Mike Chin (center behind camera) on location in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, California filming a low budget movie in 1983. Photo by Nancy Wong.
context_page_description: Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior.
  The filming location may be the same in which the story is set, or it may stand in for a different locale. Most films feature a combination of location and studio shoots; often, interior scenes will be shot on a soundstage while exterior scenes will be shot on location. Second unit photography is not generally considered a location shoot.
  Before filming, the locations are generally surveyed in pre-production, a process known as location scouting and recce.
context_section_description: Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior.
  The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for example, scenes in the film The Interpreter were set and shot inside the United Nations building), or it may stand in for a different locale (the films Amadeus and The Illusionist were primarily set in Vienna, but were filmed in Prague). Most films feature a combination of location and studio shoots; often, interior scenes will be shot on a soundstage while exterior scenes will be shot on location. Second unit photography is not generally considered a location shoot.
  Before filming, the locations are generally surveyed in pre-production, a process known as location scouting and recce.
caption: Mike Chin on location in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, California filming a low budget movie in 1983
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