The journal
Notes from on location
What location scouts look for, how shoot days really run, and dispatches from the houses themselves — written for producers and owners alike.
What location scouts actually look for in a luxury home
Light, logistics and lines of sight — a scout’s checklist looks nothing like a realtor’s. Here is how the people who choose sets read a property.
Permits, insurance and neighbors: filming in private homes, done right
The unglamorous paperwork is what keeps a shoot day calm. A field guide to the three approvals every production needs before the first truck arrives.
Inside Casa Serena: a dusk-to-dawn fashion story
How one crew turned a 1927 Spanish estate into six looks and eleven setups between golden hour and sunrise — without moving a truck.
Staging a home for the camera, not the open house
Camera staging is the opposite of realtor staging. Fewer, larger, truer: the principles our art-department partners use to make rooms read on screen.