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Evaluating the location

Evaluating the location

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Evaluating the location

- Jim, one of the things I admire about your approach to production is that you always show up early to a shoot. In fact, you're really big on location scouts. But even if that's not a possibility, you get there, you walk around. You're very observant. And I think that really comes in handy because when you walk into a new location, particularly for multi-cam, there can be some challenges. - Well, multi-cam shoots means multiple problems. So, you want to be able to have as much time to build confidence in yourself and in the shoot as you can. So, earlier is better. You don't want to over do it because usually you may not be compensated for all this extra time. But you want to feel prepared. The more prep you do, the better off the shoot's going to go. It's just going to go better. - One of the things I like to say is try to get that location scout under your belt. For example, lot of times I work on concerts and even if I can't bring a full crew out, I could do a location scout. Maybe…

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