Recce notes include sun path, power, toilets, and whether a 12K can enter the lift. Romance is for the treatment; logistics are for the PDF.
We photograph the space at the hour we intend to shoot. A dusk recce does not prove a noon still.
Permits name stills and motion. A photography permit that forbids ‘filming’ will stop the second unit.
Neighbors and security get a one-pager. Surprise is not a production value.
Weather cover is a real interior, not a café we have not asked. If rain is likely, the interior is already in the call sheet.
Berlinell produces commercial stills and short films from Porto. We plan the still and the motion on one plot so a campaign does not split between two vendors. The suite on Rua das Flores holds tabletop, a small cyc, and a colour desk. Location days stay on the river and in the granite streets we recce first.