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CHAPTER IV LOCATIONS LOCATIOX is the term employed for any place away from tlie studio where an exterior scene is made, though not all exterior pictures are made on location. An exterior scene is any scene supposed to have been made out of doors, just as an interior scene is any scene supposed to have been made indoors, though it has already been shown that an interior scene may be set up in the studio yard. In the same way an exterior scene may be made in the studio under glass or in the yard if it is cheaper to build a set than to go to the proper location. In the winter it is generally easier to make snow scenes out of doors even though the company may have to be moved a few hundred miles in order to get proper sur- roundings. In summer the travel would lead too close to the north pole and so it will be cheaper to make the snow scene an interior- exterior set. and this is not infrequently done; not this alone, but any exterior where it is desired to be free from interruption. You write into your script that the hungry mob attacks the bakery, smash- ing the plateglass windows and taking the bread. It is for the director to decide whether he will arrange with some baker to put in a sheet of cheap glass, smash it and replace the original plate or whether he will build a bakery in the studio yard where the mob and the breaking of the glass will not draw a crowd of the curious. If he does the latter he uses a built-up set, but in the former case he goes on location. 2. Most large studios have a location man who is supposed to make himself familiar with the surrounding country. He knows where there is a Chinese garden and where may be found a spot that will do for a cliff. He can tell just how far you have to go for desert scenes and where the best mining camp may be erected. A good location man can take a director to almost anything within reason and all within reaching distance of the studio. 3. For large productions it is more general to move the company to a proper place rather than bother with tricking the available loca- tions. A company working in New York can get many tropical look- ing houses if they know where to go, but if the scene of the story is laid in Cuba it will be cheaper in the end to send the company there and get the correct atmosphere, for in New York the house that looks so thoroughly Cu^n may be only a few feet away from a Queen Anne cottage or in line with a five story flathouse. Careful shooting of the camera will permit the director to avoid the contrasts, but will result in a succession of close up scenes that will become tire- some in time. It will be better to go to Cuba and obtain locations with wide fields. 4. Any outdoor spot where an exterior is made is a location, wheth- 12