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The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast · A L Katz

S4E3: Location, Location, LOCATION!

January 28, 2025·52 min·1 clip
Location must serve story, visuals, AND production—Bordello of Blood ignored all three requirements.
The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast explores location selection as a core filmmaking decision, discussing how setting functions as a character that shapes scene meaning and audience perception. Panelists cover scouting best practices (multi-visit reconnaissance, time-of-day analysis), practical constraints (crew access, equipment mobility, daylight hours), permit requirements, and the trade-offs between real locations (authenticity, visual interest) and controlled sets (director control, predictability). The discussion includes cautionary tales of beautiful locations that became logistically impossible and the importance of systems thinking in location selection.

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A candid look at casting, set dynamics, and horror-movie production.

It is strongest when it stays on the practical work of making a movie: casting, judgment calls, and the small breaks of luck that keep a production on track.

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You want the casting war stories and the part where movie-making stops being theoretical.

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