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.
Seacount Desk is on Rua da Prata, a ground-floor room with a yard. The book is tinned fish, tile workshops and the small rooms that rent by the week. Mornings are for the street and the hill. Afternoons are tabletop in the yard, under a silk, when the tile is too bright to be useful.