Locations, scouting & permits · Working
Location hold
ELI5
A temporary reservation of a location while dates or production decisions remain unresolved.
Used in conversation
“The treatment should show the location hold clearly enough for the department to plan it.”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Location hold” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.
Caution
This usage is established in practice but is not fully standardised. A domain specialist should review it before release as canon.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14