Locations, scouting & permits · Working
Recce
Also called: location scout visit
ELI5
A visit to inspect a potential or selected location, from the word reconnaissance.
Used in conversation
“Let’s use the recce to check access, sound, power, light and unit space.”
Pitch context
You may hear this during a commercial brief, treatment, bid, award or pre-production process.
Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.
Connected terms
- Technical recceA recce scouts creative and practical suitability; a technical recce brings key departments together to finalise execution.
Sources & evidence · 7
Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.
- AICP — AICP Bid FormDirect source · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- AICP — Suggested Best Practices for Bidding and Bidding Reference GuideDirect source · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- IPA / APA / ISBA — Production Pitch Process Initiative and Best PracticeDirect source · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisDirect source · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14
- World Intellectual Property Organization — Rights Clearance: A Guide for Independent FilmmakersDirect source · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- 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