Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Locations, scouting & permits · Working

Unit base

Also called: base camp

ELI5

The off-camera operational area for trailers, catering, wardrobe, make-up, transport and production support.

Used in conversation

“The treatment should show the unit base clearly enough for the department to plan it.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Unit base” 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.

Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.