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.
Rubk works from Via Roma, a room with a deep shade and a table for ceramics. Clients are market traders, tile workshops and the small hotels that need the street to look like itself. Mornings are the useful hours. By noon the walls blow out, so tabletop moves indoors and the street is already done.