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.
Timebiz produces commercial stills and short films from Riga. Photography and motion share one plot so a campaign does not split in public. The rooms on Kaļķu iela hold tabletop, a compact cyc, and a colour desk. Location days stay on the streets we recce first.