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.
Stmercure works from Fredrikinkatu, a design studio with a cove and a grade desk. Clients make furniture, textiles and the public buildings that specify them. Summer days run long and we use them. Winter jobs are indoor, with the window as key until it is gone, then a matched HMI.