Dylan Donia
locationscout, location liaison
Rotterdam / NL
about me
It will not be the result of a lot of careertests ... locationscout. It's typical a career which you `stumble upon`.
Important is that you have a good eye, can see possiblities and have seen the work on a film / commercial set. Because it's quite a challenge to 1) find a perfect location according to the briefing 2) getting a location owner's permission to take photos of his / hers property 3) `selling` the location to the producer and / or director 4) making the location owner enthusiastic for the shoot; in / on top of / over / next to / etc. their location 5) organizing the recce and shoot in such a manner that everybody is happy and can work. Leave the location in a way that you can shoot there an other time!
It is more than just making pictures. A lot of negotiation, estimating and creative thinking is asked from a good locationscout.

ask me for
Film, tv, commercial & photo locations. I can deal with big feature film productions but I can also help out with the production of videoclips with little to spend.

remarks
I'm a good listener and a good observer

trackrecord
Locationscout [projects since august 2010]:
Vogue International - photoshoot (location liaison) / Zorgverzekeraar Aafje - commercial (location liaison & scouting) / De Rotterdam - video & photoshoot (location liaison & manager) / Toyota - photoshoot (scouting) / Caiway - tv commercial (location liaison) / Seinpost - tv-series (scouting) / DTG - tv commercials (scouting) / Stivoro - tv commercials (location liaison) / WEX - tv commercials (location liaison) / Flikken Maastricht - telefilm (scouting) / Rabo bank - photoshoot (scouting) / Toyota - photoshoot (scouting) / Booz - photoshoot (scouting & management) / Lena - feature film (scouting) / Samsung - tv commercial (scouting) / Stanfour - videoclip (scouting & production) / kort! Rosalinda - feature film (locationmanager)

awards
At the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, A TIMELESS MYSTERY received the highest award, the festival Grand Prix. A film by Pieter-Rim de Kroon. My company at the time did some locationscouting and all the locationmanaging!

equipment
Een Fujifilm X-100 fotocamera, Macbookpro en een betrouwbare auto (wat heeft een locationscout nog meer nodig;)

hardware knowledge
Camera's, computers

software knowledge
Het hele Adobe pakket, Flickr.com waarop ik mijn portofolio online heb staan (achter een met wachtwoord beschermd account)

discipline
Commercial, Feature film, Drama for Television / Series, Music Video

Dylan Donia
Rotterdam / NL
locationscout, location liaison