Faithful to the title, ‘Tracker“Puts his Dus hunter in a variety of places in each new section of CBS Procedural like Justin Hartley’s survival Colter is looking for missing people. This means lots of opportunities for new guest stars and fresh drama and brand new places that include all the terrain you want to see a survival tackle. But it presents its own challenge for a weekly network series as films in Vancouver.
“We usually get a (script) contour about two or three weeks out,” site manager David Tamkin told Indieview. “The outline will tell us,” Hello, this next section is in New York and we need a high -rise or something. “So we can start the process, but when the script actually lands it is when we get into the requirements of the requirements.”
It can range from high -rise buildings to Vattenfall, a large range that requires different skills sets (and contacts). “If you are looking for houses or apartments or something in the city, you need to get many options,” said scout Steve Booth. “While looking for outdoor seats, you don’t call 15 different apartment owners or whatever. There is another energy.”
Easy enough for experienced site peas to find, but much more difficult when it comes to finding those that can be used safely for production. Not to mention that many of the necessary outdoor seats are at out-of-the-way places and require more research.
“In my personal life, I love going out into the country, driving down dirt roads,” Plats Scout Caro Johnson told IndieWire. “So if there are scenes that need such places, I’m definitely more interested in doing such things. (Location scouting can be) So interest -based, so it’s fun to go out. And I only know those places because I have been there personally or I have spent a weekend out there. “
Knowing the opportunities is just part of the process – there is always to make sure that production can film there. “Section 6, we needed a waterfall,” Tamkin said. “We thought,” Oh, this will be relatively simple. It is mostly in the forest, but you know, we do not do anything easy, so we needed to find this waterfall, and there are not as many available as you can get close, which will not kill you, and it became a whole thing. Especially this Vattenfall was like a hike up a mountain for the crew. They were not super impressed, but you look at the episode and it looks fantastic? “
“I remember I speaker for the waterfall,” Johnson added with a laugh. “And I am,” I can get to the base if I skip this fence and climb this rope, but I don’t know if Justin or the producers will want to do it! “
Fortunately, there is always reddit for other places to take the effort from the process. Location Scout Kira Godden quotes it as a massive resource. “It’s hard to find new places that have not been filmed in Vancouver, so it’s a kind of challenge for me where I am, ‘OK, I know we have this place, but can I find something that hasn’t done it have seen before? ‘She said. “I spend a lot of time on Google Maps. I call them my Google Map go and I will walk in the city , and you are like, ok, yes, this place is no longer there. So it’s not always super reliable, but it’s a good starting point just to get the conversation going. ”
Of course, this is just the beginning. After Tamkin and his team find the places, it is up to the logistics team to make everything happen – and make sure it is a good experience for the people who open their homes for production. But Tamkin points out a very specific plus for how “tracker” works.
“Our producer, Connie (Dolphin), and I sat down, and we spit balled ideas for possible sections, which never happens. Places never come before the game. Overall, we put packages together like, ‘OK, if you want a New York section, here’s what we can give you. If you want to make a type of sopranos-y type of New Jersey, here’s what we can give you. And we are starting to see that these sections come back to us. The idea that we as places sent things down to let them know what they could write to I have never had it before in all the years I have done this. It is fantastic to know that there is the collaboration from the beginning of the writing stage with us as a department. ”
“Tracker” returns with new sections on CBS February 16.
