Emma Pill - Location Manager

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

Tv & Film, Filmlighting, Deakins, Movies, Filmmaking, Production, Film, Cinematography, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

EPISODE 95 - EMMA PILL - Location Manager

Team Deakins sits down with Location Manager extraordinaire Emma Pill (1917, SPECTRE, INCEPTION, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM). In this episode, we learn lots about the function of the location department and the importance of their role. She tells us she sees her job as walking a tight rope between the production world and the real world and how she learned early how important it is to be honest with the owners of locations who often don’t know what the reality of having a film crew in their home or building will be like. We learn about the importance of coming up with solutions to locations with logistical problems, how she became an expert on Moroccan locations, how she deals with schedule changes, and the importance of having a signed contract for the location. She also goes into the details of being the location manager on Bourne Ultimatum, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. A great deep dive into the role of Location Manager!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and
0:10.4	James Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never
0:16.9	know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear
0:22.0	the audio. If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod.po.
0:29.8	This episode is sponsored by Ari. More than just the manufacturer of the film industry's
0:40.3	top camera and lighting equipment, they are also the innovator behind cinematic lenses
0:45.8	such as the master prime and signature prime lenses. Ari, truly cinematic. This episode
0:54.5	is sponsored by Otto Nemitz Camera Rental, newly located in Culver City. Otto Nemitz is known
1:01.2	for its premiere service and support to productions for 41 years. Today we're looking into locations
1:09.8	and their importance in the filmmaking process. We've invited one of the best location managers
1:15.2	we know whom we've had the pleasure of working with numerous times. She's worked on such movies
1:20.5	as Munich, Mamma Mia, Specter, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. We're pleased to welcome Emma
1:29.8	Pill with us today. Thank you, Emma, for doing this. Thank you, Emma. You're very well. Thank you for
1:35.8	asking me. Love you, see you guys. We want to start with the regular question of how did you get
1:44.4	to where you are today? Did you always know from age five that you wanted to be a location manager?
1:50.5	Did you always like houses? How in the world did you end up where you are?
1:55.0	Oh my goodness. I didn't even know the word locations existed. I mean, when I was at school,
2:00.4	I was going to be RT. I actually wanted to be a potter. Wow. So I did swamics and art history
2:10.8	and art. I was very RT. And then at the end of sort of A levels, I went to art school and did
2:16.1	an art foundation course for a year. And on that, I did a bit of photography, black and white
2:22.7	developing my own stuff, and I realized I love photography. So after that art college, I went to
2:28.6	another art college and did three years in what I thought was going to do just the photography,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James Ellis Deakins, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of James Ellis Deakins and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.