This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

So many classic movies have been made in downtown Los Angeles,

even if they didn't take place in downtown Los Angeles.

It's always fun when you're watching a movie that takes place in New York and you spot a

palm tree.

It's like, ah, I gotcha.

Palm trees are just one of the factors that a location scout has to worry about.

For most films, they really have to avoid them.

And then everyone's like, oh yeah, we can just digitally remove them now, but it's at a cost.

Lori Bolton is a location scout in LA.

She's worked on inception, heat, a river runs through it,

a whole lot of movies.

She was the first ever location professional

ever asked to join the Academy.

You're not the only one.

I am the only one, the first and the only, yeah.

On location with Lori is producer Avery Truffelman.

Lori's job is to find interesting, plot conducive locations, lots of them.

I frequently will show someone over 100 different options for one location,

you know, before they get a sense of what they want.

But scouts also have to make sure that the locations they find are actually

usable. So a big part of Lori's job is convincing property owners to say yes, a part which

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