Recce

Recce which originnates from the military term Reconnoiter, in terms of media is part of pre-filming. It is basically when the director visits the location for a scene to do a check up of what works. What this means if the lighting is correct, if the shots will work, to see what angles will work or need to be changed, if acoustics are right, if the script works, how the actors will position themselves and all in all to make sure if the Mise-en-scène is captured. It is very rare to get footage of a director doing one of their Recces but in the 'behind the scenes' of the DVD of the classic Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino he shows the Recce he did for the scene in the movie where one of the characters is bleeding to death on a ramp.

This is the scene that was Recce'd in the 'behind the scenes'

After learning from Tarantino in my group we created our own Recce for the scene after the two 'geezers' walk down the stairs. We used this time to explain what we were doing with the film's progress.