Ben Waber reviewed Mobile Hollywood by Kevin Sanson
A Fascinating Ethnographic Tour of the "On Location" Industry
4 stars
Sanson provides a fascinating tour of how Hollywood movies get made, specifically on the portion of the industry that supports productions in non-studio locations. This gets into the work lives of location scouts, transportation, and other logistics personnel and its power with regards to the entire movie production pipeline. I would've liked more quantitative perspective on the scope of these different segments of production to help give context, as well as some more introductory material breaking down the mechanics of how a movie is made from start to finish to better understand how this class of work is positioned. Still, this is an engrossing dive on an industry that in many ways is an early look at the future of many kinds of work. Highly recommend
Sanson provides a fascinating tour of how Hollywood movies get made, specifically on the portion of the industry that supports productions in non-studio locations. This gets into the work lives of location scouts, transportation, and other logistics personnel and its power with regards to the entire movie production pipeline. I would've liked more quantitative perspective on the scope of these different segments of production to help give context, as well as some more introductory material breaking down the mechanics of how a movie is made from start to finish to better understand how this class of work is positioned. Still, this is an engrossing dive on an industry that in many ways is an early look at the future of many kinds of work. Highly recommend