“A film’s locations are among the most essential creative building blocks of film, and the scouts who find them are artists deserving of recognition by the Academy,” wrote Lindsay Kusiak in The Hollywood Reporter (March 8, 2023)

“And like a film’s score, costumes and set design, the locations in a film bring a world to life onscreen. Cultivating those locations is a craft and an art creatively essential to the film.”

“I envision a future when Heads of Departments will have a VR headset in their kit and production meetings in cloud-based virtual rooms. I hope that the VFX Department will have a place for these virtual tours in their workflow. I dream of collaborating with the Virtual Art Department in the pre-production pipeline blending 3D assets with practical locations. “

George Bernard Shaw said, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.”

Well that was a line in a play in 1905. More than a century later, film folks have to hustle and diversify their revenue streams to ensure their families are fed.