Film Locations Glossary
Ingress and egress
What are ingress and egress?
Also called access and egress.
Ingress and egress are the routes in and out of a location for vehicles, equipment, and people.
Locations assesses them for width, height, turning circles, surface, and gradient, because a site that works in every other respect fails if a forty-foot trailer cannot turn into it. Maintaining clear egress for residents and emergency services is also a standard permit condition.
Example
A farm location has a beautiful approach and a gate 9 feet wide. The 40-foot trailers cannot turn in, so the unit stages on the road and shuttles equipment 300 yards, adding an hour to load-in each day.
Figures are illustrative, chosen to show the mechanics rather than to quote market rates.
Where you'll see it
Measured at the technical recce, and a standard permit condition for residents and emergency access.
Common mistake
Measuring the location and not the gate. A site that works in every other respect fails on a nine-foot entrance, and the discovery usually happens with a trailer at the kerb.
Related questions
- What does locations check about access?
- Width, height clearance, turning circles, surface, gradient, and whether the largest vehicle in the unit can get in, turn, and get out again.
- Why must egress stay clear?
- Residents and emergency services need continuous access, and maintaining it is a standard permit condition rather than a courtesy.